An hour later I got a phone call from John Rossi, of Larson's office. He told me the office was working on responses to our questions and that I wasn't the only one who had expressed interest in impeachment. That was the first I'd heard of that.
Rossi and I talked briefly about our discussion group's questions and the overall question of accountability that they raise. I reminded Rossi that Congress holds the purse strings for everything and is the sole law enforcement authority in the case of crimes committed by the president. He seemed sympathetic. He told me the office is in contact with John Conyers, chairman of the committee that would have to initiate articles of impeachment.
I told Rossi that I'm writing up my experiences with Larson's office, and he agreed with me that there's too little reporting on the activities of members of Congress. He invited me to call anytime, and I promised to do that.
I'm going to give John Rossi a week or so to get back to me with answers, and then I'm getting back on the phone. In the meantime, we can all watch for developments among members of Conyers' committee. Readers of Op-Ed news (but not readers of my local paper, the Hartford Courant) know that three Democrats, led by Robert Wexler of Florida, have mounted a campaign to bring Cheney's impeachment up in committee, and they're drumming up public support for prompt action. One of the three, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, had been under intense pressure from accountability advocates in her district.
Wexler set up a website to sign people up in support of his petition http://wexlerwantshearings.com/ Thirty thousand signed up in the first 24 hours. Our group set up site for people to sign on to our 12 questions for Larson. It's at http://www.stepfour.com/xdem/?page_id=98
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