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...John Cloud. Reported by John Dickerson and Michael Weisskopf/Washington
...floor. The result was predictable but instructive: Moderate Republicans are through toeing the party line. The impeachment hawks are now on the record. And the Senate looks to be 37 votes short of a presidential eviction. "The GOP moderates had had enough of witnesses," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. And possibly enough of conviction as well...
...ruling did support Gingrich's long-standing claim that the course was a legitimate, nonpartisan academic endeavor. In any normal political period, the IRS ruling would have been headline news, most ardently trumpeted by Gingrich and his allies. But "that was three scandals ago," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson, "and besides, Gingrich no longer holds power." Nevertheless, the IRS ruling will go a long way "to remove the taint of the ethics controversy and serve as a significant post-career vindication for him," says TIME Washington correspondent Karen Tumulty. Or it would, if anyone were paying attention...
...business lawsuit. The question is whether DeLay correctly indicated how long he served as chairman of Albo Pest Control. DeLay maintains the allegations against him are nothing more than unsubstantiated dirt by his political enemies. "But if it turns out that he lied," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson, "he's got a political problem...
...difficult to see why a deposition goof would be hugely embarrassing for DeLay and the Republican party. "No Republican leader has sought the President's ouster more fervently than DeLay," says Dickerson. Democrats would like nothing better than to see DeLay fall on his own impeachment sword. That sword, however, has been handed over to the Senate and the House has moved on. "As a result," says Dickerson, "it's unlikely that DeLay's deposition problem, if substantiated, would force him to step down. It is more likely to go down into the growing folder of impeachment hypocrisies...