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To: shane forbes who wrote (14886)	9/10/1998 10:47:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25814

[OT] U.S. Republicans to Make Starr Report Public Tomorrow Washington, Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to release Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's report to Congress tomorrow, allowing legislators and the public to see the results of Starr's four-year investigation of U.S. President Bill Clinton. Republicans plan to post the document on the Internet between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Washington time, over the objections of Democrats who called for a 48-hour delay to allow Congress to review the report privately. ''Our first challenge is to ensure that the American people are given what is rightly theirs -- information that may constitute grounds for impeachment of their duly elected president,'' House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde said. The Web sites will be: house.gov thomas.loc.gov access.gpo.gov mlive.com House Rules Committee Chairman Gerald Solomon said in a statement. Two copies of the 445-page report were delivered to Congress yesterday, along with two 18-box sets of supporting materials. Starr said it contains ''substantial and credible information'' that may constitute grounds for impeachment. The House Rules Committee approved procedures that would allow the documents to be released tomorrow and authorizing the Judiciary Committee to begin examining the report to see if a full impeachment inquiry is warranted. The rule must still be approved by the full House before the report can be released. That vote is set for early tomorrow afternoon. Shore up Support Clinton, meanwhile, tried to shore up support among Senate Democrats following his Aug. 17 admission that he had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky after denying the relationship for seven months. Clinton met with a group of Senate Democratic leaders and said later he asked for ''their forgiveness and their commitment not to let the events of the moment in Washington deter us from doing the people's work.'' The senators ''urged him to cooperate with the ongoing procedure now under way in the Congress,'' Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle. ''We expressed our strong desire to be sure that the process will be a fair one.'' Daschle said Clinton told the group there would be no new surprises ahead, and the discussions didn't address impeachment or resignation. Yesterday, House Democrats said Clinton apologized to them at a similar meeting. Clinton also met with members of his Cabinet, offering them much the same apology and plea for support he has sought from Senate and House Democrats. In the Cabinet meeting, Clinton said ''he had made terrible mistakes, was deeply regretful,'' Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said. ''It was a very personal and moving statement on his part about his feelings and what lay behind, in a personal sense, what he had done.'' A few hours later, Hillary Clinton told the Democratic Business Council at a fundraiser as she introduced her husband: ''I'm proud of his leadership, I'm proud of his commitment.'' The Clintons then embraced. ''I thank you more than you can possibly know,'' Bill Clinton told the applauding audience. Citing the nation's surging economy, rising employment, and expected federal budget surplus, Clinton said he was glad to have the chance to accomplish those things. ''I am profoundly grateful for every day, even the worst day, as your president,'' he said. Clinton's public approval rating fell to 59 percent in a new CBS News poll, down from 65 percent in August, the network said. That marked the first time since January that Clinton's approval was lower than 60 percent. Call for Delay Daschle and other Democratic leaders argued throughout the day that a short delay in releasing the Starr report would be fair and reasonable. ''There is a deep feeling in the (Democratic) conference that the president should have a right'' to see the report before it's released, said House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri. House Republican Leader Dick Armey, of Texas, disagreed, saying the president would see it with everyone else tomorrow. ''We are very comfortable that what we are doing is fair to all parties,'' Armey said. Presidential spokesman Mike McCurry said Clinton aides and his personal lawyer, David Kendall, met with Hyde, an Illinois Republican, to discuss how to ''get the process going'' and didn't ask for a delay in releasing the report. ''One way or another we will prepare some sort of response to this report,'' McCurry said. Perjury, Obstruction Starr's report provides evidence that Clinton may have committed perjury in testimony before the grand jury on Aug. 17, USA Today reported, quoting an unnamed attorney familiar with the report. It also contains graphic detail of Clinton's sexual encounters with Lewinsky in an effort to disprove his assertion that he was legally accurate in denying a ''sexual relationship'' with Clinton, USA Today said. The report also argues that efforts to find Lewinsky a job were designed to keep her silent and amount to an obstruction of justice, the paper reported. McCurry said he stood by Kendall's contention that there aren't impeachable offenses in the report. ''Mr. Kendall is in the position, better than anyone on the planet, because of attorney-client privilege, to know what the president's conduct has been and what his testimony has been,'' McCurry said. o~~~ O