There can be no business as usual as long as our rights and system of government are under attack. We must hold legislators to their oaths.

Our State Legislators can simply move our memorials along to the floor of the US House. Let’s let them know that we cannot accept anything less. Join folks from Washington For Impeachment, Citizens to Impeach Bush and Cheney, Veterans For Peace, The Peace Academy, Eastside FOR, World Can’t Wait, and many others.

We’ll meet at the sun dial for speeches, theater and parading around noon, weather permitting. Bring your soapbox and signs!

Impeachment is the remedy for abuse of power. Be there. Linda Boyd, Washington For Impeachment

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Please also take action by phone and email. Do not assume others will do this. There is not nearly as much email and phone calls on impeachment as there was last year! We absolutely need to jam their phones and their emails. Contacts are below.

We need a MASSIVE push to move SJM 8016 and HJM 4027 in the Washington State Legislature by February 8th.

SJM 8016 will go to a floor vote in the Senate when it passes Rules Committee. PLEASE HELP PUSH SJM 8016 THROUGH RULES COMMITTEE BY CREATING A DELUGE OF CALLS, VISITS AND EMAILS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE WA STATE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE. Ask them to PULL 8016 out of the Rules Committee and onto the floor for a vote!

Please thank Lisa Brown for her work on domestic partnerships last year and urge her to let our bill move quietly and swiftly forward to the US House. Vigorously thank the five cosponsors of SJM (marked***) who serve on the Rules Committee for their continued support.

Senate Rules Committee: Urge them to PULL SJM 8016 from the Rules Committee and bring to a floor vote

Brad Owen, Lieutenant Governor, Chair (D) 1-360-786-7700 email: [email protected]

Senate Majority Leader LIsa Brown; (360) 786-7604 [email protected]

Sen. Rosa Franklin, Vice Chair (D); (360) 786-7656 [email protected]

Sen. Tracy Eide; (360) 786-7658 [email protected]

Senator Mike Hewitt; (360) 786-7630 [email protected]

***Sen. Karen Fraser; 360-786-7642 [email protected]

Sen. Mary Margret Haugen; (360) 786-7618 [email protected]

Sen. Karen Keiser; (360) 786-7664 [email protected]

***Sen. Adam Kline; (360) 786-7688 [email protected]

***Sen. Jeane Kohl-Welles; (360) 786-7670 [email protected]

Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe; (360) 786-7600 [email protected]

Sen. Ed Murray; (360) 786-7628 [email protected]

Sen. Linda Evans Parlette; (360) 786-7622 [email protected]

Sen. Cheryl Pflug; (360) 786-7608 [email protected]

***Sen. Debbie Regala; (360) 786-7652 [email protected]

Sen. Mark Schoesler; (360) 786-7620 [email protected]

***Sen. Harriet Spanel; (360) 786-7678 [email protected]

Sen. Val Stevens; (360) 786-7676 [email protected]

Sen. Joseph Zarelli (360) 786-7634 [email protected]

The other Barrier to overcome is the House Government and Tribal Affairs Committee:

Urge them to schedule a hearing on HJM 4027 immediately. Each member of the Gov’t and Tribal Affairs Committee represents all of us, so kindly insist that they take your message, name and address.

Please be relentless in your requests that House Speaker FRANK CHOPP help schedule a hearing for Rep. Chase’s companion bill, HJM 4027, in the Gov’t. and Tribal Affairs Committee. (360) 786-7920 [email protected]

Lobby Chair — Sam Hunt — to schedule a hearing for HJM 4027.

(360) 786-7992 [email protected] .

While Sam is busy stonewalling the impeachment bill, his committee heard HJM 4031 – Requesting that Congress and the President demand Ethiopia fulfill its human rights obligations.–on Friday. Yeah, we have a lot of moral authority on this one!

Other members of the House State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee:

Rep. Sherry Appleton – Vice Chair (D-23) (360) 786-7934 [email protected]

Rep. Bruce Chandler – Ranking Minority Member (R-15) (360) 786-7960 [email protected]

Rep. Mike Armstrong – Asst Ranking Minority Member (R-12) (360) 786-7832 [email protected]

Rep. Joel Kretz (R-7) (360) 786-7988 [email protected]

Rep. Marko Liias (D-21) (360) 786-7972 [email protected]

Rep. Mark Miloscia (D-30) 360) 786-7898 [email protected]

Rep. Timm Ormsby (D-3) (360) 786-7946 [email protected],

The House Democratic Leadership — they influence the entire House

Rep. Frank Chopp: Speaker of the House, (360) 786-7920 [email protected]

Rep. William Grant : Caucus Chair, (360) 786-7828 [email protected]

Rep. Lynn Kessler: Majority Leader, (360) 786-7904, [email protected]

Rep. Jeff Morris : Speaker Pro Tempore, (360) 786-7970 [email protected]

Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos: Majority Whip, (360) 786-7944 [email protected]