WASHINGTON ( CNN ) -- Rep. Dennis Kucinich , a former Democratic presidential candidate from Ohio , introduced a resolution to impeach President Bush into the House of Representatives on Tuesday . Kucinich announced his intention to seek Bush 's impeachment Monday night , when he read the lengthy document into the record . House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly said she would not support a resolution calling for Bush 's impeachment , saying such a move was unlikely to succeed and would be divisive . Most of the congressman 's resolution deals with the Iraq war , contending that the president manufactured a false case for the war , violated U.S. and international law to invade Iraq , failed to provide troops with proper equipment and falsified casualty reports for political purposes . Kucinich also charges that Bush has illegally detained without charge both U.S. citizens and `` foreign captives '' and violated numerous U.S. laws through the use of `` signing statements '' declaring his intention to do so . Other articles address global warming , voting rights , Medicare , the response to Hurricane Katrina and failure to comply with congressional subpoenas . Last year , Kucinich introduced a resolution to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney . But in November when Republicans tried to force a debate on the move , the attempt failed . Democrats voted to send the resolution to the House Judiciary Committee , where committee chairman Rep. John Conyers has taken no action on it . An earlier resolution to impeach Cheney has languished in the House Subcommittee on the Constitution , Civil Rights , and Civil Liberties since May 2007 . The House of Representatives has voted to impeach two presidents -- Andrew Johnson , in 1868 , and Bill Clinton , in 1999 -- but both were acquitted by the Senate and remained in office . No U.S. vice president has been impeached . Kucinich dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination for president in January to focus on his re-election bid in Ohio . He handily won the Democratic primary in his district on March 4 and faces former State Representative Jim Trakas in the general election .
State Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will not support the lawmaker 's resolution . U.S. Democrats contends that the president manufactured a false case for the war . Dick Cheney introduced a resolution Last year to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney .