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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1998

Page

3

House members split on Clinton impeachment weighing conscience against voters

AP reports two thirds oppose impeachment while many Republicans favor impeachment and trial in the Senate. Rep Sue Kelly says she searched conscience and voted yes amid political risk. Former Rep Bill Frenzel says Americans forgive, Burke quote frames duty to best judgment over popular will. Caldwell Butler recalls party loyalty versus personal conscience.

Ashington Clinton Senate Rep Sue Kelly Hudson River New York State Bill Frenzel Minnesota Frenzel Edmund Burke Bristol Adlai Stevenson III Illinois House Caldwell Butler Roanoke Nixon Butler Republican Party Congress

Celebrities Rally Behind Clinton Amid Impeachment Debates

Hollywood figures led by Barbra Streisand and Jack Nicholson gathered about 1000 supporters outside a Westwood federal building to urge Clinton aid and oppose impeachment. The rally drew Ted Danson Mary Steenburgen Andrew Shue Elisabeth Shue and Norman Lear with Gov elect Gray Davis wife Sharon Davis and senator Tom Hayden among attendees. Nicholson urged bipartisan action noting the presidency's stake.

Hollywood Clinton White House Streisand Federal Westwood Ted Danson Mary Steenburgen Andrew Shue Elisabeth Norman Lear Sharon Davis Gray Davis Tom Hayden United States Nicholson

Former Iowa lawmakers split along partisan lines

In 1974 House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment against Nixon with two Iowa lawmakers on the panel voting opposite ways. Now 24 years later Mayne and Mezvinsky again debate impeachment and reflect on partisanship and process.

Philadelphia Judiciary Committee Mayne Sioux City Congress

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