51.   Despite deep trepidation, the House Friday opened a preliminary impeachment inquiry of President Clinton, an historic process that could unfold for months with untold consequences.

52.   Eckstein, Gorman and Hurt PENNSYLVANIA -- CONG. Reaction from Philadelphia-area lawmakers about how they voted on the House impeachment inquiry.

53.   Eight networks broke into programming to cover the impeachment inquiry, but the American public long ago tuned it out.

54.   Even without an impeachment inquiry, Livingston has a lot to think about.

55.   Every step toward the impeachment inquiry was accompanied by agonizing over how the public would take it.

56.   Except for the sex-related charges, none of the issues have been referred by Starr to Congress for consideration in the impeachment inquiry.

57.   For all the talk of duty and Constitution, it was not all that difficult for the House to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Clinton Thursday.

58.   For his part, Hyde said Thursday that he, too, hopes to end the impeachment inquiry by the end of the year.

59.   For most politicians, the impeachment inquiry and its revelations would have been devastating.

60.   For obvious reasons, he had not joined the TV talk-show parade discussing the impeachment inquiry.