The House Judiciary Committee that determined Nixon’s impeachment as the recommended course of action reached a vote of 27 to 11. Six Republican Congressman joined 21 Democrats to approve the ...

Nixon resigned in 1974 to avoid almost certain impeachment. Clinton earned a dubious place in history in 1998 by becoming only the second president to be impeached.

The past 50 years have not been good for presidential impeachment. In 1974, the Constitution worked as it should have when President Richard Nixon resigned on the brink of certain impeachment in ...

Nixon never was impeached; he resigned in August 1974 as he faced certain impeachment in the House and likely conviction in the Senate. Clinton was impeached but survived a Senate trial in 1999.

Had Nixon’s impeachment reached fruition in the Senate, an important precedent would've been set. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

When Nixon's impeachment proceedings began, the "politics" were different. There has been a bevy of discussion recently about the "politics" of impeachment, and whether there is an appetite among ...

On July 27, the House Judiciary Committee approved, and voted to send the full House, three articles of impeachment, which charged Nixon with 15 separate acts of obstructing justice and abusing power.

“We know what a constitutionally serious impeachment process would [look] like; we saw that happen both with President Nixon and with President Clinton. This is not that. This is not a search ...

"When the president does it, that means it is not illegal." When former President Nixon said that more than four decades ago, he'd already left office while facing impeachment proceedings. Now, in ...

Nixon, to be sure, was never impeached, but the threat of impeachment hearings spurred the Republican party elite to abandon Nixon and force his resignation.

On Feb. 6, 1974, the House of Representatives considered a historic question: Should it authorize an investigation that might lead to the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon? House Judiciary ...

The 43% supporting Nixon’s impeachment in that Harris poll, by the way, is much higher than the 29% who supported impeachment for President Bill Clinton in 1998.