Clinton, the second president in American history to be impeached, vowed to finish his term. President Clinton Apologizes After Senate Acquittal. We have to pass a patients' bill of rights. The prosecution needed a two-thirds majority to convict but failed to achieve even a bare majority. Rejecting the first charge of perjury, 45 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted “not guilty” and on the charge of obstruction of justice the Senate was split 50-50. ASHINGTON -- Text of President Clinton's statement after his impeachment, as transcribed by the Federal Document Clearing House: Let me begin by expressing my profound and heartfelt thanks to Congressman Gephardt and the leadership and all the members of …
That evening, President Clinton also gave a four-minute televised address to the nation in which he admitted he had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Lewinsky.
All market data delayed 20 minutes.“Today the Republican majority is not judging the president with fairness, but impeaching him with a vengeance," then-House Minority Leader Pelosi declared on the House floor in December 1998.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox We have to keep America the world's strongest force for peace and freedom.The question is, what are we going to do now? Still, when he took to the lectern in the Rose Garden, he was solemn. Gingrich said, unlike the current impeachment push against Trump, Ken Starr's report alleged crimes against Clinton, prompting the House to act. Let me begin by expressing my profound and heartfelt thanks to Congressman Gephardt and the leadership and all the members of the Democratic caucus for what they did today.Meanwhile, I will continue to do the work of the American people. All rights reserved. The president was acquitted on both articles of impeachment. On December 19, after nearly 14 hours of debate, the House approved two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. That is not what America is about. All rights reserved.
She continued, "In the investigation of the president, fundamental principles which Americans hold dear -- fairness, privacy, checks and balances -- have been seriously violated and why? Rejecting the first charge of perjury, 45 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted “not guilty,” and on the charge of obstruction of justice the Senate was split 50-50. It was, essentially, a good news day for President Bill Clinton on Feb. 12, 1999; he had been acquitted in his impeachment trial. We are a good and decent country but we have significant challenges we have to face.And we still have to keep working to build that elusive one America I have talked so much about.I thank the few brave Republicans who withstood enormous pressures to stand with them for the plain meaning of the Constitution and for the proposition that we need to pull together, to move beyond partisanship, to get on with the business of our country.The words of the members here with me and others who are a part of their endeavor in defense of our Constitution were powerful and moving, and I will never forget them.We need a constructive debate that has all the different voices in this country heard in the halls of Congress.So with profound gratitude for the defense of the Constitution and the best in America that was raised today by the members here and those who joined them, I ask the American people to move with me -- to go on from here to rise above the rancor, to overcome the pain and division, to be a repairer of the breach -- all of us -- to make this country as one America what it can and must be for our children in the new century about to dawn. He was the first sitting president ever to testify before a grand jury investigating his conduct. We must stop the politics of personal destruction.It's what I've tried to do for six years.
That evening, President Clinton also gave a four-minute televised address to the nation in which he admitted he had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Lewinsky. The prosecution needed a two-thirds majority to convict but failed to achieve even a bare majority. We still, after all, have to save Social Security and Medicare for the 21st century.In order to do it right, we have to have some atmosphere of decency and civility, some presumption of good faith, some sense of proportionality and balance in bringing judgment who are in different parties.I thank the millions upon millions of American citizens who have expressed their support and their friendship to Hillary, to me, to our family, and to our administration during these last several weeks.In short, we have a lot to do before we enter the 21st century.That approach was rejected today by Republicans in the House, but I hope it will be embraced by the Senate.