Word: delay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That dynamic explained why, for all the professions of decorum, Republicans were playing for keeps and Democrats were trying to make it all a fairness issue. It was hard to square Gingrich's talk about sober bipartisanship with the impeachment war room set up by Republican whip Tom Delay, who has already called for Clinton to resign. Staff members from his office had compiled binders full of material on impeachment procedures. By waging a phony war over whether to give Clinton an advance look at Starr's report, Democrats laid the groundwork for a claim that the whole process ahead...
Clinton abused his power, says the report, by using public denials, lies to the White House staff and the doctrine of Executive Privilege to delay the investigation...
...take so long to try the method in humans? The delay was not because of ethical concerns, though some have been raised (see Viewpoint), but because the DNA difference in animal sperm is larger, and thus much easier to measure...
...President's grand jury testimony. The 71-year-old Hyde put the affair down to "youthful indiscretion" -- even though he was in his forties at the time, not much younger than Clinton is now. Other GOP luminaries cried conspiracy: "The President's attack dogs," said Majority Whip Tom DeLay, "don't know the difference between breaking the law and making a mistake decades ago." For its part, Salon denied a White House connection and defended the article by claiming it proved both Hyde and Clinton were still fit for office. But now that Hyde has joined Dan Burton and Helen...
...slimed at extraordinarily opportune times, who could blame them? The webzine Salon denies that their story about Hyde's 30-year-old extramarital affair came from the White House, but the bomb threat against their San Francisco offices Friday suggests that not everybody is convinced. Majority Whip Tom DeLay has already asked the FBI to investigate whether Salon's scoop can be traced to the West Wing. Intimidation, he suggests, might be added to the list of impeachment charges...