Reply #10: yes it did. here is the text: see the second part. "It is hereby resolved [View All]

[robinlynne]

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.


This bill has already passed the Illinois state
assembly.
A similar bill is now up for voting in the california
state assembly.
"Section 603 of Jefferson's Manual of the Rules of
the United States House of Representatives, allows
federal impeachment proceedings to be initiated by
joint resolution of a state legislature. From there,
Illinois House Joint Resolution 125 (hereafter to be
referred to as HJR0125) was born.

Detailing five specific charges against President Bush
including one that is specified to be a felony, the
complete text of HJR0125 is copied below at the end of
this article. One of the interesting points is that
one of the items, the one specified as a felony, that
the NSA was directed by the President to spy on
American citizens without warrant, is not in dispute.
That fact should prove an interesting dilemma for a
Republican controlled US House that clearly is not
only loathe to initiate impeachment proceedings, but
does not even want to thoroughly investigate any of
the five items brought up by the Illinois Assembly as
high crimes and/or misdemeanors. Should HJR0125 be
passed by the Illinois General Assembly, the US House
will be forced by House Rules to take up the issue of
impeachment as a privileged bill, meaning it will take
precedence over other House business.


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