Kucinich’s Articles Of Impeachment Sent To Judiciary Committee
Believe it or not, the House Republican leadership ordered members to vote to send Dennis Kucinich's articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney to the House Judiciary Committee.
Update at 4:30 p.m. ET: Perhaps we should pause to explain. When most Republicans unexpectedly — and on orders of GOP leadership, the AP is reporting — switched sides and voted against tabling the measure, they essentially forced Democrats to keep talking about it on the floor. That's in direct contrast to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's wishes. She has said an impeachment of Cheney or President Bush is off the table.
"We're going to help them out, to explain themselves," Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, told the AP. "We're going to give them their day in court."
I don't know if this was a good idea or not, but it sure looks like Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer just got slapped pretty hard – and they are going to have to pull out all the stops to derail this thing.
UPDATE: Ok, now I am seeing what they did. By sending it into committee, the articles of impeachment are effectively dead. The Dems have dodged a major bullet by not having to debate this openly – but they now have a compound problem with their nutroots. The Republicans appear to have pulled off a brilliant move here. They poked Pelosi and Hoyer hard, forced the bill into committee and now can watch the leadership deal with their left fringe.
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Blue Crab Boulevard » Hoyer Sinks Kucinich — November 6, 2007 @ 3:56 pm
By Maggie, November 6, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
*pop* – *pop* – *pop* – *pop* – *pop* – *pop* – *pop*
Anyone want some Jiffy Pop?
By CJ, November 6, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
Yep, I want some of that popcorn, Maggie. I’m not sure if the Republicans’ move is a good idea or not, but it sure gave me a laugh-out-loud moment. Petty? Sure. But it’s entertaining to watch Pelosi and Hoyer run around trying to figure out how to counter this. What’s that saying? Hoisted by their own petard?
By Uncle Fester, November 6, 2007 @ 8:38 pm
This has been the most entertaining Congress I’ve ever seen. Better than a floor show.