Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON: With some of the air having leaked out of the impeachment balloon in the wake of President Clinton's videotape performance, the backroom maneuvering on Capitol Hill has become increasingly intense -- and openly partisan. Speaker Newt Gingrich nixed minority leader Dick Gephart's request to strictly timetable the House impeachment probe Wednesday, saying it "puts the cart before the horses." An angry Gephardt responded by denying Gingrich a joint photo-op following their meeting Wednesday, perhaps the most potent political snub there is. It's a sign that Democrats are taking heart from the President's poll numbers...
...President have a couple of days to review this document," said Democrat Henry Waxman, who nevertheless voted for the resolution to release the report. However deplorable Clinton's conduct, the hurry to send the report out over the Internet, he said, looked to him like "a clear partisan effort at railroading...
...whole thing to go back in the vault. Consequence: the statesmanship charade is off. "If this is bipartisanship, then the Taliban wins the medal for religious tolerance," Frank quipped after the vote. Hyde answered that the mostly party-line votes were "civil." "Yeah," retorted Frank. "Very civil and very partisan...
...didn't help matters that partisan wrangling in Congress delayed the video's release until first thing Monday morning -- when office surfers will once again have access to their employers' T-1 connections. Hopefully, cable TV will be able to take some of the strain. CNN, Fox and MSNBC all plan to run the tape unedited and unabridged, just as soon as they get the feed. The big three TV networks were still undecided Friday, but it's quite possible that Monday's regular programming will be ditched in favor of the President trying to duck explicit sex questions...
...first happened in 1868 during the tenure of Andrew Johnson. A highly partisan, Republican dominated Congress (sound familiar?) sought to remove Johnson from office because of the non-Radical approach he was taking toward Reconstruction. The alleged grounds for impeachment constituted violation of a law of questionable constitutionality. Fortunately, Johnson survived by one vote...