j4lackey Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Vermont Senate: Impeach the PresidentApr 20, 10:05 AM EDTBy ROSS SNEYD - Associated Press Writer MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont senators voted Friday to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, saying their actions have raised "serious questions of constitutionality." The non-binding resolution was approved 16-9 without debate - all six Republicans in the chamber at the time and three Democrats voted against it. The resolution says Bush and Cheney's actions in the U.S. and abroad, including in Iraq, "raise serious questions of constitutionality, statutory legality, and abuse of the public trust." "I think it's going to have a tremendous political effect, a tremendous political effect on public discourse about what to do about this president," said James Leas, a vocal advocate of withdrawing troops from Iraq and impeaching Bush and Cheney. Vermont lawmakers earlier voted to demand an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq in another non-binding resolution. Democratic House Speaker Gaye Symington has kept a similar resolution from reaching the floor in her chamber. She argued that an impeachment resolution would be partisan and divisive and that it would distract Washington from efforts to get the United States out of Iraq, which she says is more important. In the Senate, Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie had opposed the resolution, but he was absent Friday. That left Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin in charge, and he immediately took up the measure. Forty towns voted in favor of similar nonbinding impeachment resolutions at their annual town meetings in March. State lawmakers in Wisconsin and Washington have pushed for similar resolutions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 "I think it's going to have a tremendous political effect, a tremendous political effect on public discourse about what to do about this president," said James Leas, a vocal advocate of withdrawing troops from Iraq and impeaching Bush and Cheney.Uh huh. Dream on, Jimmy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle wilco Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 why is this news? i didn't even know they had republicans in vermont. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Vermont is a nice state for a Soviet-style republic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I know nothing about the state legislature there, but I've always liked Leahy & Sanders up on the Hill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I applaud the effort, but unfortunately much of the country thinks Vermont is part of Canada. Vermont: Mad with power and running out of members of Phish to arrest.(I kid because I love) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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bjorn_skurj Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Are you kidding? Trey got arrested in NEW YORK. Anastasio could probably kill half of Vermont and eat all its maple syrup and he'd still get a gold medal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 they're still working off the ice cream headache from lunch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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