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State rep hungers for Bush, Cheney impeachment

By Nancy Foster / New Hampshire Union Leader

BROOKLINE – An 86-year-old state legislator may embark on a hunger strike in order to focus attention on the need to impeach President George W. Bush.

Betty Hall, a Democratic state legislator who will turn 87 next month, has been pushing for passage of a resolution in the New Hampshire Legislature calling for the impeachment of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. The resolution is meant to encourage congressional leaders in Washington to proceed with impeachment hearings before the Bush term ends in January 2009.

"I want the investigation of the Bush administration in Washington to get started," said Hall, who said U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., is sitting on impeachment legislation in the House Judiciary Committee at the behest of Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Hall offered her resolution, HR24, as a means of letting the Democratic leadership know that the people of New Hampshire want to see impeachment happen. But Hall said her efforts have been met by resistance both in the State House and in the media.

Hall's resolution will go to the floor of the House in March with a recommendation from the State-Federal Relations Committee that it not be passed. The committee made that recommendation by a vote of 10-5 after a hearing on the resolution Tuesday.

Hall said she is considering a hunger strike to help focus attention on the issue and to encourage those who support impeachment to let their voices be heard.

"I don't want to die and I don't want to hurt my health," said Hall, "but I need people to understand how important this issue is."