Word: vote
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...Senate's vote last week to acquit the president on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice came as little surprise. Despite desperate last-minute attempts to bolster their case with yet another round of testimony from witnesses, the House impeachment managers throughout the trial were unable to provide a compelling explanation for how the president's actions in the Monica Lewinsky affair met the constitutional standard of "high crimes and misdemeanors." Neither charge could muster a simple majority, a sign of how weak the House's charges were from the beginning...
...begin with, I strongly urge the council to place the question of how to allocate the $40,000 before the student body in a referendum vote. Furthermore, as voter turnout in recent computerized council elections has been deplorable I urge the council to conduct the referendum by hand. Send representatives into dining halls. Place them in strategic locations in front of the Science Center and other academic buildings. Make them available to explain and answer questions about the various proposals. And most importantly, leave room for students to express their own ideas as to where the funds should be directed...
...vote marked the end of a sad saga that has mesmerized Washington and disgusted the nation for more than a year. A story of two villains--Bill Clinton and Ken Starr--and no heroes, this all-encompassing scandal has claimed many victims: Newt Gingrich, Bob Livingston, the Republican Party's approval ratings and Bill Clinton's place in the history books. The already low esteem most Americans hold for government has only fallen more. In December, after House Republicans forced two articles of impeachment through on an almost completely partisan vote, it seemed the nation was in for the nadir...
Many have promoted censure as the appropriate punishment for the president's crimes. But in the wake of the Senate vote, no formal censure resolution appears likely. Legitimate constitutional questions and an overwhelming desire to put the impeachment adventure in the past have doomed the movement for censure, at least for the moment. But Clinton should not interpret this as an exoneration. As Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii noted, each senator has censured Clinton in his or her own way, and there is little a Congressional resolution could do to add to this universal condemnation...
...Senate was split evenly when voting on the charge of obstruction of justice, with only five Republican Senators defecting from the party line vote. The vote on the perjury charge garnered only 45 votes for conviction, with 10 Republican Senators voting against conviction. Each charge needed a two-thirds majority to convict...