She’s 87 years old and has been a state rep for 14 years. She recently introduced a bill to the legislature calling for the impeachment of George Bush and Dick Cheney. The bill will have its first public hearing next Tuesday.
To that end, she has also announced that she is joining a hunger strike being organized by a women’s political action group called Code Pink. She says that she will fast until Congressman John Conyers begins impeachment proceedings in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, and is ready to die for the cause. “I’ve had a good life. I can’t think of any better way to end it,” she told a blogger from the group AfterDowningStreet.org.
According to this blogger, the pressure on Conyers from the public is at an all-time high. His office’s phone lines are swamped, the fax machines are all but unreachable, and he’s receiving so much e-mail that his official Congressional e-mail address is bouncing all incoming mail.
Conyers has agreed to meet with a representative of the fasters, and has indicated that he’s willing to begin inquiriess into impeachment, which is a very small first step, but at least it’s more ground than he’s been willing to give to date. Resultingly, it appears that Dennis Kucinich reached a deal with Conyers not to reintroduce his impeachment bill to the floor of the House in exchange for the official inquiry.
Representative Hall has apparently decided that her state’s motto is more than just a tag line on a license plate.
