Permanent Bases Signing
Statement Will Help Kill Troops in Iraq
by Ralph
Lopez, Wed Jan 30, 2008
Published
at DailyKos on a day Senator Ted Kennedy entered a Kos Diary:
It's nice to
see Senator Ted
Kennedy in the cyber-room, and I'll admit I'm surprised he went for
Obama instead of Hillary. Nice move, senator. But while
you're here I'd be remiss not to raise the most pressing recent outrage
against the rule of law by the Bush administration, and ask again
what it will take for you to use your considerable political heft,
behind the scenes, to rally your party around to impeachment.
John Conyers was
recently asked "Is there anything that could happen that would change
your mind [about allowing impeachment hearings to proceed against Dick
Cheney]?" Conyers said: "Sure. There are plenty of things
that could happen."
Employing his usual tortured logic about the powers of the
Commander-in-Chief, Bush has
issued a signing statement saying he doesn't need to obey any
funding prohibition against building permanent military bases in Iraq.
Bush's talent for doing the precise thing that will further drive
Muslim moderates into the arms of extremists and boost Al Qaeda
recruiting has outdone itself...MORE
UK Times Breaks Update on
State Dept. Traitor
by Ralph Lopez,
Sun. Jan 20, 2008
It looks like the
Democrats' refusal to enforce accountability by impeachment is digging
them in as accomplices to treason. First Cheney gets away with
murder (in the case of Valerie Plame's informants, who may be getting
knocked off one-by-one as we speak.) Now this. This
involves members of Bush's State Department whom the Times calls
"household names." Total blackout in U.S. media, thank God for
the Brits. Looks like it's only a matter of time before Al Qaeda
gets a suitcase bomb, thanks to an administration riddled with traitors
like Cheney and a Congress which refused to do anything about it.
When blood runs in the streets and the air is filled with sounds
of mourning, be sure to call your anti-impeachment, Democratic
congressman and thank him for worrying more about "the next election."
From the UK
Times:
"the government official warned a Turkish member of the network that
they should not deal with a company called Brewster Jennings because it
was a CIA front company investigating the nuclear black market. The
official�s warning came two years before Brewster Jennings was
publicly outed when one of its staff, Valerie Plame, was revealed to be
a CIA agent in a case that became a cause célèbre in the
US."...MORE...
C.I.A. Tapes a Smoking Gun on
American "Enemy Combatant" -- Was Padilla convicted
based on tortured testimony?
by ralphlopez
, Dec. 21, 2007
Missing almost entirely from news coverage of the
destroyed CIA tapes is the explosive fact that they involve Jose
Padilla, the American citizen held incommunicado and without charges or
a trial for nearly four years. The Sixth Amendment of the
Constitution, the "Bill of Rights" states: "In all criminal
prosecutions, the accused, shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public
trial, by an impartial jury of the State."On May 8th, 2002, the government seized Padilla on American soil on allegations, but not formal charges, of terrorism. George Bush ordered the military to take custody of Padilla as an "enemy combatant" in the June 9, 2002 Presidential Order to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, which said:
"I, GEORGE W. BUSH, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the U.S. armed forces, hereby DETERMINE for the United States of America that...Jose Padilla, who is under the control of the Department of Justice and who is a U.S. citizen, is, and at the time he entered the United States in May 2002 was, an enemy combatant...you are directed to receive Mr. Padilla from the Department of Justice and to detain him as an enemy combatant. "
In military detention, Padilla was made to sleep on a metal cot, subjected to hooding, stress positions...MORE...
Congressmen Standing in the Way of History
Only 31 congressmen now stand in the way of history, with the recent additions of Weiner and Gutierrez to the ranks of House Judiciary Committee members in favor of hearings on Cheney. The resolution is still bottled up here, it's up to them. Pick up the phone, go down the list, clog up their fax lines, call their campaign contributors until they get it. The People Want Impeachment! Think of friends and relatives who live in these states and have them call and write letters too. Handwritten letters are very effective.
Conyers (D-MI), Smith (R-TX), Davis (D-AL), Franks (R-AL), Lofgren (D-CA), Gallegly (R-CA), Sherman (D-CA), Berman (D-CA), Schiff (D-CA), Sánchez (D-CA), Lungren (R-CA) Daniel, Issa (R-CA), Feeney (R-FL), Keller (R-FL), Wasserman (D-FL), Pence (R-IN), King (R-IA), Delahunt (D-MA), Nadler (D-NY), Watt (D-NC), Coble (R-NC), Sutton (D-OH), Chabot (R-OH), Jordan (R-OH), Gohmert (R-TX), Cannon (R-UT), Scott (D-VA), Forbes (R-VA), Goodlatte (R-VA), Boucher (D-VA), Sensenbrenner (R-WI).
And the Rest...to find your U.S. congressman enter your zip code here, ask him where he stands and urge him to get behind impeachment to restore the Constitution and the rule of law in America...
House
Judiciary Committee
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Main Number for the
Judiciary Committee:
202-225-3951
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(commercial software for
sending faxes from your computer, no fax machine required) |
Judiciary Committee official website with regular mail addresses and emails |
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Party
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State
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phone
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fax
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major campaign
contributor contact info.
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Conyers, Jr.
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John
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D
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MI
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202-225-5126
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202-225-0072
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Smith
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Lamar
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R
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TX
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202-225-4236
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202-225-8628
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Davis
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Artur
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D
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AL
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202-225-2665
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202-226-9567
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Franks
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Trent
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R
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AL
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202-225-4576
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202-225-6328
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Lofgren
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Zoe
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D
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CA
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202-225-3336
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Gallegly
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Elton
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R
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CA
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202-225-3065
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202-225-1100
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Sherman
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Brad
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D
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CA
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202-225-5911
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202-225-5879
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Berman
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Howard
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D
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CA
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202-225-4695
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202-225-3196
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Schiff
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Adam
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D
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CA
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202-225-4176
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202-225-5828
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Waters (pro-impeach)
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Maxine
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D
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CA
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202-225-7854
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Sánchez
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Linda
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D
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CA
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202-225-6676
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202-226-1012
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Lungren
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Daniel
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R
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CA
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202-225-5716
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202-226-1298
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Issa
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Darrell
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R
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CA
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202-225-3906
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202-225-3303
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Wexler (pro-impeachment)
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Robert
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D
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FL
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202-225-3001
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202-225-5974
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Feeney
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Tom
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R
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FL
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202-225-2706
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202.226.6299
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Keller
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Ric
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R
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FL
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202-225-2176
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202-225-0999
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Wasserman Schultz
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Debbie
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D
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FL
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202-225-7931
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202-226-2052
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Johnson (pro-impeachment)
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Hank
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D
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GA
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202-225-1605
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202-226-0691
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Gutierrez
(NEW: pro-impeachment) |
Luis
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D
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IL
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202-225-8203
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202-225-7810
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Pence
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Mike
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R
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IN
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202-225-3021
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202-225-3382
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King
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Steve
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R
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IA
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202-225-4426
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202.225.3193
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Delahunt
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William
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D
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MA
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202-225-3111
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202-225-5658
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Ellison (pro-impeachment)
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Keith
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D
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MN
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202-225-4755
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202-225-4886
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Nadler
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Jerrold
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D
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NY
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202-225-5635
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202-225-6923
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Weiner
(NEW: Pro-impeachment) |
Anthony
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D
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NY
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202-225-6616
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202-226-7253
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Watt
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Melvin
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D
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NC
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202-225-1510
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202-225-1512
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Coble
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Howard
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R
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NC
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202-225-3065
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202-225-8611
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Sutton
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Betty
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D
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OH
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202-225-2266
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Chabot
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Steve
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R
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OH
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22-225-2216
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202-225-3012
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Jordan
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Jim
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R
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OH
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202-225-2676
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202-226-0577
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Cohen (pro-impeachment)
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Steve
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D
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TN
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202-225-3265
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202-225-5663
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Jackson Lee (pro-impeachment)
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Sheila
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D
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TX
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202-225-3816
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202-225-3317
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Gohmert
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Louie
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R
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TX
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202-225-3035
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202-226-1230
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Cannon
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Chris
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R
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UT
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202-225-7751
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202-225-5629
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Scott
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Robert
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