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At last night’s meeting, we spent a considerable amount of time talking about impeaching Bush & Cheney. One of the highlights is that a local Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR83) “Requesting congress to commence impeachment proceedings against the president and the vice-president of the United States” has been introduced. Please see below for how you can help move this resolution forward.

Other announcements:

1. Hawaii for Kucinich 2008, the Hawaii campaign organization for US presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), will hold its first organizational meeting at 7 PM on Monday, April 9, 2007 at Weaver Hall, Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Avenue in Honolulu.
2. Voter Owned Hawaii, the group working to advance the comprehensive public financing bill invites us to: Join them for live music and a rally for Clean Elections at the Capitol on FRIDAY, APRIL 13 FROM 5:00-7:00pm
3. April 28th — National Day calling for Impeachment: We will likely be coordinating with NION-Hawaii to organize sign waving events to raise awareness about the grounds for Impeachment. Please let us know if you would like to be involved.

Impeachment Resolution ACTION CALL:

SCR83 “Requesting congress to commence impeachment proceedings against the president and the vice-president of the United States” has been introduced and referred to the JDL committee, which is chaired by Sen. Clayton Hee. The deadline for this resolution to be heard is Friday April 13th!

Please call or email Senator Clayton Hee as soon as possible and ask him to hold a hearing for SCR83.
Phone 808-586-7330; Fax 808-586-7334
e-mail senhee@Capitol.hawaii.gov

When a state legislature forwards a bill or a resolution on impeachment to the Congress of the United States, then the Congress is encouraged to act. By forwarding a resolution for impeachment through our local legislature, we the grassroots are asking the US Congress to stand up for us.

The main arguments to use when calling or writing are:

1. SCR 83 is a resolution and not a bill. As such, it ought to be heard before the JDL committee because it is supposed to reflect the sentiment of the people and the sentiment of the people should be heard.
2. It will generate a much broader debate and a great deal of local and national attention on the issue of impeachment.
3. This will help make Hawaii politically relevant on the national stage.

Actual arguments for impeachment should be secondary to your communication to the Senator, as we are only at the point of whether of not the resolution should be heard.

After calling Sen Hee, please consider also contacting Sen Les Ihara to thank him for introducing this resolution as the request of his constituents.

Mahalo Nui.