Illinois is the Shining Star

President Bush Impeachement

HJ0125  LRB094 20306 RLC 58347 r   1  HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION  2      WHEREAS, Section 603 of Jefferson's Manual of the Rules of  3  the United States House of Representatives allows federal  4  impeachment proceedings to be initiated by joint resolution of  5  a state legislature; and   6      WHEREAS, President Bush has publicly admitted to ordering  7  the National Security Agency to violate provisions of the 1978  8  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a felony, specifically  9  authorizing the Agency to spy on American citizens without  10  warrant; and   11      WHEREAS, Evidence suggests that President Bush authorized  12  violation of the Torture Convention of the Geneva Conventions,  13  a treaty regarded a supreme law by the United States  14  Constitution; and   15      WHEREAS, The Bush Administration has held American  16  citizens and citizens of other nations as prisoners of war  17  without charge or trial; and   18      WHEREAS, Evidence suggests that the Bush Administration  19  has manipulated intelligence for the purpose of initiating a  20  war against the sovereign nation of Iraq, resulting in the  21  deaths of large numbers of Iraqi civilians and causing the  22  United States to incur loss of life, diminished security and  23  billions of dollars in unnecessary expenses; and   24      WHEREAS, The Bush Administration leaked classified  25  national secrets to further a political agenda, exposing an  26  unknown number of covert U. S. intelligence agents to potential  27  harm and retribution while simultaneously refusing to  28  investigate the matter; and   29      WHEREAS, The Republican-controlled Congress has declined       HJ0125 - 2 - LRB094 20306 RLC 58347 r   1  to fully investigate these charges to date; therefore, be it  2      RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE  3  NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE  4  SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the General Assembly of the  5  State of Illinois has good cause to submit charges to the U. S.  6  House of Representatives under Section 603 that the President  7  of the United States has willfully violated his Oath of Office  8  to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United  9  States; and be it further   10      RESOLVED, That George W. Bush, if found guilty of the  11  charges contained herein, should be removed from office and  12  disqualified to hold any other office in the United States.