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We're disappointed we aren't getting it.  We hope they'll be flexible enough to give us time in these answers to accomplish the same purpose.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Henry Hyde, House Judiciary Committee Chairman\u003cbr/\u003eAfter weeks of merely observing, Senators got their first chance to ask questions of both the House prosecutors and the White House lawyers.\u003cbr/\u003eAll questions from Senators must be written on this card, and read aloud by Chief Justice William Rehnquist.\u003cbr/\u003eRepublicans kicked off the questions, asking prosecutors if the Clinton team had misstated any legal or factual issue.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Is it the opinion of the House Managers that the President's defence team in their presentation mischaracterised any factual or legal issue in this case.  If so please explain.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Chief Justice William Rehnquist\u003cbr/\u003eProsecutors responded that Clinton lawyers were wrong to boil it all down to a he-said she-said case.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd they said the defence team left out evidence that would have provided corroboration.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"There was not discussed in their presentation the fact that there is amble corroboration which is provided for under the law as being necessary.  We believe that factually there was a much corroboration, that is, another person or other evidence to support the fact that the President did commit the perjury.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Rep. Ed Bryant, House Impeachment Manager\u003cbr/\u003eThe first Democratic question gave White House Counsel Charles Ruff a chance to respond.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am sure, those of you have suffered through these pangs know as well that the law rejects the notion that merely because you tell the same story many times it is corroborative of the underlying credibility of the witnesses version.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Charles Ruff, White House Counsel\u003cbr/\u003eAs the two sides in the impeachment case went head to head on the Senate floor, democrats were devising a way to try to end the trial.\u003cbr/\u003eWest Virginia Senator Robert Byrd - one of the Senate's most senior members - said he'd offer a motion to dismiss the trial.\u003cbr/\u003eFrom the Senate democratic leader - optimism that the motion could pass.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I think there is increasing optimism that a dismissal motion could actually pass, and I'm not saying that it would pass but given comments made in the public by our republican colleagues in some cases, there appears to be at least a willingness to reconsider whether a vote to dismiss may be in everyone's best interest.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Tom Daschle, Senate Minority Leader\u003cbr/\u003eRepublican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah said if the Senate can't come up with the 67 votes needed to convict, adjourning the trial is the best option.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"If we absolutely come to the conclusion that there are really not 67 votes for conviction and that there never will be then it seems to me we ought to find someway of bringing this to a close.  I'd prefer an adjournment motion.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican - Utah\u003cbr/\u003eFor  his part, President Clinton says he's satisfied with how his defence is moving forward.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd at the White House on Friday, Spokesman Joe Lockhart called for a quick end to the trial.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's our hope that the Senate in their wisdom can look at the presentations that both sides have made.  Look at the way that both sides respond to the questions that they put forward and find a way to end this expeditiously.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Joe Lockhart, White House Spokesman\u003cbr/\u003eRules say a motion to dismiss the proceedings may be made as soon as the questioning has expired. \u003cbr/\u003eSources close to the proceedings say that could happen as soon as Monday.\u003cbr/\u003e Washington, D-C, 22 January 1999 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Exterior shots of the Capitol building\u003cbr/\u003ePool\u003cbr/\u003e2. Henry Hyde walking down the hallway\u003cbr/\u003e3. Cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Henry Hyde, House Judiciary Committee Chairman \u003cbr/\u003e5. Senator Trent Lott walks into Senate chamber\u003cbr/\u003e6. Senators Chris Dodd and John Kerry walk into Senate chamber\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot of Senate Chamber\u003cbr/\u003e8. Shots of the question card\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chief Justice William Rehnquist\u003cbr/\u003e10. Ed Bryant walks up to podium\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rep. Ed Bryant, House Impeachment Manager\u003cbr/\u003e12. Cutaway of Chief Justice Rehnquist\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide shot of Charles Ruff\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charles Ruff, White House Counsel\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot of trial\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide shot of Daschle talking to press\u003cbr/\u003e17. 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