Originally published September 23 2005
Republican congressman offers support in demand for Downing Street memos
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Unlike most Republican congressmen, Congressman Jim Leach (R, Iowa) has decided to co-sponsor Congresswoman Barbara Lee's (D, California) resolution of inquiry into communication between the Bush Administration and the U.K. government concerning Iraq in the now-infamous Downing Street Memos, Political Affairs Magazine reports.
Congressman Jim Leach (R, Iowa) has informed Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D, California) that he will co-sponsor her Resolution of Inquiry into Bush Administration communications with the U.K. about Iraq at the time of the Downing Street Memos.
Leach is the first Republican member of Congress to publicly support a demand for an inquiry into the Bush Administration's pre-war claims.
The 131 congress members who have signed Congressman John Conyers' letter to the President about the Downing Street Memo are all Democrats.
The 11 Senators who have asked the Senate Intelligence Committee to do the investigation it committed to in February 2004 but never did are all Democrats.
375, is a privileged resolution which must be brought to a vote in the House International Relations Committee by September 16th, or Lee is permitted to demand a vote of the full House.
Leach is the first Republican to join them, and he is a member of the International Relations Committee..
"Congressman Leach has broken the silence of the Republican Party on the Downing Street Minutes," said John Bonifaz, Co-Founder of the After Downing Street Coalition.
"His willingness to co-sponsor Congresswoman Barbara Lee's Resolution of Inquiry is bound to make the White House nervous.
We as a people -- from Crawford to Des Moines to Washington, DC, regardless of our political persuasion, deserve to know the answer to that basic question."
"Congress returns to Washington from its summer break on September 6," said David Swanson, Co-Founder of the After Downing Street Coalition.
"The first 10 days will test the Democrats' ability to stand together and challenge the Bush Administration, as well as Republicans' willingness to break ranks on an issue where public opinion has diverged widely from White House policy."
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