By Darren M. Allen

More than a dozen lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a resolution calling for President Bush’s impeachment, making the Vermont Legislature the (third) in the nation (along with Illinois and California) to consider such a move.

Introduced by Rep. David Zuckerman, P-Burlington, and signed by 12 other Democrats, Progressives and the body’s lone independent, the resolution requests that Congress “initiate impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush” under an obscure set of rules that allow state legislatures to directly seek such an action.

It comes a little more than two weeks after the Vermont Democratic Party decided to write a letter to Congress seeking impeachment, and a day after a similar resolution was introduced in the Illinois Legislature.

“George W. Bush has committed high crimes and misdemeanors as he has repeatedly and intentionally violated the United States Constitution and other laws of the United States,” Zuckerman’s resolution said.

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One Response to “Vermont Legislature Considers Move at State Level”

1. Larry Wilson Says:
   April 26th, 2006 at 6:45 pm

   If the both of them were impeached 4 years ago, it still wouldn’t be too soon.

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