by Steve Terrell

Two Democratic state senators on Tuesday introduced a resolution calling for impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, accusing the pair of misleading Congress over the Iraq war, torturing prisoners and violating Americans’ civil liberties.

New Mexico’s Legislature would be the first to pass an impeachment resolution.

But even though Democrats are in command of both chambers, the impeachment measure ran into immediate trouble.

Senate leaders immediately assigned Senate Joint Resolution 5 — introduced by Sens. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque, and Sen. John Grubesic, D-Santa Fe — to three committee hearings.

That many committee assignments generally is thought of as the kiss of death for legislation. Not only are there three chances to kill a measure before it gets to a floor vote, it also increases the chance that time will run out in the 60-day session before a measure can make it through both chambers.

No Republicans in the Legislature support the memorial, supporters acknowledge.

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