61. Moynihan said the Democratic censure resolution would address that concern. 62. No censure resolution will please those at the extremes. 63. On Monday former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter suggested a bipartisan censure resolution voted by the Senate and accepted by Clinton. 64. Once the formal censure resolution died, the censure statement lost steam, even among Democrats. 65. One plan calls for a two- or three-day Senate impeachment trial and then adoption of a censure resolution. 66. President Clinton already has stated that he would sign such a censure resolution. 67. Republicans on the panel rejected the censure resolution as unconstitutional, a bad precedent and feckless. 68. Republicans showed comparable solidarity against the Democratic censure resolution, which Clinton embraced a day earlier. 69. Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas, the Republican whip, is actively fighting any attempt to bring a censure resolution to the floor. 70. Robert Livingston, the designated speaker, pondered for days about whether to lead the House toward an honorable compromise around a censure resolution. |
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