the same thing was true during the investigations and the impeachment of bill clinton. october 5th, 1998, the republican house judiciary committee voted to launch an impeachment inquiry into president clinton. just between then and the end oafter that year, which is when the house voted to impeach him, president clinton signed over 150 bills into law. and yes, some of those were like naming post offices and stuff. but some of it was major legislation that he proposed and negotiated with congress, even while congress was investigating him for possible impeachment, and then ultimately impeaching him. i mean, just two days after the impeachment inquiry was opened into clinton, clinton signed an education bill with new programs he d proposed to get disadvantaged students into college, to reduce student loan interest rates. a few weeks later congress agreed to fork over $100,000. head start early child coordinate education program.
aid to poor americans to this day. that bill was a compromise that nixon had negotiated with the democratic congress. this was barely two weeks before he was forced to resign. and he is negotiating with the lawmakers who are getting ready to impeach him, negotiating with him, and successfully agreeing to this big new landmark super important federal landmark program that survives to this day. right up into the end, the business of legislating and governing went on. and that isn t a nixon fluke. the same thing was true during the investigations and the impeachment of bill clinton. october 5th, 1998, the republican house judiciary committee voted to launch an impeachment inquiry into president clinton. just between then and the end