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Yet Another Annoyance

By j7uy5 on April 28, 2007.

April 26, 2007





Dr. Joseph *****

**** * ******* St

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103



Dear Dr. *****:



Thank you for contacting me regarding the impeachment of Vice

President Cheney. I appreciate hearing from you.



As you know, impeachment is a very serious matter. The

Constitution sets forth the general principles which control the

procedural aspects of impeachment, vesting the power to impeach in the

House of Representatives, while giving the Senate the power to try

impeachments. In any case, the proceedings would have to be initiated

by the Republican leadership on the House Committee on the Judiciary.

The focus of the impeachment inquiry is to determine whether the person


involved has engaged in treason, bribery, or other high crimes and

misdemeanors. If the House Committee on the Judiciary, by majority

vote, determines that grounds for impeachment exist, a resolution

impeaching the individual in question and setting forth specific

allegations of misconduct, in one or more articles of impeachment, will


be reported to the full House.



While I am disappointed and disgusted with much of what the

Republican Administration has done, or should I say, failed to do for
the

American people, I must weigh matters of impeachment with extreme

caution. Should impeachment legislation come to the House floor for

debate and a vote, I will be sure to keep your views in mind.



Again, thank you for being in touch. For news on current federal

legislative issues, please visit my website at class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.house.gov/dingell">www.house.gov/dingell;
you

can also sign up there to receive my e-newsletter. In the meantime,

please do not hesitate to contact me again if I may be of assistance
with

this or any other matter of concern.



With every good wish,



Sincerely yours,





John D. Dingell

Member of Congress



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