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Within two years, the G.O.P. had its investigative machine up and running, and Congressmen like Bob Barr were clamoring for impeachment. Speaker Gingrich told members of his party in June 1996 that the upcoming presidential election would be "all about" the three Cs: "corruption, cronies and cover-up." Unfortunately for Newt, the President was overwhelmingly re-elected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How I'd Throttle the G.O.P. | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

Dissed by even their Republican comrades, the House prosecutors still fought bitterly to make their case. But as their hopeless measure for calling Lewinsky to the floor moved to a resounding bipartisan defeat, their desperation became palpable. Georgia's Bob Barr furiously scribbled notes, as if getting it all down could somehow change the outcome. Bill McCollum's voice cracked as the Floridian seized on what he said were new inconsistencies in the defense, though he knew no one much cared anymore. With odd intensity, McCollum and Wisconsin's Jim Sensenbrenner carefully wrote down the names of each and every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting for the Bell | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...many Republican members of the Senate, which revels in its reputation for cooling tea in the saucer, putting the kettle back on the stove? Once determined to restore faith in the process--or at least not be mentioned in the same breath as Bob Barr--they're now all concerned about the "feelings" of the House managers. The Senators have been letting the managers win one battle at a time, humoring them like children who promise to turn out the light and go to sleep if they can have just one more glass of water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driven to Distraction | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...fact"--a declaration that Clinton committed perjury or obstruction of justice, even if the President is not removed from office. "The more partisan it gets, the more I feel the urge to release material." And he says more details could leak out before 2000. "Whoever runs against BOB BARR in Georgia is definitely going to have all our investigative material made available to them, because this guy is a hypocrite," he says. "I've never made any bones about being a smut peddler, but I'm an honest, accurate smut peddler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Publishing: Larry's Watching, but Keeping Quiet--for Now | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...says more details could leak out before 2000. "Whoever runs against Bob Barr in Georgia is definitely going to have all our investigative material made available to them, because this guy is a hypocrite," he says. "I've never made any bones about being a smut peddler, but I'm an honest, accurate smut peddler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Larry's Watching, but Keeping Quiet -- for Now | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

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