By Rachel Kapochunas, CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
Published: July 9, 2007
Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan mainly has targeted her wrath over Iraq at President George W. Bush and other Republicans. But just more than a month ago, she pronounced herself disillusioned with the leaders of the Democratic Party, calling them too soft on Bush.

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And now Sheehan says she is considering taking her displeasure directly to the source — by waging a third-party challenge to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi next year in the California Democrat's San Francisco-based 8th District.

Sheehan told the Associated Press on Sunday that she would enter the 2008 House contest, in one of the nation's most solidly Democratic and liberal-leaning districts, unless Pelosi introduces articles of impeachment against Bush by July 23.

Sheehan said she believes the president misled the public about the reasons why he took the nation to war in Iraq and committed other impeachable offenses.

Moved to political activism by the death of her son while serving in Iraq, Sheehan rose to national attention in 2005 as she set up camp outside Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, and demanded without success an audience with the president to discuss her grievances over the war as the mother of a serviceman killed in action.

Sheehan announced late this May that she was leaving the Democratic Party because she felt its members in Congress were "caving in" to the president by supporting continued funding for the war in Iraq.

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APN Chat with US Rep. Bob Filner on Impeachment
Monday, 9 July 2007, 8:47 pm
Column: Atlanta Progressive News

APN Chat with US Rep. Bob Filner on Impeachment
By Matthew Cardinale

"I'm calling to confirm my cosponsorship of H Res 333 to impeach Bush and Cheney," US Rep. Filner (D-CA) told Atlanta Progressive News in a phone interview.

"These guys have governed with cynicism and complete contempt of the American people from the beginning," Filner said.

"For political reasons impeachment was taken off the table," Filner said.

"The latest... to say he's above the law and he's not part of the Executive Branch... he's just gone too far for the average American citizen," Filner said.
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H Res 333 is Articles of Impeachment of Vice President Cheney. President Bush's impeachment has also been proposed–although not yet through any bill–by several Members of Congress.

Currently, 10 total cosponsors are listed on the Library of Congress website for H Res 333: US Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), plus US Reps. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), William Lacy Clay (D-MO), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), and Albert Wynn (D-MD), so far.

Two additional cosponsors confirmed by APN are US Rep. McDermott (D-WA) and US Rep. Filner (D-CA).

Impeachment activist David Swanson says US Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) has also indicated to a source that he wanted to have been a cosponsor but said a clerical error had left his name off the list. Moran has been out of the country and will confirm either way shortly when he returns.

US Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) called for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to put impeachment back on the table, in a press release on his website. He did not specifically state he would cosponsor H Res 333, and actually, his remarks seem to relate more to Bush than Cheney.

Kucinich's Office did not return a call today seeking confirmation on Moran's cosponsorship.

US Rep. Filner had been a cosponsor of H Res 635, a former bill in the last Session by US Rep. Conyers (D-OH), to create a Select Committee to investigate possible impeachment offenses by Bush.
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