We had the impeachment of President Clinton, we had the Vietnam War, we had the Iran-Contra investigation, periods when the two parties had an enormously high level of tension.
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" Again, there's the hopeful example of 1998-99: "The Clintonimpeachment captures the dynamic.
But his skill in holding the caucus together through the traumas of the Gingrich revolution and the Clintonimpeachment earned him the unanimous support of his party.