WEDNESDAY: National Call-In Day for Cheney Impeachment Hearings

Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) has organized an effort to get his colleagues to ask House
Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers to begin hearings on impeaching
Vice-President Cheney, and to urge other members of the Judiciary Committee to
co-sign a letter from Wexler to Conyers. We are also asking members of Congress who
are not on the committee to send their own letters to Conyers.

On Wednesday, Jan. 16th, people throughout the country will be calling their
representatives to join this important and timely effort. United for Peace and
Justice urges you to be part of this day:

* Visit this URL to look up your representative's local office numbers --
http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials/ -- and/or call the Capitol Hill
Switchboard at 202-224-3121. The operator can tell you who your Congressmember
is if you don't know, and connect you to his or her office.

* Ask your representative to urge Rep. Conyers, Chair of the House
Judiciary Committee, to begin impeachment hearings against Dick Cheney.

* You can also send an email to your representative:
http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/125

* Once you've made your phone call and sent your email, please urge
everyone you know to do the same.

BACKGROUND
Rep. Dennis Kucinich was the first member of Congress to lead the way in April 2007
when he introduced H. Res. 333. Articles of Impeachment Against Dick Cheney
(reintroduced on Nov. 6, 2007, as H. Res 799) is sponsored by the following members
of Congress: Jan Schakowsky, Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, Keith Ellison, Lynn
Woolsey, Barbara Lee, Albert Wynn, William Lacy Clay, Dennis Kucinich, Yvette
Clarke, Jim McDermott, Jim Moran, Bob Filner, Sam Farr, Robert Brady, Tammy Baldwin,
Donald Payne, Steve Cohen, Sheila Jackson Lee, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Ed Towns, Diane
Watson, Danny Davis, Raul Grijalva, Gwen Moore. Please thank them and encourage them
to work on their colleagues.

Robert Wexler, Tammy Baldwin, and Luis Gutierrez are urging the initiation of
hearings and are joined in this by Anthony Weiner. Mike Michaud has written to
Conyers calling for Cheney impeachment hearings, and Tim Mahoney is open to the idea
of impeachment hearings.

For a thorough explanation of the charges against Vice-President Cheney, we suggest
you read the piece prepared by UFPJ member group AfterDowning Street.org

Yours, for peace and justice


Leslie Cagan
National Coordinator, UFPJ

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