Fw: Urgent call to Congress re impeachment

Dear Friends,

The House Progressive Caucus is laying the groundwork for impeachment by
asking for documentation of discussions in the US leading into the Iraq war,
looking for evidence that facts and intelligence were "fixed around the
policy" (Downing Street Memo- DSM). The Resolution of Inquiry that would
bring this issue to the House floor may be coming up today. Bill cosponsors
are urgently needed in order to make this happen.

Especially target House members who cosigned Conyer's May letter to Bush
asking for an explanation of the DSM- 131 Congresspeople, but have not yet
cosponsored Barbara Lee's Resolution of Inquiry- only 58 so far. Mike
Thompson of Northern California is one of these.

Please read Mike Hersh's email below for further info and links. I know we
are all busy with hurricane aid, but please take a moment to call your
Representative.

In the name of the Prince of Peace, Carol Wolman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hersh" <MikeHersh@MikeHersh.com>
To: "carol wolman" <cwolman@mcn.org>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: Downing St. Resolution of Inquiry - Carol - Please send this to
all your lists? Thanks!

> Help Needed - PLEASE Call Your Representative's Office TUESDAY Re: HRes
> 375 the Downing Street Minutes
>
> A few months ago, Rep. Barbara Lee introduced a Resolution of Inquiry
> [H.Res. 375 Re: the Downing Street Minutes] to investigate Bush
> Administration deceit and wrongdoing leading up to the Iraq War. The
> After Downing Street Coalition - http://www.afterdowningstreet.org - is
> working with Rep. Lee's office and others to gain Congressional
> cosponsors for this Resolution. Unfortunately we are running out of
> time. The showdown vote is drawing near. You can help us win! We need
> your help. Especially if your Representative is a member of the
> International Relations Committee (see list of members below). Please
> send this to all your lists, post on blogs and yahoo groups, etc.
>
> Congress reconvenes September 6th and the International Relations
> Committee (IR Committee) could vote on the Resolution soon - perhaps
> even that day. Please call your Congressmember's D.C. office Tuesday
> morning, September 6th and urge him or her to cosponsor the Resolution
> of Inquiry. Please note: "support" isn't enough. We need them to
> *cosponsor.* Then, keep calling every day - and get friends and family
> to call - until there's a vote on the Resolution. Watch for news about
> this at the committee website:
> http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/index.htm and see below
> for a list of IR Committee members, cosponsors, the text of the
> Resolution, the Downing Street documents and more. Use
> AfterDowningStreet's Lobby Kit to persuade your Congress Person:
> http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/538
>
> Get your Member's D.C. telephone number here: http://www.house.gov/
>
> Ask for the Legislative Director or the person in charge of Iraq or
> foreign policy, express your strong support for the Resolution of
> Inquiry (ROI), and request the Representative join the growing number of
> cosponsors. If they tell you that the representative will *not* be
> cosponsoring H. Res. 375, ask for specific reasons. Ask what it would
> take for the Representative to co-sponsor.
>
> If your Representative is a Republican, explain that Rep. Jim Leach from
> Iowa - a top-ranking Republican on the International Relations Committee
> - is already cosponsoring. If your Representative is a Democrat, explain
> that Leach and Tom Lantos, the Ranking Democrat on the International
> Relations Committee, are now cosponsoring. Ask: How can a Democrat
> refuse to cosponsor when a top Republican is consponsoring?
>
> We need THREE total Republicans on the International Relations Committee
> and ALL of the Democrats to cosponsor for H. Res. 375 to pass from the
> Committee to the House for a floor vote - see below for members of the
> IR Committee. For every Democrat who refuses to cosponsor, we need an
> additional Republican.
>
> Even if your Representative is not on the IR Committee, we need them as
> cosponsors, *not* just as supporters of the Resolution. If the ROI fails
> in committee, we'll need massive cosponsorship in the House.
>
> We also need specific information to follow up on these calls. Find out
> if your Representative seems willing or reluctant to cosponsor and then
> report back to us at http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/1887
>
> Current cosponsors: http://www.house.gov/lee/roi/roi.htm
>
> We can't assume your Congressperson is aware of these materials. If they
> need to know more about the Resolution or express uncertainty, ask for a
> fax number and / or email address to send copies of the Resolution of
> Inquiry and the actual Downing Street Minutes to the Representative or
> staffer(s). Fax or email these materials to them. You can get them here:
> One-page PDF of the Resolution of Inquiry:
> http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/roi-onepage.pdf
>
> Link to the ROI (scroll down):
> http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/902
>
> One-page PDF of the first Downing St. Minutes also known as the Downing
> Street Memo from July 23, 2002:
> http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/dsmemo.pdf
>
> Link to the Downing St. Minutes:
> http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/1
>
> If your Representative signed Rep. Conyers' letter of 5/5/05 Calling on
> the President to Answer Questions Concerning the "secret Downing Street
> memo" but hasn't agreed to Cosponsor HRes 375, you should mention that.
> Here's a PDF list of Members of Congress who signed the letter:
>
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/letters/bushletterlistofsigners.pdf
>
>
> Here's a PDF of the letter itself:
> http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/letters/bushsecretmemoltr5505.pdf
>
> Members of the International Relations Committee
> Democrats:
> Tom Lantos: <http://www.house.gov/lantos>California, 12th District
> Howard L. Berman <http://www.house.gov/berman>: California, 28th District
> Gary L. Ackerman: <http://www.house.gov/ackerman> New York, 5th District
> Eni F. H. Faleomavaega: <http://www.house.gov/faleomavaega>American Samoa
> Donald M. Payne: <http://www.house.gov/payne>New Jersey, 10th District
> Robert Menendez: <http://menendez.house.gov>New Jersey, 13th District
> Sherrod Brown: <http://www.house.gov/sherrodbrown>Ohio, 13th District
> Brad Sherman: <http://www.house.gov/sherman>California, 27th District
> Robert Wexler: <http://www.house.gov/wexler>Florida, 19th District
> Eliot L. Engel: <http://www.house.gov/engel>New York, 17th District
> William D. Delahunt: <http://www.house.gov/delahunt>Massachusetts, 10th
> District
> Gregory W. Meeks: <http://www.house.gov/meeks>New York, 6th District
> Barbara Lee: <http://www.house.gov/lee>California, 9th District
> Joseph Crowley: <http://www.house.gov/crowley>New York, 7th District
> Earl Blumenauer: <http://www.house.gov/blumenauer>Oregon, 3rd District
> Shelley Berkley: <http://www.house.gov/berkley>Nevada, 1st District
> Grace F. Napolitano: <http://www.house.gov/napolitano>California, 38th
> District
> Adam B. Schiff: <http://www.house.gov/schiff>California, 29th District
> Diane E. Watson <http://www.house.gov/watson/>: California, 33rd District
> Adam Smith <http://www.house.gov/adamsmith/>: Washington, 9th District
> Betty McCollum <http://www.house.gov/mccollum/>: Minnesota, 4th District
> Ben Chandler <http://chandler.house.gov/>: Kentucky, 6th District
> Dennis A. Cardoza <http://www.house.gov/cardoza/>: California, 18th
> District
>
> Republicans:
> Henry J. Hyde, Chairman: <http://www.house.gov/hyde> Illinois, 6th
District
> James A. Leach: <http://www.house.gov/leach> Iowa, 2nd District
> Christopher H. Smith <http://www.house.gov/chrissmith>: New Jersey, 4th
> District
> Dan Burton: <http://www.house.gov/burton>Indiana, 5th District
> Elton Gallegly <http://www.house.gov/gallegly>: California, 24th District
> Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: <http://www.house.gov/ros-lehtinen>Florida, 18th
> District
> Dana Rohrabacher: <http://www.house.gov/rohrabacher>California, 46th
> District
> Edward R. Royce: <http://www.house.gov/royce>California, 40th District
> Peter T. King: <http://www.house.gov/king>New York, 3rd District
> Steve Chabot: <http://www.house.gov/chabot>Ohio, 1st District
> Thomas G. Tancredo <http://www.house.gov/tancredo>: Colorado, 6th District
> Ron Paul <http://www.house.gov/paul>: Texas, 14th District
> Darrell Issa <http://www.issa.house.gov/>: California, 49th District
> Jeff Flake <http://www.house.gov/flake>: Arizona, 6th District
> Jo Ann Davis: <http://www.house.gov/joanndavis>Virginia, 1st District
> Mark Green <http://www.house.gov/markgreen/>: Wisconsin, 8th District
> Jerry Weller <http://www.house.gov/weller/>: Illinois, 11th District
> Mike Pence <http://mikepence.house.gov/>: Indiana, 6th District
> Thaddeus G. McCotter <http://www.house.gov/mccotter/>: Michigan, 11th
> District
> Katherine Harris <http://www.house.gov/harris/>: Florida, 13th District
> Joe Wilson <http://joewilson.house.gov/>: South Carolina, 2nd District
> John Boozman <http://www.boozman.house.gov/>: Arkansas, 3rd District
> J. Gresham Barrett <http://www.house.gov/barrett/>: South Carolina, 3rd
> District
> Connie Mack <http://www.house.gov/mack/>: Florida, 14th District
> Jeff Fortenberry <http://www.house.gov/fortenberry/>: Nebraska, 1st
> District
> Michael McCaul <http://www.house.gov/mccaul/>: Texas, 10th District
> Ted Poe <http://www.house.gov/poe/>: Texas, 2nd District
>
> We cannot thank you enough for your help. Your efforts really count!
>
> Sophie de Vries
> - http://www.ImpeachCentral.com
>
> Mike Hersh /
> - Maryland State Coordinator, Progressive Democrats of America
> http://www.pdamerica.org
> - Organizer, Democracy for America Silver Spring-Wheaton
> http://www.democracyforamerica.com
> - Chairperson, Montgomery County Progressive Alliance
> http://www.mc-progressivealliance.com
> - Radio Left Co-host - http://www.radioleft.com
> - MikeHersh.com - http://www.mikehersh.com
>
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