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...investigators, as Republican staffers on the House Judiciary Committee are earnestly scribbling away at three articles of impeachment ? for perjury, obstruction of justice and witness tampering. A bad time, because only one of those articles (perjury) has even the slightest chance of squeaking through on a House floor vote next month. And further down the road, the independent counsel statute itself is up for renewal. Already, lawmakers are suggesting that in the wake of Starr, it may be quietly dropped. After all, if it's such a "dirty" job ? does anybody have...
Half a dozen House Republicans, including conservative rebel Mark Souder of Indiana, have already said that on the basis of present evidence they would not vote to impeach. New York Representative Peter King says "at least 35 or 40" of his fellow Republicans feel the same way. If he's right, and most of Washington thinks so, then even if articles of impeachment are voted out of Hyde's committee, they would die in the full House. And though tension in the Persian Gulf is abating, this week's hearings might still take place under the threat of a real...
...lead in the autumn polls drop to almost nothing on Nov. 3. That brush with oblivion he blames in part on the fact that his position on the Judiciary Committee required him to second very publicly his party's pro-impeachment line. Two other G.O.P. members who could vote with the Democrats are Mary Bono of California and Lindsey Graham, a conservative South Carolinian who has said from the start he would not impeach the President for merely lying in the Paula Jones deposition. But even wavering Republicans may decide they don't really need to switch sides anyway. Since...
...Russians who had the same names as respected candidates in St. Petersburg's city-council elections were paid to run for office to split the vote for their namesakes. (Suggested co-star: Baby Spice...
...GILMORE, the G.O.P.'s new front man, while a more seasoned Washington fund raiser could run the party day to day. Leading the race for the No. 2 spot is WAYNE BERMAN, the finance chairman of the Republican Governors Association. The full Republican National Committee does not vote until January...