{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1998-12-17-pt1-PgD1210", "1998-12-17", 105, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings", "HOUSE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDHCMEETINGS", "D1210", "D1211", null, "[{\"congress\": \"105\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"581\"}]", "144 Cong. Rec. D1210", "Congressional Record, Volume 144 Issue 153 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 153 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D1210-D1211]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\nIMPEACHMENT INQUIRY\nCommittee on the Judiciary: On December 12, the Committee concluded\nconsideration of a proposed resolution containing articles of\nimpeachment against President Clinton and took the following action:\n  Adopted article IV, as amended, abuse of power, by a vote of 21-16.\n  Failed to adopt a proposed joint resolution expressing the sense of\nCongress with respect to censuring the President, by a vote of 22 to 14\nand with 1 voting present.\n  Committee adjourned subject to call.\n  On December 11, the Committee concluded debate on and took the\nfollowing action on a proposed resolution containing articles of\nimpeachment against President Clinton:\n  Adopted article I, as amended, perjury before the grand jury, by a\nvote of 21 to 16;\n  Adopted article II, perjury in a civil case, by a vote of 20 to 17;\nand\n  Adopted article III, obstruction of justice, by a vote of 21 to 16.\nIMPEACHMENT INQUIRY\nCommittee on the Judiciary: On December 10, began debate on a proposed\nresolution containing articles of impeachment against President\nClinton.\n  The Committee also heard final presentations in the Impeachment\nInquiry by Abbe Lowell, Minority Chief Investigative Counsel and David\nSchippers, Chief Investigative Counsel.\n  Prior to the presentations, the Committee met in executive session\nand approved a motion to release certain documents necessary for the\npresentations.\nIMPEACHMENT INQUIRY\nCommittee on the Judiciary: On December 9, the Committee continued\nhearings in the Impeachment Inquiry pursuant to H. Res. 581. Testimony\nwas heard on Prosecutorial Standards for Obstruction of Justice and\nPerjury. Testimony was heard from Thomas P. Sullivan, former U.S.\nAttorney, Northern District of Illinois; Richard J. Davis, Weil,\nGotschal and Manges; Edward S.G. Dennis, Jr., Morgan, Lewis and\nBockius; William Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts; and Prof.\nRonald Noble, Professor of Law, New York University Law School.\n  The Committee also heard testimony in the Impeachment Inquiry from\nCharles F.C. Ruff, Counsel to the President.\n  On December 8, the Committee continued hearings in the Impeachment\nInquiry pursuant to H. Res. 581, authorizing and directing the\nCommittee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds\nexist for the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, President of\nthe United States. Testimony was heard on Historical Precedents and\nConstitutional Standards, Abuse of Power, and How to Evaluate Evidence.\nThe Committee heard testimony from Gregory B. Craig, Assistant to the\nPresident and Special Counsel; Nicholas Katzenbach, former Attorney\nGeneral; Prof. Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political\nScience, Yale University; Prof. Sean Wilentz, The Dayton Stockton\nProfessor of History, Princeton University; Prof. Samuel H. Beer, Eaton\nProfessor of the Science of Government Emeritus, Harvard University;\nformer Representative Elizabeth Holtzman of New York; former\nRepresentative Robert J. Drinan, S.J., of Massachusetts; former\nRepresentative Wayne Owens of Utah; James Hamilton, Swidler, Berlin,\nShereff and Firedman; and Richard Ben-Veniste, former Assistant\nAttorney General.\nCONSEQUENCES OF PERJURY AND RELATED CRIMES\nCommittee on the Judiciary: On December 1, the Committee held an\noversight hearing on the Consequences of Perjury and Related Crimes.\nTestimony was heard from Gerald B. Tjoflat, U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S.\nCourts of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; Charles E. Wiggins, U.S. Circuit\nJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.,\nformer Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; Elliot\nRichardson, former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare,\nSecretary of Defense, Attorney General and Secretary of Commerce; Adm.\nLeon A. Edney, USN (Ret.), former Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Lt.\nGen. Thomas P. Carney, USA, (Ret.), former Deputy Chief of Staff,\nPersonnel; Prof. Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law,\nHarvard Law School; the following Professors from George Washington\nUniversity Law School: Prof. Stephen Saltzburg, Howrey Professor of\nTrial Advocacy, Litigation, and Professional Responsibility and Prof.\nJeffrey Rosen, Associate Professor of Law; Pam Parsons, Atlanta,\nGeorgia; and Barbara Battalino, Los Osos, California.\n  The Committee also approved the issuance of subpoenas for depositions\nand materials.\nIMPEACHMENT INQUIRY\nCommittee on the Judiciary: On November 19, the Committee held a\nhearing in the Impeachment Inquiry pursuant to H. Res. 581, authorizing\nand directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether\nsufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of William Jefferson\nClinton, President of the United States. Testimony was heard from\nKenneth W. Starr, Independent Counsel.\n\n[[Page D1211]]\n\n  The Committee also met in executive session and approved the issuance\nof subpoenas for depositions.\nIMPEACHMENT--BACKGROUND AND HISTORY\nCommittee on the Judiciary: On November 9, the Subcommittee on the\nConstitution held a hearing on ``The Background and History of\nImpeachment''. Testimony was heard from various professors and\nattorneys with background and expertise in constitutional law.\nSAVING THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM\nCommittee on Ways and Means: On November 19, the Committee held a\nhearing on Saving the Social Security System. Testimony was heard from\nSenator Gramm; David W. Wilcox, Assistant Secretary, Economic Policy,\nDepartment of the Treasury; John F. Cogan, former Assistant Secretary,\nDepartment of Labor and former Deputy Director, OMB; Hertert Stein,\nformer Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; Robert Reischauer,\nformer Director, CBO; and Standford G. Ross, Chair, Social Security\nAdvisory Board and former Commissioner, SSA and former Public Trustee,\nSocial Security and Medicare Trust Funds.\n\n                                 House\n\n  No Committee meetings are scheduled."]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-1998-12-17-pt1-PgD1210"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.4031060533598065, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}