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The defeat in Washington, Conn., has far from deterred the resolution supporters, who held an informal meeting in Town Hall on Monday that attracted about 100 people from Washington and surrounding towns.

The resounding cry was for the impeachment debate — the majority of the resolution supporters are ardent opponents of the war in Iraq — to get a fair public hearing.

We the People organizer Sandra Canning said the large turnout emboldened her group, with a core of about a dozen people, to push forward on this issue. She said they have consulted with the American Civil Liberties Union and hope town leaders will rethink their earlier position.

The next Board of Selectmen meeting is July 13.

The meeting Monday night was "hugely touching and hugely inspiring,'' Canning said. "There is a tremendous human need to be part of this, and as in a revival meeting, people want to testify to how they feel about this issue.''

Though Canning has lived in Washington for only eight years, she said there were third-generation families at the meeting whose roots in the town go back to the 1760s.

"That's a powerful mix,'' Canning said of the group's diversity. "We can't crawl back into our cozy lives.''

Fellow organizer Ken Corner said the consensus of those who attended the meeting was to again try to convince selectmen to allow a special town meeting. Even if there are more town residents who oppose the idea of sending an impeachment resolution to Congress, Cornet said there needs to be a debate.

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