Impeachment investigations of United States federal officials up debate on Vice President Agnew's request. Congressman Paul Findley offered a resolution, H. Res. 569, appointing a Select Committee to investigate the Vice President. The resolution was referred to the Rules Committee, which sat on it while Attorney General Elliot Richardson negotiated a plea bargain with the soon-to-be-disgraced Vice President. Agnew resigned on October 10, 1973; by unanimous consent of the House, the Judiciary Committee was discharged from further investigation under House Resolution 572. In April 2007, United States Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) filed an impeachment resolution () against Vice President Dick Cheney, seeking his trial in the Senate
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