21.   Several Republican senators are bracing for the trial to end without enough votes to convict the president.

22.   Still, even if the House votes out any articles of impeachment, the Senate does not appear inclined to convict the president.

23.   The articles will be sent to a trial in the Senate, where a two-thirds majority is needed to convict the president and remove him from office.

24.   The company president also was convicted on federal bribery charges.

25.   The gravity of what was at stake led the Framers of the Constitution to require a two-thirds vote of the Senate to convict a president.

26.   The three major networks largely ignored the proceedings last week, with network executives citing public indifference and the belief that the Senate would not convict the president.

27.   Under the Constitution, it would require a two-thirds vote of the senators present to convict the president and remove him from office.

28.   Two-thirds of Americans want their senators to vote against convicting the president so he can remain in office.

29.   Yet Lieberman is viewed by the House managers as the sort of moderate Democrat who might convict the president if obstruction of justice is proven.

30.   A two-thirds vote is required to convict the president and remove him from office, and there was no chance of that happening.