New Mexico State Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino

another step is taken toward impeaching George W. Bush

The Rules Committee of the New Mexico State Senate today approved Senate Joint Resolution 5 (SJR5), a joint resolution "petitioning Congress to commence the investigation of and impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney."

The measure was approved unanimously by the five Democratic members of this committee, enough to constitute a quorum for doing business, in the absence of the four Republican members of the panel, who boycotted the session.

The measure now moves on to the Senate Public Affairs Committee, where it is likely to be taken up sometime next week.

Supporters of this measure have until March 15, 2007, to see it through two more committees in the Senate, a floor vote there, committees in the House and a floor vote there, before the New Mexico Legislature adjourns.

listen to today's Impeachment Channel interview with Desi Brown:

The Impeachment Channel spoke this afternoon with Desi Brown, a legislative aide in the office of New Mexico State Senator and SJR5 sponsor Gerald Ortiz y Pino, about today's events in the Rules Committee, in which numerous members of the public spoke in support of the measure before its unanimous passage.

You can listen to that conversation with Desi Brown by clicking on the appropriate "PLAY" button in the "2 impeachment line-up" on the Impeachment Channel, below.