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2007-04-20 05:03:23 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Politics

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The vote to impeach him failed....he was technically impeached, as the proceedings started, but the congress failed to vote him out of office.

2007-04-20 05:06:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5 8

Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives, having a majority vote. To be removed from office, the Senate must have a majority vote to remove a president from office. Only the House votes for or against impeachment. It is the responsibility of the Senate to vote to remove a president. If I remember correctly, Old Bill barely made it. He won the vote, not to be removed by a mere margin of two, to my best memory. I think he has a lot to owe to Olympia Snow, Republican, the Senator of Maine, for that. She voted not to take Clinton out of office. She went against party line (typical), and I imagine she did it for popular votes. Clinton isn't even ashamed of his actions. He has turned the issue around to say, he was helping the America People to keep the Constitution alive, and working! What does that having sex in the White House have to do with the Constitution? I never heard any rights saying it is okay to have your thing sucked in the Oval office, or even being legal! Maybe he wanted the Congress to make a new Bill, so then his wife, if she ever gets to be president, which I doubt, can get away with it, too, without having to lie in a court of law? That isn't it! Hillary hates sex. I wonder why? LOL, it is good for men, she doesn't!

2007-04-20 05:24:22 · answer #2 · answered by xenypoo 7 · 0 1

Are you kidding me? Do none of you pay attention to what happens to our president? It wasn't even that long ago. Seeing as how he is only other president besides Andrew Johnson to be impeached, I would think people would know this. In order to be removed from office a 2/3's vote is required from the senate... impeachment is the act of bringing the charge also called the articles of impeachment... once these have been passed someone has being impeached.... please people... pick up a book or a newspaper or something before commenting on the impeachment process

2007-04-20 05:06:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 12 2

I believe the act of impeaching only means to bring to trial and vote to remove from office. Since there was a Democratically controlled congress, the fact that Clinton lied under oath didn't affect him at all. Of course if a Republican was in office at the time, he would have been thrown out so fast he wouldn't have known what hit him. Funny how when democrats break the law, others protect him or her, yet when Republicans reach even the slightest gray area, they must face lengthy and expensive legal battles before being cleared of all charges. Or even better, when they don't break any laws, charges are still trumped up and an impeachment is called for without any real explanation of charges.

Oh, and yes, Clinton was impeached!!! Most deservedly!!!

2007-04-20 05:12:02 · answer #4 · answered by killapaddler 2 · 1 4

Clinton was impeached by the US House of Representatives. His indictment was refered to the US Senate for Trial. The Senators voted 50-50 to remove President Clinton from Office. They failed to get the required number of Senators to remove him.

2007-04-20 05:10:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4 0

Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government. Impeachment does not necessarily mean removal from office; it comprises only a formal statement of charges, akin to an indictment in criminal law, and thus is only the first step towards possible removal. Once an individual is impeached, he or she must then face the possibility of conviction via legislative vote, which then entails the removal of the individual from office.

2007-04-20 05:06:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 8 0

Impeachment is not the process of removing an elected official from office; it's the process of charging an elected official with a crime. Clinton was impeached and acquitted of the crimes he was charged with; therefore, Congress had no grounds on which to remove him from office.

Removal from office is a punishment resulting FROM impeachment, it is not impeachment itself.

2007-04-20 05:11:19 · answer #7 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 4 0

Impeached by the house but not convicted by the senate, similar to President Andrew Jackson, the only other president to be impeached.

2007-04-20 05:11:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

It truly worries me to see how many of you are completely clueless as to how Government works. President Clinton was Impeached. All that meant was the House determined there was enough evidence to take him to trial in the Senate. There weren't enough votes in the Senate to convict so he was determined to be "Not Guilty", different than innocent there David A.

The final result was not determined by evidence, but rather politics. The vote to convict went right down party lines.

2007-04-20 05:18:34 · answer #9 · answered by meathookcook 6 · 1 1

Clinton was impeached in the House of Representatives. But without the Senate's confirming action in this matter, no further action was taken.

2007-04-20 05:07:38 · answer #10 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 6 0

Impeachment simply means that he is eligible to go to a trial in the senate in order to be removed from office. He had a trial in the senate, but didn't get the 2/3 votes necessary to be removed.

2007-04-20 05:07:02 · answer #11 · answered by t78t78 2 · 5 0

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