IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 333 
Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for 
high crimes and misdemeanors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2007 
Mr. KUCINICH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United 
States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
Resolved, That Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of 
the United States, is impeached for high crimes and mis-
demeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment 
be exhibited to the United States Senate: 
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of 
Representatives of the United States of America in the 
name of itself and of the people of the United States of 
America, against Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the 
United States of America, in maintenance and support of 
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its impeachment against him for high crimes and mis-
demeanors. 
Article I 
In his conduct while Vice President of the United 
States, Richard B. Cheney, in violation of his constitu-
tional oath to faithfully execute the office of Vice Presi-
dent of the United States and, to the best of his ability, 
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the 
United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty 
to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has pur-
posely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the 
citizens and Congress of the United States by fabricating 
a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify 
the use of the United States Armed Forces against the 
nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national secu-
rity interests, to wit: 
(1) Despite all evidence to the contrary, the 
Vice President actively and systematically sought to 
deceive the citizens and Congress of the United 
States about an alleged threat of Iraqi weapons of 
mass destruction: 
(A) ‘‘We know they have biological and 
chemical weapons.’’ March 17, 2002, Press 
Conference by Vice President Dick Cheney and 
His Highness Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, 
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Crown Prince of Bahrain at Shaikh Hamad 
Palace. 
(B) ‘‘. . . and we know they are pursuing 
nuclear weapons.’’ March 19, 2002, Press 
Briefing by Vice President Dick Cheney and 
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jeru-
salem. 
(C) ‘‘And he is actively pursuing nuclear 
weapons at this time . . .’’ March 24, 2002, 
CNN Late Edition interview with Vice Presi-
dent Cheney. 
(D) ‘‘We know he’s got chemicals and bio-
logical and we know he’s working on nuclear.’’ 
May 19, 2002, NBC Meet the Press interview 
with Vice President Cheney. 
(E) ‘‘But we now know that Saddam has 
resumed 
his 
efforts 
to 
acquire 
nuclear 
weapons . . . Simply stated, there is no doubt 
that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass 
destruction. There is no doubt that he is amass-
ing them to use against our friends, against our 
allies, and against us.’’ August 26, 2002, 
Speech of Vice President Cheney at VFW 
103rd National Convention. 
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(F) ‘‘Based on intelligence that’s becoming 
available, some of it has been made public, 
more of it hopefully will be, that he has indeed 
stepped up his capacity to produce and deliver 
biological weapons, that he has reconstituted 
his nuclear program to develop a nuclear weap-
on, that there are efforts under way inside Iraq 
to significantly expand his capability.’’ Sep-
tember 8, 2002, NBC Meet the Press interview 
with Vice President Cheney. 
(G) ‘‘He is, in fact, actively and aggres-
sively seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.’’ 
September 8, 2002, NBC Meet the Press inter-
view with Vice President Cheney. 
(H) ‘‘And we believe he has, in fact, recon-
stituted nuclear weapons.’’ March 16, 2003, 
NBC Meet the Press interview with Vice Presi-
dent Cheney. 
(2) Preceding the March 2003 invasion of Iraq 
the Vice President was fully informed that no legiti-
mate evidence existed of weapons of mass destruc-
tion in Iraq. The Vice President pressured the intel-
ligence community to change their findings to enable 
the deception of the citizens and Congress of the 
United States. 
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(A) Vice President Cheney and his Chief of 
Staff, Lewis Libby, made multiple trips to the 
CIA in 2002 to question analysts studying 
Iraq’s weapons programs and alleged links to al 
Qaeda, creating an environment in which ana-
lysts felt they were being pressured to make 
their assessments fit with the Bush administra-
tion’s policy objectives accounts. 
(B) Vice President Cheney sought out 
unverified and ultimately inaccurate raw intel-
ligence to prove his preconceived beliefs. This 
strategy of cherry picking was employed to in-
fluence the interpretation of the intelligence. 
(3) The Vice President’s actions corrupted or 
attempted to corrupt the 2002 National Intelligence 
Estimate, an intelligence document issued on Octo-
ber 1, 2002, and carefully considered by Congress 
prior to the October 10, 2002, vote to authorize the 
use of force. The Vice President’s actions prevented 
the necessary reconciliation of facts for the National 
Intelligence Estimate which resulted in a high num-
ber of dissenting opinions from technical experts in 
two Federal agencies. 
(A) The State Department’s Bureau of In-
telligence and Research dissenting view in the 
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October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate 
stated ‘‘Lacking persuasive evidence that Bagh-
dad has launched a coherent effort to reconsti-
tute it’s nuclear weapons program INR is un-
willing to speculate that such an effort began 
soon after the departure of UN inspectors or to 
project a timeline for the completion of activi-
ties it does not now see happening. As a result 
INR is unable to predict that Iraq could ac-
quire a nuclear device or weapon.’’. 
(B) The State Department’s Bureau of In-
telligence and Research dissenting view in the 
October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate 
also stated that ‘‘Finally, the claims of Iraqi 
pursuit of natural uranium in Africa are, in 
INR’s assessment, highly dubious.’’. 
(C) The State Department’s Bureau of In-
telligence and Research dissenting view in the 
October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate 
references a Department of Energy opinion by 
stating that ‘‘INR accepts the judgment of 
technical experts at the US Department of En-
ergy (DOE) who have concluded that the tubes 
Iraq seeks to acquire are poorly suited for use 
in gas centrifuges to be used for uranium en-
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richment and finds unpersuasive the arguments 
advanced by others to make the case that they 
are intended for that purpose.’’. 
The Vice President subverted the national security 
interests of the United States by setting the stage for the 
loss of more than 3300 United States service members; 
the loss of 650,000 Iraqi citizens since the United States 
invasion; the loss of approximately $500 billion in war 
costs which has increased our Federal debt; the loss of 
military readiness within the United States Armed Serv-
ices due to overextension, lack of training and lack of 
equipment; the loss of United States credibility in world 
affairs; and the decades of likely blowback created by the 
invasion of Iraq. 
In all of this, Vice President Richard B. Cheney has 
acted in a manner contrary to his trust as Vice President, 
and subversive of constitutional government, to the preju-
dice of the cause of law and justice and the manifest injury 
of the people of the United States. Wherefore, Vice Presi-
dent Richard B. Cheney, by such conduct, is guilty of an 
impeachable offense warranting removal from office. 
Article II 
In his conduct while Vice President of the United 
States, Richard B. Cheney, in violation of his constitu-
tional oath to faithfully execute the office of Vice Presi-
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dent of the United States and, to the best of his ability, 
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the 
United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty 
to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, purposely 
manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens 
and Congress of the United States about an alleged rela-
tionship between Iraq and al Qaeda in order to justify the 
use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation 
of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security 
interests, to wit: 
(1) Despite all evidence to the contrary, the 
Vice President actively and systematically sought to 
deceive the citizens and the Congress of the United 
States about an alleged relationship between Iraq 
and al Qaeda: 
(A) ‘‘His regime has had high-level con-
tacts with Al Qaeda going back a decade and 
has provided training to Al Qaeda terrorists.’’ 
December 2, 2002, Speech of Vice President 
Cheney at the Air National Guard Senior Lead-
ership Conference. 
(B) ‘‘His regime aids and protects terror-
ists, including members of Al Qaeda. He could 
decide secretly to provide weapons of mass de-
struction to terrorists for use against us.’’ Jan-
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uary 30, 2003, Speech of Vice President Che-
ney to 30th Political Action Conference in Ar-
lington, Virginia. 
(C) ‘‘We know he’s out trying once again 
to produce nuclear weapons and we know that 
he has a long-standing relationship with various 
terrorist groups, including the Al Qaeda organi-
zation.’’ March 16, 2003, NBC Meet the Press 
interview with Vice President Cheney. 
(D) ‘‘We learned more and more that there 
was a relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda 
that stretched back through most of the decade 
of the ’90s, that it involved training, for exam-
ple, 
on 
biological 
weapons 
and 
chemical 
weapons . . .’’ September 14, 2003, NBC 
Meet the Press interview with Vice President 
Cheney. 
(E) ‘‘Al Qaeda had a base of operation 
there up in Northeastern Iraq where they ran 
a large poisons factory for attacks against Eu-
ropeans and U.S. forces.’’ October 3, 2003, 
Speech of Vice President Cheney at Bush-Che-
ney ’04 Fundraiser in Iowa. 
(F) ‘‘He also had an established relation-
ship with Al Qaeda providing training to Al 
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Qaeda members in areas of poisons, gases, and 
conventional bombs.’’ October 10, 2003, Speech 
of Vice President Cheney to the Heritage Foun-
dation. 
(G) ‘‘Al Qaeda and the Iraqi intelligence 
services have worked together on a number of 
occasions.’’ January 9, 2004, Rocky Mountain 
News interview with Vice President Cheney. 
(H) ‘‘I think there’s overwhelming evidence 
that there was a connection between Al Qaeda 
and the Iraqi government.’’ January 22, 2004, 
NPR: Morning Edition interview with Vice 
President Cheney. 
(I) ‘‘First of all, on the question of—of 
whether or not there was any kind of relation-
ship, there clearly was a relationship. It’s been 
testified to; the evidence is overwhelming.’’ 
June 17, 2004, CNBC: Capital Report inter-
view with Vice President Cheney. 
(2) Preceding the March 2003 invasion of Iraq 
the Vice President was fully informed that no cred-
ible evidence existed of a working relationship be-
tween Iraq and al Qaeda, a fact articulated in sev-
eral official documents, including: 
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(A) A classified Presidential Daily Briefing 
ten days after the September 11, 2001, attacks 
indicating that the United States intelligence 
community had no evidence linking Saddam 
Hussein to the September 11th attacks and 
that there was ‘‘scant credible evidence that 
Iraq had any significant collaborative ties with 
Al Qaeda’’. 
(B) Defense Intelligence Terrorism Sum-
mary No. 044–02, issued in February 2002 by 
the United States Defense Intelligence Agency, 
which challenged the credibility of information 
gleaned from captured al Qaeda leader al-Libi. 
The DIA report also cast significant doubt on 
the possibility of a Saddam Hussein-al-Qaeda 
conspiracy: ‘‘Saddam’s regime is intensely sec-
ular and is wary of Islamic revolutionary move-
ments. Moreover, Baghdad is unlikely to pro-
vide assistance to a group it cannot control.’’. 
(C) A January 2003 British intelligence 
classified report on Iraq that concluded that 
‘‘there are no current links between the Iraqi 
regime and the al-Qaeda network’’. 
The Vice President subverted the national security 
interests of the United States by setting the stage for the 
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loss of more than 3,300 United States service members; 
the loss of 650,000 Iraqi citizens since the United States 
invasion; the loss of approximately $500 billion in war 
costs which has increased our Federal debt; the loss of 
military readiness within the United States Armed Serv-
ices due to overextension, lack of training and lack of 
equipment; the loss of United States credibility in world 
affairs; and the decades of likely blowback created by the 
invasion of Iraq. 
In all of this, Vice President Richard B. Cheney has 
acted in a manner contrary to his trust as Vice President, 
and subversive of constitutional government, to the preju-
dice of the cause of law and justice and the manifest injury 
of the people of the United States. 
Wherefore, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, by 
such conduct, is guilty of an impeachable offense war-
ranting removal from office. 
Article III 
In his conduct while Vice President of the United 
States, Richard B. Cheney, in violation of his constitu-
tional oath to faithfully execute the office of Vice Presi-
dent of the United States and, to the best of his ability, 
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the 
United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty 
to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has open-
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ly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran ab-
sent any real threat to the United States, and done so 
with the United States proven capability to carry out such 
threats, thus undermining the national security of the 
United States, to wit: 
(1) Despite no evidence that Iran has the inten-
tion or the capability of attacking the United States 
and despite the turmoil created by United States in-
vasion of Iraq, the Vice President has openly threat-
ened aggression against Iran as evidenced by the fol-
lowing: 
(A) ‘‘For our part, the United States is 
keeping all options on the table in addressing 
the irresponsible conduct of the regime. And we 
join other nations in sending that regime a 
clear message: We will not allow Iran to have 
a nuclear weapon.’’ March 7, 2006, Speech of 
Vice President Cheney to American Israel Pub-
lic Affairs Committee 2006 Policy Conference. 
(B) ‘‘But we’ve also made it clear that all 
options are on the table.’’ January 24, 2007, 
CNN Situation Room interview with Vice Presi-
dent Cheney. 
(C) ‘‘When we—as the President did, for 
example, recently—deploy another aircraft car-
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rier task force to the Gulf, that sends a very 
strong signal to everybody in the region that 
the United States is here to stay, that we clear-
ly have significant capabilities, and that we are 
working with friends and allies as well as the 
international organizations to deal with the Ira-
nian threat.’’ January 29, 2007, Newsweek 
interview with Vice President Cheney. 
(D) ‘‘But I’ve also made the point and the 
President has made the point that all options 
are still on the table.’’ February 24, 2007, Vice 
President Cheney at Press Briefing with Aus-
tralian Prime Minister in Sydney, Australia. 
(2) The Vice President, who repeatedly and 
falsely claimed to have had specific, detailed knowl-
edge of Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction 
capabilities, is no doubt fully aware of evidence that 
demonstrates Iran poses no real threat to the United 
States as evidenced by the following: 
(A) ‘‘I know that what we see in Iran right 
now is not the industrial capacity you can [use 
to develop a] bomb.’’ Mohamed ElBaradei, Di-
rector General of International Atomic Energy 
Agency, February 19, 2007. 
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