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Kucinich delays announcement of Articles of Impeachment for Cheney Michael Roston Published: Tuesday April 24, 2007 Print This Email This
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has announced that he will delay the introduction of Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Richard Cheney, originally scheduled for noon today. The change came on account of the Vice President's hospital visit this morning.
"News reports this morning indicate the Vice President was experiencing a medical crisis. Until the Vice President's condition is clarified, I am placing any action on hold," the Congressman announced in a statement released to RAW STORY.
The Vice President had apparently returned to the White House earlier after visiting the George Washington University Medical Center to have a blood clot in his leg examined. Latest reports from the White House stated that the Vice President's deep venous thrombosis had improved and he was resuming his normal schedule today at the White House.
Congressman Kucinich, a former Mayor of Cleveland and currently seeking the Democratic nomination for President in 2008, had planned to hold a press conference at noon at the Cannon House Office Building. Kucinich's office has been tight-lipped about the particular charges he intends to array against the controversial Vice President, who according to a February Gallup Poll had a favorability rating of 37%.
The decision to lodge impeachment charges against the Vice President marked a new direction for Kucinich. Last year, he declined to support former Rep. Cynthia McKinney's (D-GA) impeachment charges against President George W. Bush, according to the Atlanta Progressive News. But after posting a video on his campaign website saying that he would consult voters as he campaigned around the country, the Congressman appears to have decided to move ahead with the impeachment charges against the Vice President.
The Congressman explained his rationale in the video.
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