http://news.aol.com/story/_a/feingold-proposes-bush-censure/20070722203809990001Feingold Proposes Bush Censure
AP
Posted: 2007-07-23 06:09:53
Filed Under: Nation, Politics
WASHINGTON (July 22) - Liberal Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold said Sunday he wants Congress to censure President Bush for his management of the Iraq war and his "assault" against the Constitution.
Do you think President Bush should be censured?
Yes 61%
No 39%
Total Votes: 192,321
How has your opinion of George Bush changed since he was first elected president?
I like him less now 59%
It hasn't changed 30%
I like him more now 11%
Total Votes: 188,848
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Feingold, a prominent war critic, said he soon plans to offer two censure resolutions - measures that would amount to a formal condemnation of the Republican president.
The first would seek to reprimand Bush for, as Feingold described it, getting the nation into war without adequate military preparation and for issuing misleading public statements. The resolution also would cite Vice President Dick Cheney and perhaps other administration officials.
The second measure would seek to censure Bush for what the Democrat called a continuous assault against the rule of law through such efforts as the warrantless surveillance program against suspected terrorists, Feingold said. It would also ask for a reprimand of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and maybe others.
"This is an opportunity for people to say, let's at least reflect on the record that something terrible has happened here," said Feingold, D-Wis. "This administration has weakened America in a way that is frightful."
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