Thurs 4/19: Impeachment in Olympia

HELP WASHINGTON STATE IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/wa

PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN HISTORIC DEBATE ABOUT IMPEACHMENT AND THE IRAQ WAR, ON THE
FLOOR OF THE WASHINGTON STATE SENATE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 19TH, 11:00AM. RALLY
10:00 AM.

We have one more week to move SJM 8016 to a vote in the Washington State Senate.
WE CANNOT LET DEMOCRACY QUIETLY SLIP AWAY. Democratic leadership can still move
SJM 8016, Senator Oemig's bill to investigate President Bush and Vice President
Cheney, to the floor for a vote, if they choose. Our intention in this campaign
is to send our memorial to the US Congress, not to let our bill rot in
committee. We need to send out a flood of calls and emails to members of the
Washington State Senate, asking them to move SJM 8016 to a vote. It is not
enough for our Senators to say that they will vote "if SJM 8016 makes it to the
floor." We must urge them to actively advocate for a vote, and to lobby their
colleagues in favor of SJM 8016 as well. We need your help this week, to
convince leadership to move SJM 8016 to a vote. Here is how you can help:

1. Email or call State Senate leadership today. Urge them to provide leadership
by moving SJM 8016 to the floor for a vote. Please tell them that we can't wait
until the next legislative session to call the Bush Administration into account.
With our current constitutional crisis, we must insist that our Senators
exercise their power and influence to support and protect the US Constitution.
Remind then that their sworn oath to defend the Constitution is their only oath
of office, and their highest calling as a public official. The eyes of the
country are upon them now. SJM 8016 may be the most important legislation they
vote on in their entire career. The fate of our country deserves their dedicated
efforts now. We want our Senators to go on record now with their votes. We need
to send this message daily to all of leadership. Here are emails for leadership:

brown.lisa@leg.wa.gov
eide.tracey@leg.wa.gov
chopp.frank@leg.wa.gov
murray.edward@leg.wa.gov
spanel.harriet@leg.wa.gov
regala.debbie@leg.wa.gov
rockefeller.phil@leg.wa.gov

2. Contact Governor Christine Gregoire. Ask her to support SJM 8016 by letting
Democratic leadership know that she wants them to move SJM 8016 to a vote. Ask
her kindly to honor her own oath of office and to use her influence now to
restore rule of law in this country. We ask her to protect us from the abuses of
the Bush Administration. Governor Gregoire has not received enough communication
on this issue. Let Governor Gregoire know that opposition to SJM 8016 would show
she does not vigorously support the US Constitution. We want a vote on SJM 8016
so we know where our Legislators stand. Help us flood her office with calls and
emails all week long:
(360) 902-4111
http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact

3. PLEASE COME TO THE STATE CAPITOL IN OLYMPIA TO ATTEND THE DEBATE ON APRIL
19TH AT 11:00.

We will gather to rally at 10:00 am (details TBA). Our March 1st rally in
Olympia had 500 people. Let's make this one 1,000 and let the world know that
democracy lives in Washington state. As the second state to call for impeachment
through our state legislature, we are providing hope and leadership for the rest
of the country. We must keep pushing ahead, and keep impeachment "on the table".
Every day that we make our voices heard, we win another step toward restoring
democracy.

Please arrange for transportation with people from your community. We are asking
that people sitting in the Senate gallery wear something "Guantanamo orange."
(Since signs are not allowed in the Senate gallery, we will alert our Senators
to our presence by wearing orange.)

Thank you for your timely response to this call to action. Your commitment to
the practice of Democracy has inspired me personally, and given me hope that the
good people of this country will prevail.

Thank you,

Linda Boyd Washington For Impeachmentx




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