December 21, 2007 (LPAC)--On Dec. 19, Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) became the 24th member of Congress to add her name to H. Res. 333 (which was referred to the House Judiciary Committee as H.Res.799), the resolution to impeach Dick Cheney, sponsored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). The growing momentum on impeachment also has picked up Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) who told Democrats.com that he would sign the op-ed by Representatives Bob Wexler (D-Fla.), Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) calling for impeachment hearings by the House Judiciary Committee. Wexler's impeachment petition, posted on wexlerwantshearings.com, has well over 124,000 signatures as of 2:00 PM Eastern time, this morning.

A number of articles appearing on opednews.com over the past couple of days note that between Wexler's call and Kucinich's resolution, nine of the 21 members of the House Judiciary Committee have shown support for impeachment (Baldwin has signed both). Wexler is planning to send a letter to committee chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) in January calling for hearings, and is recruiting committee Demcrats to sign it. If the nine who have shown support for hearings sign, plus four more who voted against tabling (that is, killing) Kucinich's resolution when he brought it to the House floor as a privileged resolution last month, that would be a clear majority of the Democrats on the committee showing support for the impeachment of Dick Cheney.