11.   All this is a reminder of how much partisan bitterness remains in Congress after the impeachment debate.

12.   Bush, of course, is playing no role in the impeachment debate.

13.   But the impeachment debate was such a deeply divisive issue that its memory is still fresh in the minds of most politically active people.

14.   Calls to his office were mostly anti-impeachment before the impeachment debate began this week, Bishop said.

15.   Clinton has not commented on the impeachment debate this week but revealed a bit of his state of mind at an observance marking Human Rights Day.

16.   Connecticut delegation on the impeachment debate.

17.   Democrats were intent on extending the impeachment debate beyond a single day.

18.   Democrats made a strong case against starting the impeachment debate while American forces are attacking Iraq.

19.   Disagreements abounded, including a dispute over how long the impeachment debate should last.

20.   Even as he spoke, House Republican leaders, yielding to the eruption in the Iraq crisis, postponed their plans to begin the impeachment debate on Thursday.