Word: hille
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kendall was toying with the idea of quashing the subpoena, White House aides could have been on the Hill shopping the idea around. But when Democrats first heard about the subpoena from press reports over the weekend, all the people who counted went public in favor of the safest option: testifying. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Orrin Hatch declared that defying a subpoena would be grounds for impeachment, and various congressional Democrats were adamant that Clinton had to talk. By Monday, with only a day left, with everyone on the record calling for Clinton to testify and no room left...
...just hang on for the ride. Stein and Cacheris met with Starr Tuesday morning, inked the full-immunity deal with Starr's signature at the bottom and with his permission announced it in a spectacular, one-sentence, curbside press appearance. While Clinton attended a memorial service on Capitol Hill for the slain officers, spokesman Mike McCurry was left to put the word out on how pleased the President was "that things are working out" for Monica, as though that bouquet would be sufficient to keep her on the President's team...
...White House used the announcement to send some flowers to Capitol Hill as well. Clinton's political advisers are keenly aware that the President's fate is much more a matter of politics than of law at this point. The moment Democrats begin abandoning him is the moment Clinton's future in office is in doubt. It is a measure of how worried Clinton was that he picked up the phone that afternoon and called one of his few friends in the House, Californian Vic Fazio, to tell him he was planning to testify and to find out whether...
WASHINGTON: At least Bill Clinton can still rely on his friends on the Hill. Not only did the President have them out of their seats and cheering at Wednesday's meeting with the House Democratic Caucus, but according to TIME Washington correspondent John Dickerson, they're supportive behind closed doors, too. "It's not like the minute Clinton leaves the room, they're all grouching," says Dickerson. "This scandal isn't something their constituents worry about -- and until it is, they're not going to fret...
...seriously wounded presidential candidate George Wallace in 1972 did the Service learn--from Bremmer's diary--that the would-be assassin had stalked Nixon before turning to the less protected Wallace. So it was with Weston. He made threats against a President, but he took his gun to Capitol Hill...