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Rep. Jay Inslee to Introduce Gonzales Impeachment Resolution (OPEN THREAD)

By SusanUnPC on July 30, 2007 at 9:37 PM in Alberto Gonzales, Current Affairs, Presidential Candidates, Soldiers/Veterans

UPDATES: (1) Agents for both the FBI and IRS are searching the Alaska home of Sen. Ted Stevens, an expert on the worldwide web of intertubes. (2) “‘Fell 5 to 10 feet and hit head; was ashen and was foaming at mouth’…” – Chief Justice John Roberts. (3) Goodbye, Tom Snyder. Insomniacs everywhere are mourning your death, just as we mourned your retirement. How I wish your unforgettable interviews were replayed on a cable channel.

EARLIER: From MSNBC’s First Read:

A group of House Democrats will introduce a resolution calling on the Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) will sponsor the measure. It will be dropped in
the hopper tomorrow. It’s too early to say whether it will actually get anywhere. Here’s the text of resolution…

RESOLUTION
Directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether
Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, should be
impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors.
1 Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary shall
2 investigate fully whether sufficient grounds exist for the
3 House of Representatives to impeach Alberto R. Gonzales,
4 Attorney General of the United States, for high crimes
5 and misdemeanors.

 

Of note: Rep. Inslee represents parts of Seattle and Bainbridge Island and is widely considered a moderate Democrat. Rep. Inslee, who is heading Hillary Clinton’s campaign in Washington state, is a longtime friend of Joe Wilson. The two men studied international affairs at the University of Washington, I believe. Rep. Inslee held the forum in 2003 at which Joe Wilson memorably expressed his wish that Karl Rove be “frogmarched” from the White House in handcuffs.

More legislation:

FAMILY LEAVE FOR FAMILIES OF AMERICA’S WOUNDED WARRIORS

Hillary joins Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and other senators today to introduce legislation to extend the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for up to six months for spouses and parents of soldiers who have been injured in combat.

The Clinton-Mikulski bill addresses a key recommendation of the Commission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors.

“The families of our servicemen and women face extraordinary demands as they struggle to care for loved ones injured in service to our nation. It is clear that they are not receiving the support they need and this is a step we can make immediately that will make a real difference.” Hillary said.

This bill continues Hillary’s support for family leave over the years, ensuring that families can take time to care for their loved ones without fear of losing their jobs. The Clinton-Mikulski bill was endorsed by the National Partnership for Women & Families, the organization that drafted and led the fight to pass the Family & Medical Leave Act.

For full details of this important legislation, click here.

  • Leslie

    From TPM Election Central:

    Edwards Campaign To Deliver Giant Constitution To Gonzales
    An e-mail from Joe Trippi of the John Edwards campaign has asked supporters to sign a petition calling for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign if he doesn’t “remember the constitution that you have sworn to uphold.” The Edwards camp promises that “we will send one copy of the Constitution to Gonzales’ office for every person who signs our petition. If we reach our goal of 25,000 signatures, we will add all the names to the biggest copy of the Constitution you have ever seen — and send that to his office too!”

  • jharp

    Rest in Peace, Tom Snyder,

    Watched him a lot in college and sorry to hear the news.

  • Sara

    For Inslee’s resolution to grab attention, Just remember that by mid week after the Saturday Night Massacre in 1973, there were about 125 co-sponsorships, or additional resolutions in the hopper.

    Time for the demands to be placed on the Congresscritters to either put their name on an existing resolution, or write their own.

    It is an excellent resolution, tracking all the best previous practices on impeachment.

  • http://noquarterusa.net/ SusanUnPC

    Wow, Leslie. Gonzales must be quite excited. Now he’ll be able to actually, not just figuratively, walk all over the Constitution.

    Btw, Inslee’s move is the top story at the Seattle Times. Guess I’ll have to turn on C-Span!

  • wethornet

    O/T, (i’m posting here because this is the current top entry.)

    susanunpc/all, there is a most fascinating 2 page ad in the main section of my new york times today. on pages 16 & 17 in my midwest edition.

    by a guy named paul kuntzler. open letter to donald graham, chairman of the washington compost. about the jfk assassination. i have NEVER seen this stuff mentioned in a msm outlet. this is wild!

    susan, i mention you because you said you had two friends who were big jfk buffs. they would love to know about this. this was at the time of the post here on no quarter by david talbot. talbot has written one of the most dangerous books in american history. his magisterial “brothers. the hidden history of the kennedy years.”

    and to all of you. imho, the jfk assassination was the pivotal event in american history in the 20th century; talbot’s book is one of the most illuminating books you will ever read about america.

    link to amazon: crossing my fingers.
    http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Hidden-History-Kennedy-Years/dp/0743269187/ref=sr_1_1/002-5306775-7570404?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185894167&sr=1-1

    (with a smile……….we now resume our regularly scheduled broadcasting.)

    • http://noquarterusa.net/ SusanUnPC

      Thanks, WT. I sent my friends your post.

  • http://cujo359.blogspot.com Cujo359

    Now he’ll be able to actually, not just figuratively, walk all over the Constitution.

    I’m guessing he’ll use it in his bathroom. That way he can urinate on it, too.

    • http://noquarterusa.net/ SusanUnPC

      Especially when he’s pissed off at the Senate Judiciary Committee.

  • http://noquarterusa.net/ SusanUnPC

    From the Anchorage Daily News:

    Neighbors said agents showed up between 11 a.m. and noon and that a commercial locksmith was called to open the front door. Some two dozen agents were still there at 9:30 p.m.

    Stevens, 83, has long been the most powerful political figure in Alaska and a major force in Congress. A swarm of federal agents serving a search warrant at his home is unprecedented in Alaska politics and is part of what appears to be a widening corruption investigation that first burst into view last August. That’s when agents raided the offices of state legislators and oil field services company Veco, among others [...]

    The agents were obviously cataloging the house and its fixtures, from light switches and electrical outlets to a big stainless steel barbecue grill on a second-floor deck that neighbors said was hoisted there with a crane. At one point, agents climbed on the pitched metal roof to take pictures of heat tape in the gutters.

    One agent carried a full large black garbage bag out of the house and put it in the white truck.

    A half-dozen federal vehicles, including a white panel truck with a satellite dish on the roof, were parked in front of the house most of the day. At least 10 more federal vehicles were parked at the ski resort’s day lodge a couple of blocks away.

    • Leslie

      Will Stevens resign?

      • http://noquarterusa.net/ SusanUnPC

        You think? That pig-headed, hard-hearted SOB? Kos believes that Stevens is toast. That’d be great but I wonder if someone that stubborn will give up.

        He’s also a fossil. He’s 83 and considering running again for the Senate in ’08. Kos says that the mayor of Anchorage is very popular and may run for the seat. Let’s hope. (I can already hear Alaska’s wolves howling in delight. Stevens is one of those who champions aerial hunting of wolves.)

  • Centrocitta

    Congress is spending a lot of time and taxpayer money on hearings which go absolutely nowhere because of Bush’s executive privilege and the Justice department’s refusal to prosecute. I think it’s time for Congress to start calling the private citizens.