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THE HOUSE IMPEACHMENT SALON STORIES | RELATED DOCUMENTS The House of Representatives moved on Dec. 19, 1998, to indict President Clinton on two articles of impeachment that charge that the president lied to a grand jury about his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky and obstructed justice by trying to cover it up. The largely party-line vote made Clinton only the second president (after Andrew Johnson) to be impeached by Congress. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Salon stories What if it were President Packwood? By Andrew Ross Liberals must face up to their hypocrisy in backing a president who lied under oath in a sexual harassment lawsuit (12/22/98) Life of the party? By Joshua Micah Marshall No matter who succeeds Bob Livingston, Whip Tom DeLay is the new Republican leader as the GOP continues to sink in the polls (12/19/98) Going through the motions By Harry Jaffe Patrick Kennedy and Bob Barr's offstage sparring was the only surprise of Friday's impeachment debate (12/19/98) Commentary: A plague on all their houses By Murray Waas On Capitol Hill, partisan hard-liners have damaged the constitutional democracy they claim to hold so dear (12/19/98) Going through the motions By Harry Jaffe Patrick Kennedy and Bob Barr's offstage sparring was the only surprise of Friday's impeachment debate (12/21/98) On to the Senate By Harry Jaffe With impeachment behind him, the president carries on. And on (12/19/98) The Impeachment War: What on earth is going on? Experts, pundits and kibitzers weigh in on Washington's weirdest week (12/18/98) And now, back to impeachment By Bruce Shapiro Republican skeptic Christopher Shays tries to explain why fence-sitting Republicans suddenly rushed to oppose the president (12/18/98) House of adulterers By David Weir The new speaker confesses his sins (12/18/98) The whole world is watching -- again By Todd Gitlin Left-wing literati turn out to block impeachment (12/16/98) God save the president? By Jackie Stevens An anti-impeachment gathering of New York's literary hotshots may not do much for the country, but at least it made them feel good about themselves (12/16/98) A kinder, gentler lynch mob By Gary Kamiya The 'peachy-keen GOP has shown its true colors -- and they confirm the most brain-dead radical stereotypes from the '60s (12/15/98) Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg Bill Gates and Bill Clinton -- prisoners of Lawyer World (12/15/98) Off the cliff? By Harry Jaffe White House tries lobbying, "scorched earth" threats and one more speech to sway fence-sitting Republicans (12/14/98) "Real America?" By Joan Walsh Alan Dershowitz blasts Clinton critic Rep. Bob Barr for a speech to white supremacists (12/14/98) Clinton's real crime By Mollie Dickenson The president's cagey testimony in the Paula Jones case shows he's guilty of sexual selfishness, but not perjury (12/14/98) Clinton should be disbarred By Lori Leibovich A leading legal ethicist offers a punishment consistent with the president's crimes (12/11/98) Ruff going By Bruce Shapiro Clinton's lawyers take their best shot, but impeachment seems all but inevitable (12/10/98) Clinton: TV or not TV? By Joan Walsh As the lame-duck House moves toward impeachment, the president counts votes and ponders another national address (12/09/98) A swarm of witnesses Clinton defense who's who -- a roster of the witnesses for the president (12/09/98) Hello Oprah, good-bye Constitution By Lori Leibovich Bemoaning Henry Hyde's spectacle, an impeachment scholar provides a primer for the confused and the cynical (12/04/98) The "young lady" who got under Kenneth Starr's skin By Joan Walsh U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren is pressing the independent counsel to think harder about when he learned of Linda Tripp's tapes (11/25/98) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Starr By Gary Kamiya When the real Kenneth Starr finally stood up before the House, he turned out to have a split personality (11/20/98) Starr Wars By Joan Walsh The Democrats strike back (11/20/98) Nothing has changed Compiled by Lori Leibovich, Fiona Morgan, and Daryl Lindsey The consensus of political experts is that no minds were changed by Starr's day in court (11/20/98) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Starr By Gary Kamiya When the real Kenneth Starr finally stood up before the House, he turned out to have a split personality (11/20/98) Starr Wars By Joan Walsh The Democrats strike back (11/20/98) Nothing has changed Compiled by Lori Leibovich, Fiona Morgan, and Daryl Lindsey The consensus of political experts is that no minds were changed by Starr's day in court (11/20/98) Unspun By Steve Erickson Starr dust, pundit bust: The independent counsel will crash and burn on Thursday -- and the humiliated pundits will be too afraid to say anything about it until the polls come in (11/18/98) A dozen questions Congress should ask Kenneth Starr By David Talbot, Murray Waas and Joan Walsh (11/18/98) Law professors tell Congress that impeachment is unwarranted Over 430 legal scholars sign statement, fearing impeachment process will "dangerously weaken" presidency (11/06/98) Who's lying about Monica now? By David Corn A Republican campaign leader lies to reporters about the GOP's last-minute anti-Clinton ad blitz (10/29/98) Backlash '98? By Joan Walsh After dreading November's elections, some Democrats now believe they will benefit from an anti-impeachment voter rebellion (10/22/98) "Don't tamper with this jury, Mr. President" By Murray Waas Byrd's warning to back off on anti-impeachment lobbying sends White House spin machine into gear, denying Clinton's role in controversy (10/13/98) A thousand (dysfunctional) clowns By David Corn The kids in the House get to make their mess, secure in the knowledge that the "adults" in the Senate will have to clean it up (10/09/98) Hypocrite of the House By Joe Conason The truth about Henry Hyde is that he is a dangerous ideologue who will gladly excuse his friends for the same misdeeds he condemns in his enemies (10/05/98) The president as lab rat By Gary Wolf How much surveillance can one human being take? President Clinton is helping us find out (09/25/98) The politics of paranoia By Bruce Schapiro In their rush to burn the president at the stake, the sexually insecure voices of moral absolutism are criminalizing some of our most cherished constitutional protections (09/22/98) Grace under pressure By Charles Taylor With his back to the wall, Bill Clinton finds his voice and passes the character test (09/22/98) What goes around, comes around By Joe Conanson What goes around, comes around: The self-righteous bullies on Capitol Hill like to conduct sexual inquisitions as long as no one fights back (09/21/98) Hyde lied, says former lover By David Talbot "Long-term relationship" ended at least two and a half years after Hyde claimed it did, charges Cherie Soskin (09/18/98) Editorial Salon's declaration of independence (09/18/98) Political firestorm erupts against Salon By Harry Jaffe Republicans charge that White House was behind story and call for FBI investigation; bureau says it will "look into" the matter (09/18/98) "This hypocrite broke up my family" By David Talbot The secret affair of Henry Hyde, the man who will sit in judgment on President Clinton (09/16/98) Editorial Why we ran the Henry Hyde story (09/16/98) Lives of the Republicans, Part Two By David Neiwert The strange case of Helen Chenoweth shows that playing the sex card against the Democrats as a political strategy can be, in Idaho parlance, as "dumb as a mud fence" (09/16/98) White House adjusts its game plan By Jonathan Broder "Forgive me or else" is abandoned for a softer approach as the president's camp braces for a likely impeachment battle (09/15/98) Secret lives of the Republicans, Part One By Jason Vest How Dan Burton outed himself in a preemptive strike against an upcoming Vanity Fair exposé (09/11/98) "Everyone will be punished" By Jonathan Broder The embattled White House tries out a new strategy to fend off impeachment -- but if it doesn't work, stand by for total war (09/10/98) Naked man without a plan By Jonathan Broder Clinton's defense team prepares a tortured legalistic argument that may help him escape legal jeopardy, but it will only make impeachment all the more likely (09/09/98) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Related documents and transcripts Rep. Bob Livingston's remarks The text of the statement Thursday by the incoming speaker of the House (12/18/98) A president apologizes The text of President Clinton's address (12/14/98) Impeachment hearing voices A round-up of the most quotable moments from Friday's hearing (12/14/98) Impeachment hearing voices A round-up of the most quotable moments from Wednesday's hearing (12/10/98) Text of four proposed Republican impeachment articles (12/10/98) Democratic censure resolution Text of Democratic censure proposal (12/10/98) Starr's supporting evidence Impeachment hearing voices Eleven hours of testimony and questioning on the first day of the White House's defense of President Clinton Tuesday produced some memorable quotes (12/09/98) The full-text of the White House defense report (12/09/98) Starr on the stand Uncut transcripts from the floor of the House Judiciary Committee (11/20/98) Dear Ken The full text of ethics advisor Sam Dash's letter of resignation to Kenneth Starr (11/20/98) Starr speaks The full text of independent counsel Kenneth Starr's House Judiciary Committee testimony (11/20/98)