And yet, on Dec. 19, 1998, Rep. Pelosi presented a forceful argument in favor of censuring President Bill Clinton
I found Speaker Pelosi’s 1998 remarks on her House website’s archives of previous statements under the headline, “Pelosi Votes Against Articles of Impeachment; Argues in Favor of Censure.” The introductory explanation to her remarks makes clear that, “Pelosi’s statement was entered into the record.” In other words, she did not actually deliver her remarks on the floor, but exercised her prerogative to insert her views in the Congressional Record.
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To ascertain the full context of that impeachment imbroglio, I retrieved the Congressional Record debate from December 19, 1998. After all the arguments were presented for and against the four articles of impeachment reported by the House Judiciary Committee, Democrat Rep. Rick Boucher (Va.) offered a motion to recommit the articles with instructions to report back immediately a substitute containin
And the trial outcome is all but decided anyway: “Adding to the frustration on both sides, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion. The chances are essentially zero that at least 17 Republicans will vote to convict the former president, the threshold likely needed to secure a conviction.”
Full reasoning from The Hill’s Niall Stanage: https://bit.ly/3p1JYFj
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The takeaway: “Health officials are urging the public and governors not to ease up on precautions despite the somewhat improved situation, given that measures like wearing a mask and distancing from others are even more important when the virus is more contagious.”
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