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The House approved those two articles of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eFor only the second time in U-S history, a president has been impeached.\u003cbr/\u003eThe House today impeached President Clinton for perjury before a grand jury and for obstruction of justice. \u003cbr/\u003eThe House approved those two articles of impeachment, while rejecting two others.\u003cbr/\u003eVoting  was largely along party lines.\u003cbr/\u003eThe vote was 228-206 in favour of impeachment. Five Democrats sided while Republicans and five Republican backed the president.\u003cbr/\u003e SOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have never seen a death wish so manifest in the political system of our country in my life. It is beyond comprehension that the leaders of the republican congress are not fully aware of how this is being received by the American people.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Rep. John Conyers, Democrat, Judiciary Committee\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"To the President I would say , 'Sir you have done great damage to the nation over the last year. And while your defenders are contending that further impeachment proceedings will only protract and exacerbate the damage to this country. I would say, you have the power to terminate that damage, to heal the wounds that you have created. You Sir, may resign your post. So I must set the example that I hope president Clinton will follow. I will not stand for Speaker of the House on January the sixth. But rather I will remain as a backbencher  in this Congress - that I so dearly love - for approximately six months until the 16th Congress whereupon I shall vacate my seat and ask the government to call a special election to take many place.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Rep. Bob Livingston, Republican, Speaker-Designate\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I believe the President firmly believes that the politics of personal destruction in this town and this country has to come to an end, and has to stop sooner. And in that spirit the President's wish is that representative Livingston would reconsider the decision he announced on the floor today.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Joe Lockhart, White House Press Secretary\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"America is held hostage to the tactics of smear and fear. Let all of us here today say no to resignation, No to impeachment, No to hatred, No to intolerance of each, No to vicious self righteousness.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Rep. Richard Gephardt, Democrat, House Minority Leader\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"This house is out of touch, It's out of control and it is so consumed that they have just denied us the chance to vote in the one option that commands tyke support of the American people, and that is censure,\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Rep. David Bonior, Democrat, House Minority Whip\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We have a problem.  You recognise the problem because you want to censure him - that is impeachment light. you  want to censure him with no real consequences except how history chooses to impose them.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION; Rep. Henry Hyde, Republican, House Judiciary Committee Chairman\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The president's defenders have said that the president is morally reprehensive, That he is reckless. That he has violated the trust of the Americans, lessened their esteem of the office of president and dishonoured the office they have entrusted him.  But that doesn't rise to the level of impeachment. What the defenders want to do is lower the standards  by which we hold this president and lower the standards for our society by doing so.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Rep. Tom DeLay, House Majority Whip\u003cbr/\u003eWashington D-C, U-S - 19 December 1998\u003cbr/\u003e1.  Wide shot of House floor, readout of vote on first article of impeachment for lying under oath about his affair with Lewinsky\u003cbr/\u003e2. Acting speaker  Ray LaHood, Republican, Illinois says article is adopted.\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot of House floor\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot of Democrat holding press conference after all four article of impeachment were voted on\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Conyers, Democrat, Judiciary Committee\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide shot of Bob Livingston on House floor\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rep Bob Livingston, Republican, Speaker-Designate\u003cbr/\u003e8. House gives Livingston standing ovation.\u003cbr/\u003e9. Side view of House applauding Livingston.\u003cbr/\u003e10. White House Press Secretary walks out of White House.\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joe Lockhart, White House Press Secretary\u003cbr/\u003e12. Hillary Clinton drives into building on Capitol Hill to attend Democratic Caucus\u003cbr/\u003ePool\u003cbr/\u003e13. House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt walks onto the floor.\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Gephardt, Democrat, House Minority Leader\u003cbr/\u003e15. House gives Gephardt standing ovation\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close-up LaHood as Republicans block vote on censure\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide shot of Democrats walking out of chamber\u003cbr/\u003e18. Various shots of Democrats walking out of Capitol, crowds cheering outside\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Bonior, Democrat, House Minority Whip\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide shot of House Floor\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Henry Hyde, Republican, House Judiciary Committee Chairman\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close-up LaHood\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Republican Tom DeLay, House Majority Whip\u003cbr/\u003e24. Hyde hands articles of impeachment over to Senate\u003cbr/\u003e25. Close-up articles of impeachment\u003cbr/\u003eWashington D-C, U-S - 19 December 1998\u003cbr/\u003e1.  Wide shot of House floor, readout of vote on first article of impeachment for lying under oath about his affair with Lewinsky\u003cbr/\u003e2. Acting speaker  Ray LaHood, Republican, Illinois says article is adopted.\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot of House floor\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot of Democrat holding press conference after all four article of impeachment were voted on\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Conyers, Democrat, Judiciary Committee\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide shot of Bob Livingston on House floor\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rep Bob Livingston, Republican, Speaker-Designate\u003cbr/\u003e8. House gives Livingston standing ovation.\u003cbr/\u003e9. Side view of House applauding Livingston.\u003cbr/\u003e10. White House Press Secretary walks out of White House.\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joe Lockhart, White House Press Secretary\u003cbr/\u003e12. Hillary Clinton drives into building on Capitol Hill to attend Democratic Caucus\u003cbr/\u003ePool\u003cbr/\u003e13. House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt walks onto the floor.\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Gephardt, Democrat, House Minority Leader\u003cbr/\u003e15. House gives Gephardt standing ovation\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close-up LaHood as Republicans block vote on censure\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide shot of Democrats walking out of chamber\u003cbr/\u003e18. Various shots of Democrats walking out of Capitol, crowds cheering outside\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Bonior, Democrat, House Minority Whip\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide shot of House Floor\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Henry Hyde, Republican, House Judiciary Committee Chairman\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close-up LaHood\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Republican Tom DeLay, House Majority Whip\u003cbr/\u003e24. Hyde hands articles of impeachment over to Senate\u003cbr/\u003e25. 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