Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, has been busy this week working on his goal to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.
“The vice president actively and systematically sought to deceive the citizens and Congress about an alleged threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction,” Kucinich said when he introduced H.R. 333, which calls for Cheney’s impeachment. “He has purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive us about the relationship between Iraq and al-Qaida.”
A campaign press release cited a poll released by the New Hampshire-based American Research Group saying more than half of Americans support his plan.
“Among Democrats, the support for impeachment is 76 percent, and among those who identified themselves as ‘independents,’ the support is 51 percent. Even 17 percent of Republicans said they favor impeachment,” the release said.
On July 5, Kucinich addressed the nation’s steelworkers union, where he discussed his proposals to “guarantee health insurance coverage for all Americans, cancel trade agreements that have eliminated millions of jobs, repeal a federal law that allows the government to intrude into union activities,” and impeach the vice president, his Web site said.
On Wednesday, Kucinich’s House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy held a hearing on hedge funds. In June, Kucinich made a last-minute attempt to convince the Securities and Exchange Commission to delay the Blackstone Group’s $4.7 billion initial public offering.
“In doing so, he continues Capitol Hill’s recent scrutiny of the private equity and hedge fund industries, which have raised their profile through a series of proposed public offerings and a run of big buyout deals,” the New York Times’ DealBook reported.
Well written articles on Kucinich. It will be interesting to see how this "neophyte" politician does with his issues, which include a plethora of notable ideas. Just how truly relevent they are to political change remains to be seen.
Email This
Vote 2008 Subscriptions 
Well written articles on Kucinich. It will be interesting to see how this "neophyte" politician does with his issues, which include a plethora of notable ideas. Just how truly relevent they are to political change remains to be seen.