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VIDEO: VFP confronts Conyers, still 'undecided' about impeachment |
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Written by Madeleine Lee
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Thursday, 10 July 2008 |
A five-minute Real News segment posted Thursday showed a dramatic Jul. 9 confrontation between Rep. John Conyers (D-MI 14th), the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and about twenty members of Veterans For Peace in which Conyers reneged on a promise last month to present a decision on whether he will bring articles of impeachment before the committee.[1] -- Conyers portrayed himself as genuinely undecided, but VFP members denounced what they perceived as stalling tactics. -- BACKGROUND: With Elizabeth Holtzman, Conyers prepared in early 2006, before Conyers took over the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee, a volume arguing in favor of impeachment. -- Entitled The Constitution in Crisis: The High Crimes of the Bush Administration and a Blueprint for Impeachment (Skyhorse, 2007), the book has received little media attention. -- Impeachment is the prerogative of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives ("The House of Representatives . . . shall have the sole Power of Impeachment" —U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 2, Clause 5). -- Elizabeth Holtzman, who served on the House Judiciary Committee that prepared articles of impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon, called for the president's impeachment on Jan. 11, 2006, in the aftermath of the revelation of presidential violations of the FISA law....
1. [Video] STALLING ON IMPEACHMENT ** Veterans For Peace in a dramatic confrontation with Chairman Conyers over his indecision on impeachment ** Real News July 10, 2008 http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=1862 Since June 9, when Rep. Kucinich's introduced 35 articles of impeachment, the articles have remained shelved in the House Judiciary Committee. Chairman [John] Conyers [D-MI 14th, phone number 202-225-5126] has the ability to bring the articles to a vote in the committee, but he is undecided on a course of action. In a June meeting with Veterans For Peace, Rep. Conyers promised to present his decision on impeachment in early July. However, Conyers failed to present such as decision during a meeting held with Veterans For Peace (VFP) on Wednesday, July 9. Members of VFP believe that Conyers is deploying stall tactics and that he has no intention of moving forward with impeachment. Conyers, once again, has promised to present his decision in a meeting planned for July 25. |