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NBC/MSNBC are reporting that the House of Representatives will see the introduction of an resolution to introduce a resolution to impeach Attorney General Gonzales. The brief 60 word resolution basically calls on the House Judiciary Committee to hold a vote on impeachment proceedings.

A group of House Democrats will introduce a resolution calling on the Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) will sponsor the measure. It will be dropped in the hopper tomorrow.

It’s too early to say whether it will actually get anywhere.

Here’s the text of resolution…

RESOLUTION
Directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, should be impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanors.
1 Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary shall
2 investigate fully whether sufficient grounds exist for the
3 House of Representatives to impeach Alberto R. Gonzales,
4 Attorney General of the United States, for high crimes
5 and misdemeanors.

(Wikipedia: “In politics, in the United States House of Representatives, the hopper is the box which sits on the House Clerk’s desk, into which a bill or resolution is dropped for introduction.”)

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