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Sheehan Arrested in Impeachment Protest

Posted Jul 24, 07 11:22 AM CDT in Politics,  US 

(Newser) – Antiwar mom Cindy Sheehan was arrested yesterday after overstaying her welcome in Rep. John Conyer's office on Capitol Hill. She was there to urge Conyers to impeach President Bush over his conduct of the war in Iraq, and to announce that she will run for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco seat because Pelosi has declined to launch impeachment proceedings.

Sheehan, whose son died in Iraq, had led about 200 protesters on a walk from Arlington National Cemetery to Conyers’ office; about 45 others were arrested with her. Conyers runs the House Judiciary Committee and last term introduced a bill to determine if impeachment was warranted. Conyers told the protesters in his office the Democrats don't have enough votes for impeachment.

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Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan leads a march from Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, July 23, 2007, to Capitol Hill where her group was to ask the House Judiciary Committee Chairman...   (Associated Press)
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, center, waits in the Capitol Hill office of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., Monday, July 23, 2007, in Washington, where her group was to...   (Associated Press)
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., center, walks past a group of protestors, Monday, July 23, 2007 on Capitol Hill. Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and other were asking that...   (Associated Press)
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, and her entourage,arrive at the Capitol Hill office of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., Monday, July 23, 2007, in Washington, where her...   (Associated Press)
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan speaks at the entrance of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, July 23, 2007, prior to marching to Capitol Hill where he group was to ask the House Judiciary...   (Associated Press)
President Bush, right, listens as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, speaks in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 17, 2007, during a ceremony for Congressional Gold...   (Associated Press)
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., takes part in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday July 12, 2007, on the firing of eight U. S. attorneys. Former White House...   (Associated Press)
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