Antiwar groups: public pissed over Iraq claims
"Growing ire" seen over Bush lies.
The letters are pouring in like a water main break -- fast and, yes, furious. From Alabama: "We want to know the truth!" From Arizona: "If there's nothing to hide, what's the harm in a bipartisan inquiry?" From Mississippi: "We must get to the truth -- whatever it is!"
About 400,000 people from every state have contacted members of Congress in the past three weeks as part of a MoveOn.org petition that asks Congress to investigate the controversial claims that led to the war on Iraq, with more than 50,000 people signing on to the liberal activist Web site in the past five days alone.
Last Wednesday, co-sponsors of Rep. Henry Waxman's bill - to create a nonpartisan, independent commission on the intelligence questions - began reading MoveOn.org petition letters on the House floor after the last vote of the night. Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said he and his colleagues were doing this because Republicans wouldn't allow them to debate the subject of an investigation on the floor. He said they plan to read letters every night until the August recess.
July 22, 2003
Posted by maru at 7/22/2003 01:04:00 PM
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