From Leslie Cagan, www.unitedforpeace.org [1]
Please circulate this memo to your own lists and the members of your group or organization.
This Friday, July 25th, the House Judiciary Committee will convene a hearing called "Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations." While not defined explicitly as a hearing on the articles of impeachment that Rep. Dennis Kucinich has put forth, this is the closest we've seen to a formal discussion on Capitol Hill related to the issue of impeachment. Click here for the AP article explaining what's happening: LINK [2].
There are several things you and your group can do between now and Friday:
* By clicking here http://www.democrats.com/topelosiandjudiciary [3] you can send a message to members of the House Judiciary Committee. Be sure to tell them how important it is for them to be at the hearing on Friday, and for them to speak up for impeachment.
* Get in touch with your local media outlets before Friday and urge them to fully cover the hearing. And it would be great if you can also get in touch with national media outlets to demand that they cover the hearing. For media contact information click here: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/ [4]
* Sign - and get others to sign - the petition organized by Dennis Kucinich: http://impeachment.kucinich.us/petition/ [5] (We had some trouble logging on to this site, so please be patient and keep trying!)
* If you are in or near Washington, DC try to get to the hearing yourself. Folks need to be there early, by 9 am. The hearing will be in the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2141 starting at 10 am. For more information contact ningroup@gmail.com [6]
Below is some more information about the plans for the Friday hearing, as prepared by AfterDowningStreet.org , a member group of UFPJ.
peace,
Leslie Cagan
National Coordinator, UFPJ
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Overview of what's planned for the July 25th hearing:
There are two (maybe three) panels being planned for the hearing, one consisting of Rep Dennis Kucinich and four other members of Congress (Jane Harman, Walter Jones, Brad Miller, and Maurice Hinchey), and the other consisting of non-Congress Members (Elizabeth Holtzman, Bruce Fein, Frederick Schwartz, John Dean, Bob Barr, Ralph Nader, Rocky Anderson).
These speakers can be expected to favor impeachment:
Dennis Kucinich
Elizabeth Holtzman
Ralph Nader [NOTE: They canceled on Nader.]
Maybe Bruce Fein
These speakers can be expected to favor impeachment and other solutions:
Maurice Hinchey
Rocky Anderson
Maybe Walter Jones
These speakers can be expected to spit on the Constitution:
Jane Harman
Brad Miller
Frederick Schwartz
John Dean
Bob Barr
These members of the House Judiciary Committee can be expected to speak for impeachment:
Robert Wexler
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Tammy Baldwin
Keith Ellison
Steve Cohen
Hank Johnson
Maxine Waters
Luis Gutierrez
Anthony Weiner
Maybe Zoe Lofgren
All of the above is subject to change and subject to public pressure as well as pressure from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and/or Committee Chair John Conyers. If you know any of the scheduled speakers, please urge them to read the Constitution on which they are being asked to testify.