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The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 8, 1998 - 5A
*C nton calls for fair vote
President lobbies prior to
vote that would launch an
*impeachment inquiry
HOOD
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education funding as "unacceptable"
when proposed in Februarv.
"I was saddened to learn this evening
of the untinIClv death of Rep. Morris
Hood," Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer
said. "You could always count on Morris
Hood to deliver for the city of Detroit"
But Hood was not completely sup-
portive of the University.M
During the an April 1997 meeting
on higher education appropiations,
Hood chided former Vice President for
University Relations Walter Harrison
for defending the University's high pro-
portion of out-of-state students.
Harrison was quoted in the Detroit
Free Press defending the enrollment
policies.
"I've not received more complaints
about any other issue than the residency
at the U of NI"' Hood told Harmson.
refe rring to the highl number of' out-of-
state students admitted to the University.
"I take this as a personal affront. I
can't recall anything EFve been more
hurt or upset over. I'm not suggesting
racism played a part in your attitude,
but I have an inkling that your arro-
gance was predicated by me being a
black Democrat from Detroit, Hood
told Harrison at the April 16. 1997
meeting of the Appropriations
Subcommittee for Higher Education.
Although terms prevented him from
running for another two years in office,
his son, Morris Hood Il, unsuccessfully
attempted to keep the seat in the family
when he was defeated in the August pri-
maries.
- The Associated Press contributed
to this report.
WASHINGTON - President
Clinton led a restrained campaign yes-
terday against today's vote to launch an
impeachment inquiry, while congres-
sional Democrats complained that
Republicans have stacked the process
against him.
The vote in the House of
eepresentatives is by far the most polit-
ically important of Clinton's presidency.
In public, he projected an aura of lais-
sez-faire. But the president, First Lady
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vice
President Al Gore continued their
behind-the-scenes lobbying.
"Everybody should cast a vote of
principle and conscience" Clinton said
during a picture-taking session with the
rime minister of Hungary.
"It's up to others to decide what hap-
pens to me, and ultimately it's going to
be up to the American people to make a
clear statement there," he said.
Under more normal circumstances,
Clinton and White House officials
would have been summoning wavering
representatives for Oval Office arm-
twisting and sending emissaries to the
Capitol to sway a crucial vote their way.
But the outcome of this vote - bitter
or the president - is a foregone con-
lusion. There was little Clinton could
do to head off the impeachment inquiry.
The only unanswered question was
how many Democrats would vote for
the Republican-sponsored measure. It
would authorize an open-ended investi-
gation to determine whether the presi-
dent should be impeached for lying
about his affair with former intern
Monica Lewinsky and allegedly
attempting to cover it up.
The Republican plan also would
authorize the House to consider
impeachment of Clinton for offenses
related to other matters Independent
Counsel Kenneth Starr has been inves-
tigating for several years.
Yesterday, Starr told leading mem-
bers of the House Judiciary
Committee he could not "foreclose
the possibility" that he would submit
to Congress evidence of additional
wrongdoing by Clinton.
"I can confirm at this time that
matters continue to be under active
investigation and review," he said in a
letter.
Clinton and his allies were trying to
keep Democrats from voting for the res-
olution so they could portray the deci-
sion as largely a partisan matter in
which the Republican majority in
Congress is not giving the Democratic
president a fair hearing.
"Anywhere from 30 to 80," one
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President Clinton speaks at the White House yesterday where he signed the
Higher Education Act.
Democratic operative said of his party's
likely crossovers against the president.
The Clintons and their allies, said a
House Democratic leadership aide,
were "not offering people fund-raisers
or bridges. They understand that ...
Dems hope inquiry motivates voters
would be counterproductive."
Indeed, Clinton's phone calls began
to irk some of the recipients. One
Democrat likely to vote for the inquiry
told a visitor Clinton had portrayed the
vote as one of conscience.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -
Republicans remain more intensely
interested than Democrats in voting in
November's elections. But Democratic
Wllsters said yesterday the House vote
on proceeding with an impeachment
inquiry of President Clinton could moti-
vate more Democrats to go to the polls.
The impeachment vote scheduled
for today comes at a time Democrats
already appear to be gaining ground in
voter intensity.
A new survey taken for the
Republican National Committee indi-
cated bedrock Democratic voters
ave begun expressing greater inter-
st in the election than they did only
two weeks ago, but still not as much
as Republican voters.
"They've gone from grim to bad,"
said GOP pollster Bill Mclnturff, who
acknowledged key Democratic groups
are showing more election interest.
"They're still not on the playing field."
Democratic pollsters admit time is
short, but viewed the increased voter
enthusiasm as a hopeful sign.
"It will not take a lot to push this
election in either direction," said
Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg.
"If anybody is mobilized this week,
it will be the Democratic side.
"There is a reaction, but it's not
yet translated into congressional
voting," he said, noting a solid
majority in the polls oppose
Clinton's removal.
More than half of Americans say
they don't think the president should
be impeached and more than six out
of 10 say it would be better if he fin-
ished his term rather than resigned,
according to recent polls.
"They (voters) are still treating these
things in separate worlds -the congres-
sional elections and the scandal,"
Greenberg said, "but they'll move closer
together as we get closer to the election."
Greenberg was one of several
Democratic pollsters who offered
advice yesterday to congressional can-
didates to emphasize the party's posi-
tions on issues like Social Security,
health care and education.
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