Efforts to initiate the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney

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Efforts to initiate the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney commenced on April 24, 2006, when Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) "introduced a 2-inch-thick articles of impeachment bill" as House Resolution 333, 110th Congress, in the U.S. House of Representatives.

"In an 18-page draft resolution, Kucinich outlined three charges against Cheney: that he 'manipulated the intelligence process . . . by fabricating the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction' to justify the war in Iraq; that he deceived citizens and Congress 'about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda' to justify the war; and that he has 'openly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran, absent any real threat to the United States, and has done so with the United States’ proven capability to carry out such threats'," Marie Horrigan wrote April 25, 2007, in the Congressional Quarterly.

Co-sponsors

According to the Library of Congress, the following (11) are co-sponsors of H.RES.333.

• Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (N.Y.-11) - 6/6/2007
• Rep. William Lacy Clay (Mo.-1)- 5/1/2007
• Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.-5) - 6/28/2007
• Rep. Henry C. Johnson Jr. (Ga.-4) - 6/28/2007
• Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.-9) - 6/7/2007
• Rep. Jim McDermott, Jim (Wash.-7) - 7/10/2007
• Rep. James P. Moran, (Va.-8) - 7/10/2007
• Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (Ill.-9) - 5/1/2007
• Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.-35) - 6/12/2007
• Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (Calif.-6) - 6/7/2007
• Rep. Albert Russell Wynn (Md.-4) - 5/10/2007

Resources and articles

Related SourceWatch articles

• Republican 'culture of corruption'
• The case for impeachment of President George W. Bush
• The Cheney-Rumsfeld Cabal Deception

Websites

• A28.org. Also see list of participating groups.
• ImpeachCheney.org.
• ImpeachPAC.org.

Background Information

• "Impeachment: An Overview of Constitutional Provisions, Procedure and Practice," Congressional Research Service, February 27, 1998.
• Ticia, "Impeachment Watch," TPM Cafe, April 2007.

Documents in Support of House Resolution 333

• House Resolution 333, U.S. House of Representatives, April 24, 2007.

• Synopsis of Articles of Impeachment Against Vice President Richard B. Cheney.
• Letter to Vice President Richard Cheney from Rep. Dennis Kucinich, April 24, 2007.
• Supporting documents posted on Rep. Dennis Kucinich's website.

External articles

2005

• Amy Goodman, "How Dick Cheney's Top Aide Misled Federal Prosecutors in the CIA Leak Case," Democracy Now!, Oct. 12, 2005.

2006

• David Swanson, "Impeach Cheney First," ImpeachPAC, May 2, 2006.

2007

• Andrew Sullivan, "Something Is Rotten In The Heart Of Washington, And It Lies In The Vice-President's Office," The Huffington Post, March 7, 2007.
• Murray Waas and Jeff Lomonaco, "The United States v. I. Lewis Libby," Union Square Press, March 7, 2007.
• "Dick Cheney. 'Well, I Was Gonna Impeach Cheney ...'," Wonkette!, April 17, 2007.
• John Nichols, "Impeach Cheney First?" The Nation (Common Dreams), April 18, 2007.
• Michael Roston, "Kucinich to launch Cheney impeachment push on April 25," The Raw Story, April 19, 2007.
• Sabrina Eaton, "Dick Cheney, Beware!" Openers Blog/Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 23, 2007.
• John Nichols, "Impeaching Cheney: Step One," The Nation, April 23, 2007.
• L. Vincent Poupard, "April 28th Will Be Impeachment Day," Associated Content, April 23, 2007.
• Josh Katone, "'Impeachment rallies' scheduled across US for Saturday," The Raw Story, April 23, 2007.
• "Kucinich postpones 'impeach Cheney' announcement," USA TODAY, April 24, 2007.
• Sabrina Eaton, "Kucinich: Cheney deceived Americans and must be impeached," Openers Blog/Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 24, 2007.
• Marie Horrigan, "Kucinich’s Impeachment Proposal Takes Antiwar Stand to New Lengths," Congressional Quarterly (New York Times), April 24, 2007.
• George S. McGovern, Opinion: "Cheney is wrong about me, wrong about war. The 1972 presidential nominee strikes back at the vice president for comparing today's Democrats to the McGovern platform," Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2007.
• Mary Ann Akers, "At Last, Kucinich Begins His Quest for Impeachment," The Sleuth Blog/Washington Post, April 24, 2007.
• David Swanson, "Moving Impeachment Forward," OpEdNews, April 24, 2007.
• Sabrina Eaton, "Kucinich: Cheney impeachment effort 'practical'," Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 25, 2007.
• Dana Milbank, "Kucinich's Battle Against Cheney Not So (Im)Peachy Keen," Washington Post, April 25, 2007.
• Christina Bellantoni, "Kucinich moves to impeach Cheney," Washington Times, April 25, 2007.
• Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence, "Kucinich says it's more 'practical' to impeach Cheney than Bush," USA TODAY, April 25, 2007.
• Dave Lindorff, "Dropping the First Shoe. Kucinich Files Impeachment Bill," CounterPunch, April 25, 2007.
• Matthew Balan, "CNN's Person of the Month: Dennis Kucinich," NewsBusters, April 25, 2007.
• Robert Naiman, "Kucinich Announces Cheney Impeachment, Citing Threats Against Iran; Dana Milbank Blows a Gasket," The Huffington Post, April 25, 2007.
• John Nichols, "Impeachment Fever Rises," ZNet, April 25, 2007.
• Matthew Rothschild, "Kudos to Kucinich, But There’s More to Impeach Cheney For," The Progressive, April 25, 2007.
• Robert Gehrke, "Calls for jettisoning Bush, Cheney grow," Salt Lake Tribune, April 26, 2007.
• Matthew Cardinale, "Three US Reps Now Support Cheney Impeach Bill," Atlanta Progressive News, April 29, 2007: Reps.William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) and Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
• Richard Cohen, "A Case Against Cheney," Washington Post, May 2, 2007.
• David Swanson, "Powell's Chief of Staff Proposes Impeachment," After Downing Street, May 10, 2007.
• Bruce Fein, "Impeach Cheney. The vice president has run utterly amok and must be stopped," Slate, June 27, 2007.
• James Ridgeway, "Impeach Cheney?" MotherJones, July 6, 2007.
• Nick Juliano, "Cheney impeachment bill gains yet another co-sponsor," The Raw Story, July 10, 2007.

2008

• Murray Waas, "The Case of the Gonzales Notes," The Atlantic, Sept. 26 2008.
• Murray Waas, "What Did Bush Tell Gonzales?" The Atlantic, Sept. 26, 2008.
• Glenn Greenwald, "Interview with Murray Waas," Salon Radio, Sept. 26, 2008.