-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 2:28 PM Subject: AllPolitics E-Wire - February 1, 1999 AllPolitics.com E-Wire -- February 1, 1999 http://allpolitics.com A weekly briefing on U.S. politics: Quote of the week: "I think some Republicans are trying to act like political magicians and say, 'See me vote guilty but see me vote not to remove him from office.' You can't say that he is guilty, then not remove him from office." -- Sen. John Breaux (D-Louisiana), criticizing the idea of a proposed "finding of fact" against President Clinton, January 31. Deposition week President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial is in recess until Thursday, while House prosecutors take what could be a final crack at eliciting new information from Monica Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan and Sidney Blumenthal in depositions this week. Lewinsky's deposition was wrapped up Monday at Washington's Mayflower Hotel, with Jordan's set for Tuesday and Blumenthal's for Wednesday. Their depositions will be in a Senate meeting room. When the trial resumes, senators will deal with any objections to questions posed in the depositions, and also decide whether to make the new videotaped evidence public. In a series of votes last week, the Senate permitted the depositions and established February 12 as a proposed target date for a final up or down vote on the perjury and obstruction of justice charges against Clinton. The key statistic: 44 senators voted to dismiss the charges against Clinton, foreshadowing his likely acquittal. (It would take a two-thirds vote in the 100-member Senate to convict and remove Clinton.) At the same time, senators continue to discuss approving "findings of fact" that would spell out Clinton's alleged misdeeds without removing him from office. Supporters say it would be a way to stop Clinton from claiming exoneration if the Senate doesn't vote to convict, but critics say it has no constitutional basis. For the latest on the Lewinsky deposition, visit: http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/01/impeachment.01/ Meanwhile, the budget President Bill Clinton unveiled his budget for fiscal year 2000 Monday, formally sending Congress a $1.77 trillion spending plan that proposes using the new century's forecasted record budget surpluses to shore up Social Security and increase domestic spending. The president's formal release of his budget proposal is the opening salvo in what could be a fierce battle with Capitol Hill over how to use the burgeoning budget surplus. While many Republicans have been pushing to use the money to pay for an across-the-board tax cut, Clinton said the majority needs to be reserved for the Social Security and Medicare programs. "Our economic house is in order, and strong," Clinton said. "If we manage the surplus right, we can uphold our responsibility to future generations. We can do so by dedicating the lion's share of the surplus to saving Social Security and Medicare and paying down the national debt." For more of the financial details, visit: http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/01/budget/ And for a summary of proposed spending in specific areas from The Associated Press, visit: http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/01/budget.summary.ap/ Document of the week Twice now during the Clinton impeachment trial, the Senate has rejected a proposal by Democratic Sens. Tom Harkin and Paul Wellstone to open its deliberations to the public. Last week, CNN filed a request with Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who is presiding over the trial, aimed at opening the deliberations. For the full text of the CNN brief, known as an "application," visit: http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/resources/1999/impeachment/cnnbrief/ And for an article about the dispute over Senate secrecy, visit: http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/01/29/senate.cnn.ads/ Voter's Voice Reader e-mail keeps rolling in on the Senate trial. If you have a comment on that or something else in the day's news, send your e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For a sampling of views from AllPolitics readers, visit: http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/voters.voice/1999/01/28/ CNN's "First in the Nation" special Can't wait for the 2000 presidential sweepstakes to begin? You don't have to. Tune in to CNN at 8 p.m. EST Tuesday for "First in the Nation: The New Hampshire Primary," featuring interviews with likely presidential contenders in 2000, including Al Gore, George W. Bush, Bill Bradley, Dan Quayle, Lamar Alexander, Steve Forbes and John McCain. 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