Obama Donor Behind Problem Buildings

Presidential hopeful John Edwards addresses National Jewish Democratic Council dinner in Washington on Monday, April 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) (Kevin Wolf - AP)

Kucinich said it was important to introduce the legislation "because the threat of war against Iran is very real."

"This vice president cannot be permitted to continue to violate both the U.S. Constitution and the U.N. Charter," he added.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said impeachment is off the table.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore said Tuesday he will officially start his longshot 2008 White House bid in Iowa this week with a live Webcast speech.

The little-known conservative who headed the Republican National Committee in 2001 formed a presidential exploratory committee earlier this year, but raised only about $200,000 through March.

Gilmore said by telephone he will officially declare his candidacy Thursday from Iowa's Republican Party headquarters in Des Moines during his third trip to the early battleground state in as many weeks.

It will be a Webcast in part to focus on what campaign policy adviser Dick Leggitt says will become the financial backbone of the campaign: donations made over the Internet by conservatives.

"You have to do the Internet to get the kind of dollars you need to stay competitive in this game. You don't have to raise the kind of money that a Mitt Romney needs, but he's burning $4 million a month and we wouldn't do that under any circumstances," Leggitt said.

Romney raised $21 million the first quarter of this year and had nearly $12 million available at the start of April, according to Federal Election Commission reports filed this month. Gilmore's exploratory committee, by comparison, reported $90,000 in the bank.

Gilmore left office in Virginia in January 2002.

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