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...Republicans urged another attempt at negotiation. Michigan Congressman Edward Hutchinson, the committee's ranking Republican, argued: "In our system of government, it was never contemplated that the separate branches should confront each other. It should be avoided at all costs." A few Democratic liberals wanted Nixon cited for contempt of Congress...
Chairman Rodino, however, wanted to avoid the question of contempt to keep the committee from splitting irrevocably on partisan grounds. In a rare night session, he persuaded the members to approve a letter that mildly chastised the President by advising...
...paramilitary National Republican Guard held out, together with the detested D.G.S. (Direcção Geral de Segurança) secret police, the army was clearly superior. "We have all the tanks, and we have the military experience we learned in Africa," said one rebel officer with casual contempt. "The police and the National Republican Guard have only a few obsolete armored vehicles...
...Baton Rouge, Louisiana, two reporters were held in contempt of a U.S. District Court order barring them from covering a public civil rights hearing...
...impeachment inquiry-was more symbolic than practical. Although the committee was on solid legal ground in issuing the subpoena, it has no effective way to enforce it. If Nixon chooses not to honor it fully, the committee can seek a citation against him from the House for contempt of Congress. While ordinary citizens can be imprisoned for such contempt, the only effective recourse for the House in the case of a President apparently would be to add such defiance as another article of impeachment. For Nixon, however, failure to comply with the subpoena would have far more than symbolic impact...