Capitol Hill had a turbulent display
December 19, 1998 (Sat.):
*House impeached President Bill Clinton
*Speaker-designate Bob Livingston made stunning resignation announcement
*Denny Hastert emerged as consensus pick for Speaker. 1/
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clerk.house.gov/evs/1998/roll5… 3/
5 Rs voted No: Houghton (NY), King (NY), Morella (MD), Shays (CT), Souder (IN)
5 Ds voted Yes: Goode (VA), Hall (TX), McHale (PA), Stenholm (TX), Gene Taylor (MS)
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The 116th Congress starting next month will include 57 House members (13% of 435) who were House members in December 1998. There are 15 current Senators who were House members 20 years ago. 10/
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"I'd gotten used to the high praise, the admiration, and the increasingly heard and genuinely felt comments from people who thought I should run for President; all that was gone, evaporated, and it was my own damn fault." 13/