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MONTPELIER - A group of Vermont lawmakers, following the lead of many of their constituents, are pushing a resolution calling for President Bush’s impeachment because he has “acted in a manner contrary to his trust as president and subversive of constitutional government.”

The group may have a tough time enacting their proposal because the House speaker said she intended to send the resolution to a committee whose chairman expressed doubt he’d have time to get to it this year.

Nonetheless, advocates still intend to pressure legislative leaders to adopt the resolution and 23 towns around the state are due to consider similar measures on their Town Meeting Day ballots next month.

Organizers want legislatures around the country to adopt resolutions asking for impeachment proceedings to begin against the president. They argue that if resolutions are adopted, Congress would be forced to consider them under a little-known provision of a parliamentary manual drafted by Thomas Jefferson for the conduct of the House and Senate.

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