House waves off impeachment measure against Bush

AP via SFGate ^ | 6/11/8 | LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer

[SmithL]

The House has voted to send articles of impeachment against President Bush to a committee that is not likely to hold hearings before the end of his term.

By 251-166, House members dispatched the measure to a committee on Wednesday — a procedure often used to kill legislation.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi long ago declared the prospects for impeachment proceedings "off the table."

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who ran for president earlier this year, insists that his resolution deserves more consideration. He spent more than four hours Monday night reading his 35 articles of impeachment into the record, including charges that Bush manufactured a false case for going to war against Iraq.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday that the Democratic-led Congress was holding the Bush administration accountable and questioned spending time on impeachment in the "waning months of this administration's tenure."

An election looms in which every House seat, a third of those in the Senate and the presidency are up for grabs. House leaders are staunchly against spending the remaining time in the abbreviated legislative schedule on impeachment proceedings.

[Ann Archy]

I want NAMES of the 251 IDIOTS.

[NormsRevenge]

BUT
BUT
BUT

(/kookcinich)

[kevinm13]

These types of nonsense need to be stopped before they get to the floor the same way the higher courts decide if a case is worthy of their time. This is obviously a waste of time, although all those who voted for the impeachment measure should be held accountable.

[TexasNative2000]

Actually, you probably want the name of the 166 who voted AGAINST sending it to committee.

The 251 voted to kill it.

[Red Badger]

It was 251 to send the bill into the dark black hole of “committee”.....

[weegee]

So the purpose of this is to stifle the Cindy Sheehan radical Leftists who campaign against the Democrats who are trying to keep a low profile on their true agenda.

BUT the Democrats will still make reference to the “impending” impeachment of Boosh and the “culture of corruption” of the “Boosh” administration. Count on it.

It is a Communist showtrial. A partisan witchhunt. And an abuse of the process.

Same as they used to oust Tom DeLay. His case still has not been brought to trial by the prosecutor. But you can see how a “scandal” like that would keep him from being effective in congressional leadership.

[massgopguy]

NO, your bill does not deserve more consideration, it deserves a backhand that would knock that rug of your melon.
Nice vote on Offshore Drilling too you morons. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

[tiredoflaundry]

DRATS! no “Kucinichmas” this year! heheheheh

[Redcloak]

I’m waiting for Obama to announce that Kucinich will be his choice for Attorney General if elected.

[beaversmom]

No, Kucinich wants to be Secretary of Peace. I doubt he would accept AG.

[Ann Archy]

SURE? I still want the names and then I’ll know for SURE.

[jazusamo]

House to Kookcinich...Get lost! LOL

[ltc8k6]

I want names of the 166 idiots.

[james500]

Posting the list might require a bit of reformatting so in the meantime, you can see the list of ayes and nays here:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll401.xml

[james500]

AYES:251

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Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Altmire
Andrews
Arcuri
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd (FL)
Boyda (KS)
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson
Castle
Castor
Cazayoux
Chandler
Childers
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cramer
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis, Lincoln
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly
Doyle
Dreier
Edwards
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fossella
Foster
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Gilchrest
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Hall (TX)
Hare
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind
King (NY)
Klein (FL)
Kucinich
Lampson
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Mahoney (FL)
Maloney (NY)
Manzullo
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
McNulty
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Pallone
Pastor
Paul
Payne
Perlmutter
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Reichert
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shays
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Tsongas
Turner
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch (VT)
Wexler
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (OH)
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth

[A. Morgan]

[james500]

NOES: 166

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Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachmann
Bachus
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boustany
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Chabot
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Crenshaw
Cubin
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
Dent
Doolittle
Drake
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Fallin
Feeney
Ferguson
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Granger
Graves
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Keller
Kingston
Kirk
Kline (MN)
Knollenberg
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Marchant
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Musgrave
Myrick
Nunes
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Porter
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Sali
Saxton
Scalise
Schmidt
Sensenbrenner
Shadegg
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Terry
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Upton
Walberg
Walden (OR)
Walsh (NY)
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield (KY)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman (VA)
Young (AK)
Young (FL)

[james500]

NOT VOTING: 16

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Braley (IA)
Cohen
Flake
Gillibrand
Goodlatte
Hulshof
King (IA)
Latham
Loebsack
McCrery
Neugebauer
Ortiz
Pascrell
Rush
Sessions
Tancredo

[John123]

He spent more than four hours

four hours of his life that he will never get back...

[NeoCaveman]

So the good guys, and Don Young, voted to move forward on impeachment?

Dennis voted against his own bill?

[wolfcreek]

“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi long ago declared the prospects for impeachment proceedings “off the table.”

The why the hell are they wasting time and OUR money on formalities?

[james500]

The vote was on a motion to move the articles from the floor to Conyers’ judiciary committee.

“Democratic aides widely suggested those gauging the bill’s prospects look to a precedent: the impeachment articles against Vice President Dick Cheney, which were sent to Conyers’ committee in November. There’s no evidence they will be considered before the Bush administration leaves office in January.

Those were Kucinich’s, too. Republicans, seeing a chance to force Democrats into an embarrassing debate, voted to bring up the resolution. Democrats countered by pushing through a motion to scuttle the bill from the floor.”

[LukeL]

Count 36: “Bush is a very bad bad man”

[devere]

Kucinich and his Democratic colleagues voted to kill his impeachment resolution, while Republican voted to continue with it. This whole thing is some sort of weird political Kabuki dance.

[Jim Scott]

This is just political posturing to placate the more rabid Bush-haters and pretend that they are really sticking it to the Bush administration when, in fact, this congress has done almost nothing they so fervently promised to do in regards to the Iraq war and other issues. The congress critters know the lefties really have nowhere else to go in November except to vote for the Democrats but probably assume that some cost-free sniping at President Bush can't hurt.

The Kucinich list of alleged 'crimes' by the Bush administration will be used as talking points for Obama and Democrat congressional candidates in the upcoming election. Frankly, the Bush-hatred on the left is so pervasive that I'm not surprised just about all the Democrats voted for it. It's telling that the congressional Democrats pretend to want to impeach Bush for all his alleged 'crimes' but shy away from ever going through with it by purposely sending these bills to a committee graveyard. Totally phonies.

Of course, they know full well that President Bush and his administration haven't committed any crimes, much less, impeachable offenses. This is all BS for PR purposes. That's why nothing ever comes of these lame attempts to impeach the president. They are mostly an attempt at 'payback' for the actual impeachment (but not conviction) of Bill Clinton under a Republican-controlled congress and because the leftist Democrats don't agree with his policies and think he is somehow not worthy of his elected office.

What the congressional leftists don't grasp is that, while President Bush's job approval numbers are admittedly low, most Americans do not hate the president or think he is a criminal, as the lefties want them to believe. They know better. That reality and the fact that the Democrats haven't a shred of real evidence to support their dopey impeachment bills, makes this absurd Kucinich impeachment try yet another mockery of the congress great patriots like Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams once graced with their presence. I'm grateful they cannot see what that once-great body has devolved into. Anti-American leftists trying to destroy the foundations of this nation with socialist-based laws and time-wasting four-hour speeches given by idiot congressmen reading their list of false accusations masquerading as a bill of impeachment that will go into the congressional committee dumpster upon receipt.

Sadly, this is what we've come to, and I fear that after November 4th, it will only get worse. Well, if the American people want socialism and the hard-left shenanigans that will results from a Democrat victory at the polls, they'll get it, to paraphrase H.L. Mencken: good and hard. Unfortunately, so will the rest of us.

[WesternPacific]

Kucinich, D-Ohio is just an insecure little man needing attention.

[RedRover]

Balloons of hope go pop. No Fitzmas, no Impeachmas, and I pray, no Obamas.

[Menehune56]

Just for fun, here are the 35 counts (courtesy of Congressman Kucinich. If you read them, you quickly see it as an unserious piece of legislation, judging by the shotgun blast of charges: Katrina failures, destroying medicare, undermining efforts to address global warming, etc. Obviously it was moved into the hopper to throw a little red meat to the moonbat constituency.

[darkangel82]

And yet my relatives vote for this guy. Embarrassing, ain’t it.

[Continental Soldier]

Democrats are angry that Clinton was impeached. They are determined to revenge that, even if they have to criminalize a president who protected our country since 9/11. As I said at that long ago time, impeachment was the wrong course, and it has led to so much latent anger! Clinton should have been censured and the country should have moved on. Of course, if Clinton had any character at all, he would have resigned, but we know well what the Clintons were and are!

[Former War Criminal]

WTF is “censure” of the President??

Reference, please.

[ricks_place]

My favorite Impeachment Article from Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio

Article XXXII

Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change.

Meanwhile, the Temperature of the Earth has decreased during the two terms of Bush!