Text of articles of impeachment
Plus, roll call votes
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics) -- The Senate acquitted President Bill Clinton of the two articles of impeachment approved by the full House in December. Two-thirds of the senators needed to vote "guilty" on the allegations in order to convict Clinton and remove him from office.
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Perjury article: William Jefferson Clinton provided "perjurious, false and misleading testimony" before Independent Counsel Ken Starr's grand jury.
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February 12: Rejected by the Senate, 55-45 (needed 67 votes to convict -- Roll call)
December 19: Approved by the House, 228 - 206 (Roll call)
December 11: Approved by the House Judiciary Committee, 21-16 (Roll call)
(Amended by a 21-16 vote. See draft version)
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Obstruction of justice article: William Jefferson Clinton obstructed justice to "delay, impede, cover up, and conceal the existence of evidence" related to the Jones case.
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February 12: Rejected by the Senate, 50-50 (needed 67 votes to convict -- Roll call)
December 19: Approved by the House, 221-212 (Roll call)
December 11: Approved by the House Judiciary Committee, 21-16 (Roll call)
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Article II: William Jefferson Clinton provided "perjurious, false and misleading testimony" in the Paula Jones civil case.
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December 19: Rejected by the House, 229-205 (Roll call)
December 11: Approved by the House Judiciary Committee, 20-17 (Roll call)
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Article IV: William Jefferson Clinton misused and abused "his high office" by making perjurious statements to Congress in his answers to the 81 questions posed by the Judiciary Committee.
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December 19: Rejected by the House, 285-148 (Roll call)
December 12: Approved by the House Judiciary Committee, 21-16 (Roll call)
(Amended by a 29-5 vote. See draft version)
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Text of the House Judiciary Committee's draft articles of impeachment
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