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Sitting GOP senators who voted to toss President Clinton from office for obstruction of justice:
BLUNT
BURR
CRAPO
ENZI
GRASSLEY
GRAHAM*
INHOFE
MCCONNELL
MORAN
PORTMAN
ROBERTS
SHELBY
THUNE
WICKER
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*Graham served as a House impeachment manager
BLUNT
BURR
CRAPO
ENZI
GRASSLEY
GRAHAM*
INHOFE
MCCONNELL
MORAN
PORTMAN
ROBERTS
SHELBY
THUNE
WICKER
***
*Graham served as a House impeachment manager
Blunt, Burr, Crapo, Moran, Portman, Thune, Wicker were in the House along with Graham in '98 and voted to impeach over obstruction.
Crapo then was sworn in as a senator in time to vote Guilty on the obstruction article with the others listed.
Crapo then was sworn in as a senator in time to vote Guilty on the obstruction article with the others listed.
You need a two-thirds vote in the Senate to remove a president from office - 67.
There's never been a successful vote to remove a president in U.S. history.
(Nixon resigned before he could be impeached by the House.)
(Nixon resigned before he could be impeached by the House.)
No Democrats still in office voted to impeach Clinton in the House; no Democrats voted in the Senate to convict and remove.
Schumer voted against impeachment in committee, on the House floor and then on the Senate floor as a freshman senator voted to acquit on both charges.
Schumer voted against impeachment in committee, on the House floor and then on the Senate floor as a freshman senator voted to acquit on both charges.
