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Wide view of Senate floor2. Various views reporters watching television monitor 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) William Rehnquist, Chief Justice4. Wide view as Rehnquist leaves Senate chamber5. Pan...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e Washington D-C, U-S-A - 12 February 1999  \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide view of Senate floor\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various views reporters watching television monitor \u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) William Rehnquist, Chief Justice\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide view as Rehnquist leaves Senate chamber\u003cbr/\u003e5. Pan view as Rehnquist is escorted out of Senate\u003cbr/\u003e6. Pan view as House Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde walks past cameras\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Harkin, Democrat, Iowa \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Wellstone, Democrat, Minnesota\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide view of Orrin Hatch walking to microphones\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Orrin Hatch, Republican, Utah\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide view of Senators Schumer, Hatch, Levin hugging in front of cameras\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide view of Senator Lott\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Trent Lott, Senate Majority leader, Republican, Mississippi\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close-up Chief Justice Rehnquist leaving Capitol\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide view of House Managers\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Henry Hyde, House Judiciary Committee Chairman\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide view as Hyde leaves podium\u003cbr/\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eThe U-S Senate's acquittal of President Bill Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice has been met with relief by many senators.\u003cbr/\u003eThe acquittal ends a 13-month drama that catapulted Clinton's affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky into only the second presidential impeachment trial in history.\u003cbr/\u003eThe vote allows the 42nd president of the United States to finish his term in office.\u003cbr/\u003eAs the Senate voted, reporters in the nearby Senate gallery watched closely.\u003cbr/\u003eChief Justice William Rehnquist declared, in open session, that U-S President Bill Clinton was acquitted of the charges.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"Two thirds of the Senators present, not having pronounced him guilty, the Senate adjudges that the respondent, William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, is not guilty as charged in the second article of impeachment.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: William Rehnquist, Chief Justice\u003cbr/\u003eSenators voted 50-50 on the impeachment article accusing Clinton of obstruction of justice in concealing his affair with Monica Lewinsky - far short of the two-thirds required for conviction. \u003cbr/\u003eEarlier, senators rejected the charge of perjury by a 55-45 vote, with ten Republicans joining the Democrats.\u003cbr/\u003eShortly after the votes, Rehnquist banged his gavel to end the five-week trial.\u003cbr/\u003eTwo Democrats senator were first to give their reactions.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Let me just start by saying that as the roll was called, as the decision was made, I thought to myself the constitution lives... in protecting the American people from partisan acts that would create turmoil and do great damage to our country.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Tom Harkin, Democrat, Iowa \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is the end of a long sad year, and I think people in the country, and all of us, are ready to get back to work.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Paul Wellstone, Democrat, Minnesota\u003cbr/\u003eRepublican Orrin Hatch warned Clinton not to gloat over the result of the impeachment trial.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't think he should repeat the pep rally in the Rose Garden that happened after the impeachment day - that was, in my opinion, obscene and wrong. He's been given a second life here by the Senate of the United States, and thus the whole Congress, and now he ought to be interested in living up to that and doing what he can.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Orrin Hatch, Republican, Utah\u003cbr/\u003eSenate Majority leader Trent Lott immediately put the impeachment vote behind him and said it was time to move forward.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"While I feel that the two articles of impeachment were proven, and I voted guilty on both counts, that was not the conclusion of the Senate. And so that is done and the impeachment trial is over and now we will prepare to move forward with a legislative agenda.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Trent Lott, Senate Majority leader, Republican, Mississippi\u003cbr/\u003eThe 13 House impeachment managers beat a hasty exit from the Senate after the acquittal.\u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking from the House Judiciary Committee room, they declared themselves satisfied with their performance, but not with the precedent set by the decision.\u003cbr/\u003eIn defeat, the lead House prosecutor said his team had no regrets.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well good afternoon, it's been quite a noon hour. We faced a critical choice - we could have studied the polls and listened to the pundits and decided that following the constitution was not in our political best interests, but we didn't do that. Instead we studied the constitution, reviewed the precedents and proceeded forward according to the law. 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