" Again, there's the hopeful example of 1998-99: "The Clinton impeachment captures the dynamic.
But his skill in holding the caucus together through the traumas of the Gingrich revolution and the Clinton impeachment earned him the unanimous support of his party.
Delays, obfuscating and lying earned Bill Clinton an impeachment and cost Tiger Woods huge advertising contracts and public esteem.
Now, after going through Clinton's impeachment ordeal, Americans take personal qualities a lot more seriously.
He was a top adviser to former Secretary of State Madeline Albright and served as counsel to former President Clinton during the impeachment hearings.
As the mastermind of the Republican takeover of the House in 1994, and a cheerleader for Mr Clinton's impeachment, his partisan credentials are beyond doubt.
Bakaly was charged with contempt for denying under oath that he was a source for a New York Times article which ran on Jan. 31, 1999, in the midst of Clinton's impeachment trial.
They harassed Clinton, forcing an impeachment even though polls showed that more than sixty per cent of the American people disapproved.
Clinton did not address impeachment during the White House event.
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Whether or not Hatch would have told Starr to shut down his investigation or urged Republicans to cease talk of impeachment if Clinton had followed his instruction, it was too late by speech time.
Bill Clinton improved his post-impeachment reputation with the last decade of working on global initiatives, and aiding people in need.
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He almost came to blows with Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) while the House was debating the impeachment of President Clinton in December 1998.
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At the same time as he was conducting a secret affair of his own he was pressing for the impeachment of Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair.
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Whatever it takes to destroy Clinton's image and trigger impeachment, he is doing.
Yet it seems that from even a little distance, the picture is pretty easy to discern: the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton is as interesting to Americans as is Major League Soccer.
In the first phase of hearings in the impeachment inquiry against Bill Clinton, constitutional experts told members of the House Judiciary Committee that a halfway reprimand, such as censure, would have no basis in the constitution.
In another echo of past political battles, one of those who argued in favor of Proposition 8 was Kenneth Starr -- the special prosecutor who led the Whitewater investigation that led to the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
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As for Reagan and Clinton, despite Iran-Contra and impeachment, their second terms were mostly policy successes.
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Orrin Hatch, (R-Utah), under which the Senate would adjourn after condemning Clinton's conduct, without votes on the impeachment articles.
And we're not just talking about from the Clinton critics of all the people who lead his impeachment on the Republican side.
But voters also viewed the impeachment as an overreach, and Mr. Clinton's poll numbers shot up.
With Clinton's approval ratings still in orbit and the opposition to impeachment screaming from every last poll, it was easy for the President's men to imagine that they were over the rainbow.
McCollum -- one of the House impeachment managers who prosecuted the Senate trial of President Bill Clinton -- is giving up his central Florida congressional seat, which he has held for nearly 20 years, to run for Senate.
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The committee's four proposed articles of impeachment, unveiled by Judiciary Committee Republicans Wednesday, focus on Clinton's testimony in the Jones case and before the Starr grand jury.
Clinton made the announcement Thursday, barely two hours after the Senate ceremonially opened his impeachment trial.
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But Clinton's approval rating remained high, especially with Democrats, and they responded to the impeachment threat by turning out, not staying home.
W. Bush, who presided over the end of the Cold War but watched his popularity fade, to Bill Clinton, whose "I feel your pain" message created a connection with Americans that survived impeachment.
Clinton's lawyers have said they want to call witnesses to discuss the constitutional standards for impeachment and standards for prosecution of perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power, as well as exploring prosecutorial misconduct and the impact of tainted evidence.
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Who knows, Mr. Clinton might even bag the Nobel Peace Prize, a nice payback for those who called for his impeachment.
Knowing that Mr Clinton's approval ratings still float above 60%, and that 90% of Americans oppose impeachment, Republicans may split over the issue, allowing the president to escape.
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