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Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Seattle), the long-serving 7th District U.S. Congressman, made remarks on the House floor this morning in favor of the impeachment of President George W. Bush. He said that, after a long struggle with the implication of one of the House's "gravest" decisions,  he was signing onto a resolution to consider the impeachment of President Bush based on evidence from three new books by Ron Suskind, Vincent Bugliosi and Bob Woodward.

McDermott spokesman Mike DeCesare said Rep. McDermott would not speculate as to whether or not he thought the call for impeachment would be widespread among Democrats, and did not think it would hurt Democrats' electoral chances in the fall.

See McDermott's full remarks on the House floor below.

State Rep. Betty Hall needs another 230 signatures to gain access to the New Hampshire ballot.

Hall, of Hollis, is running as an independent for the state senate in District 12 and has until August 6th to hand-in 750 signatures.

U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich is trying to impeach President Bush today for the second time in as many months. Kucinich unsuccessfully attempted to introduce 35 articles of impeachment against Bush last month. This time, Kucinich is offering only one article.

In a letter to colleagues, Kucinich said, "I will bring forth a single article of impeachment which reviews the factual misrepresentations the President made to Congress to induce a favorable vote for the authorization for war."

Kucinich said "at least a dozen key material representations made to Congress by the President in that authorization, in furtherance of Congressional action, were false at the time they were made."

Former state Rep. Jim Trakas (R-Independence) is challenging Kucinich for Ohio's 10th Congressional district seat.

Trakas issued a statement in response to Kucinich's latest impeachment efforts calling them "futile" and saying the "fool's errand reinforces who owns Congressman Kucinich." The statement says that "Hollywood's favorite son" is continuing "to ignore Cleveland."

Poor Mark Lawrence. Maybe if he'd laid off the impeachment talk during his campaign, he would have finished higher than 5th place.

Here's the first five minutes of U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Cleveland) on the House of Representatives floor on Monday evening introducing a 35-count resolution to impeach President George W. Bush.

Two insurgent Democratic challengers have expressed strong support for Rep. Dennis Kucinich's (D-Ohio) idea to introduce articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush Monday night. Paul Richmond (D-Port Townsend), who is seeking the seat of party mate Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Belfair), and Cheryl Crist (D-Olympia), who is running against Rep. Brian Baird (D-Vancouver), both issued press releases welcoming the impeachment and urging their fellow candidates to support the movement.

"I am thrilled that Congressman Kucinich has moved forward with enumerating the grave crimes and malfeasance in office of George W. Bush. There is ample evidence that warrants impeachment and removal from office of both Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney," said Crist. "I strongly wish that I were in Congress today so that I could co-sponsor this historic impeachment resolution."

Mark Lawrence has released his first ad, saying that President Bush needs to be impeached.

Lawrence, currently the York County District Attorney, is running as a Democrat in the First Congressional District.

“Impeaching Bush isn’t a distraction, it’s our duty,” Lawrence says in the ad. “As a prosecutor I believe no one is above the law, including a president.”

MANCHESTER -- At their annual state convention Democrats approved a resolution asking Congress to begin impeachment procedures against President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

The resolution, offered by the Newbury Democratic Committee, had very little debate at the state party convention, but several activists worked the crowd throughout the day and said they expected some controversy.