We had the impeachment of President Clinton, we had the Vietnam War, we had the Iran-Contra investigation, periods when the two parties had an enormously high level of tension.

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" Again, there's the hopeful example of 1998-99: "The Clinton impeachment captures the dynamic.

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Judicial Watch is a judicial watchdog group active during the Clinton impeachment scandal.

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But his skill in holding the caucus together through the traumas of the Gingrich revolution and the Clinton impeachment earned him the unanimous support of his party.

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