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...Packwood tossed restlessly in bed on Wednesday night. He had ended the day with an in-your-face vow on Larry King Live that he was not going to quit his Senate post. Yet he was sleepless, pondering the prospect of an expulsion by his Senate colleagues. At about 1 a.m., the Oregon Republican told TIME, his ruminations were interrupted by the click of the air conditioning switching off. As he strained to see the time on his electric clock, Packwood realized there was a power outage. Worried that he might not have adequate light to groom himself...
That long night's journey into day would prove metaphorical for Packwood. The Senator arose Thursday morning still thinking he had a chance of facing down the Senate Ethics Committee's unanimous, bipartisan call for his expulsion. He took to the airwaves, decrying the charges against him of sexual and official misconduct and vowing that his decision to fight on was irrevocable. But then certain lights came on. At 12:30 p.m. Packwood slipped into his second-floor hideaway in the Capitol Building to confer with two of his staunchest defenders, Republican Senators Alan Simpson of Wyoming and John McCain...
Four hours later, and precisely 24 hours after first learning of the ethics panel's recommendation, Packwood stood on the floor of the Senate and spoke with humility. "Duty. Honor. Country," he said, his voice trembling. "It is my duty to resign. It is the honorable thing to do for this country, for this Senate." Thirty-three months after embarking on an often clumsy campaign of threats and lies to rescue his 27-year Senate career, Oregon's junior Senator had finally rediscovered his dignity. Bowing his head momentarily to blink back tears, Packwood delivered his valedictory: "I leave this...
...more significant for the country, Tumulty says, is the expected vacancy once Packwood forfeits the chairmanship of the powerful Senate Finance committee. "Every single important issue in the fall -- welfare reform, tax cuts, Medicare and Medicaid -- has to come through that committee. Senator Bill Roth of Delaware, the vice chairman, is a weak second. This leaves Bob Dole with three jobs: running for President, running the Senate, and running the Senate Finance Committee...
...startling reversal that could delay resolution of his ethics case, Senator Bob Packwood asked for public hearings into the charges accusing him of sexual and professional misconduct. The Oregon Republican said he chose this course when the Senate Ethics Committee "changed the rules in the middle of the game" by reopening the investigation to consider two new complaints. The Ethics Committee will consider Packwood's request when it reconvenes after Labor...