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On the recordDecember 1, 1997
I believe that the Founding Fathers intended impeachment to be a last resort against a corrupt and dangerous executive who poses a threat to the nation, not a routinely utilized method for attacking an executive whom congressional opponents find truculent.
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Ray LaHood
Republican · Illinois

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