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...congressional fact-finding mission. Tomorrow, Newt Gingrich has his own summer of deliverance as he starts a float trip down the Hanford Reach, the last non-tidal free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River in the U.S., as a precursor to Hill debate on whether to keep it that...
...although Dan Coats wasted no time in airing his suspicion "that we may have a president that is desperately seeking to hold onto his job," Clinton-haters from Newt Gingrich to Orrin Hatch have all put their patriotism above their suspicions -- at least publicly. "Sooner or later, terrorists will realize that America's differences end at the water's edge," said none other than Jesse Helms, "and that the United States' political leadership always has, and always will, stand united in the face of international terrorism." Nice to know bipartisanship is still out there somewhere...
Which is a fortunate thing for the G.O.P., because Hyde, the chairman of the committee that would preside over any impeachment proceedings, is a rare breed of House Republican: a conservative ideologue who nevertheless commands the respect of Democrats for his fairness. Though Gingrich once flirted with the idea of setting up a special committee to receive what is likely to be the first impeachment report ever filed by an independent prosecutor, he was beaten back by Hyde and other Republicans who insisted that "regular order" be followed. With Starr now likely to finish his investigation...
...process will probably begin with a phone call from Starr to Gingrich with the news that a report is on its way. Since Congress is scheduled to be in town for just four more weeks between now and November, actual impeachment proceedings almost certainly couldn't happen this year. But if Starr has a report to deliver, the House will be forced to deal with it. "We can't just sit on it until January," says a senior House Republican. And so, within days of Starr's notification, the Speaker will bring a resolution to the House floor limiting access...
...Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich makes points and lays in video footage for his presidential run with a trip to Ireland to visit his ancestors, members of the O'Doherty clan...