The Senate of Vermont, a state in northeast United States, passed a resolution Friday that called on the U.S. Congress to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney over the Iraq war.

The symbolic measure, passed by a vote of 16-8, called on members of Congress from the state to introduce a resolution that would require the House Judiciary Committee to start impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney, media reports said.

The resolution said Bush and Cheney's actions in the United States and abroad, including in Iraq, "raise serious questions of constitutionality, statutory legality, and abuse of the public trust."

Efforts were underway to push for a similar resolution at the state House of Representatives to bring more pressure on lawmakers from the state.

In March this year, 40 towns in the state passed non-binding resolutions at their annual meetings that called for impeachment against Bush and Cheney.

Lawmakers in Wisconsin and Washington had also pushed for similar resolutions, media reports said.

Source: Xinhua