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To: Machaon who wrote (575)	12/9/1998 10:09:00 PM
From: SEAN007	Respond to of 697

The first GOP draft article says Clinton ''willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony'' to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's grand jury last summer when it was investigating his relationship with Ms. Lewinsky. The second says Clinton ''willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony'' in a deposition under oath before a federal judge in the Paula Jones lawsuit, and in a sworn written affidavit. The third alleges Clinton obstructed justice on a variety of particulars. These include allegedly encouraging Ms. Lewinsky to submit a false affidavit; encouraging her to testify falsely in court; participating in a plan to hide gifts Ms. Lewinsky had given him, and several other alleged actions. The fourth alleges Clinton ''frivolously and corruptly'' asserted executive privilege in battling Starr's investigation; made false and misleading statements to members of his Cabinet and aides, to the public, and to Congress in submitting answers to 81 questions posed by Hyde last month. Within an hour, committee Democrats issued a lengthy rebuttal arguing there was ''no basis for an impeachment.'' Committee approval of at least one count seems assured - the one dealing with allegations of perjury before Starr's grand jury. There appeared to be at least one or two dissenters among committee Republicans to the articles alleging abuse of power and perjury in the Jones case. A House vote would occur next week, and officials on both sides of the issue were focusing their energy on the expected showdown there. Hyde urged wavering Republican lawmakers to ''keep their powder dry'' until they have all the facts in the case against the president. At the same time, Hyde promised Democrats he would give them a vote on the lesser punishment