Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.

Bill: 110-hres-1258
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2008-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Child safety and welfare
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Conflicts and wars
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Disaster relief and insurance
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency planning and evacuation
First responders and emergency personnel
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International law and treaties
Iran
Iraq
Judicial procedure and administration
Louisiana
Medicare
Middle East
Military civil functions
Military operations and strategy
Natural disasters
Nuclear weapons
Oil and gas
Presidential administrations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism
United Nations
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-10
text: 
Impeaches President George W. Bush for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Sets forth articles of impeachment stating that President Bush, in violation of his oath of office: (1) illegally spent public dollars on a secret propaganda program to manufacture a false cause for war against Iraq; (2) misused intelligence reports to deceive Congress and the public about a connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda and the the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; (3) mislead Congress and the public into believing that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and posed an imminent threat to the United States; (4) illegally misspent funds to begin a war in secret prior to congressional authorization; (5) invaded Iraq in violation of U.S. law, the United Nations Charter, and international criminal law and failed to obtain a declaration of war; (6) failed to protect U.S. troops in Iraq by not providing them with body and vehicle armor and promoted false stories about the deaths and injuries of members of the U.S. military; (7) used public funds to construct permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq; (8) invaded Iraq to obtain control of its oil resources; (9) created a secret task force to guide U.S. energy and military policy in usurpation of the role of Congress in legislating such policy; (10) misused classified intelligence information and conspired to identify a covert agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (11) established policies granting U.S. government contractors in Iraq immunity from prosecution; (12) recklessly misspent public dollars on private contractors in Iraq; (13) detained U.S. citizens and foreign captives indefinitely and without charge; (14) authorized torture of captives in Afghanistan and Iraq; (15) kidnapped and transported individuals to countries known to practice torture; (16) authorized the arrest and detention of at least 2,500 children as enemy combatants in violation of the Geneva Convention; (17) mislead Congress and the public about threats from Iran; (18) created secret laws through the issuance of legal opinions by the Department of Justice and violated the Posse Comitatus Act; (19) authorized warrantless electronic surveillance of U.S. citizens; (20) directed telecommunication companies to create databases of the private telephone numbers and emails of U.S. citizens; (21) used signing statements to claim the right to violate laws enacted by Congress; (22) failed to comply with congressional subpoenas and instructed former executive branch employees not to comply with such subpoenas; (23) tampered with the conduct of free and fair elections and corrupted the administration of justice; (24) conspired to violate the voting rights of U.S. citizens; (25) pursued policies calculated to destroy the Medicare program; (26) failed to prepare for the predictable disasters caused by Hurricane Katrina; (27) mislead Congress and the public in an effort to undermine efforts to address global climate change; and (28) failed to take proper steps to protect the United States against the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, obstructed investigations into such attacks, and recklessly endangered the health of first responders near the site of such attacks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: On motion to refer the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 251 - 166 (Roll No. 401).
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: The Chair put the question de novo on the Kucinich motion to refer the resolution. (consideration: CR H5266)
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: Consideration initiated pursuant to a previous order. (consideration: CR 6/11/2008 H5266; text of measure as introduced: CR 6/10/2008 H5192-5211)
action_date: 2008-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-10
text: Introduced in House