Did this happen in the same history of the mushroom induced parallel universe in your head where Clinton was impeached?
Oh that's right... you were only 9 years old when that happened.
President Clinton impeached Dec. 19, 1998
By ANDREW GLASS | 12/19/07 6:55 AM EST
On this day in 1998, after nearly 14 hours of debate, the outgoing 105th Congress approved two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton.
A House resolution charged him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton thus became the only the second president (and the only elected president) to be impeached, following President Andrew Johnson in 1868. (In 1974, Richard Nixon resigned as an impeachment vote loomed.)
The perjury charge came on a 228-206 vote, while the obstruction charge prevailed 221-212. Two other articles of impeachment approved by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee failed to gain a majority on the House floor.
The legislators turned down a second count of perjury — also arising from the federal civil rights case brought by Paula Jones, who had sued Clinton on sexual harassment charges — with a 205-229 vote. (Clinton and Jones settled the case out-of court on Nov. 13, 1998.)
Another article accusing Clinton of having abused his official powers went down 148-285. Four GOP House members opposed all four articles while five Democrats voted for at least one of them.
The outcome mandated a Senate trial, which began Jan. 7, 1999. As called for in Article I of the Constitution, Chief Justice William Rehnquist presided.
On Feb. 12, the Senate acquitted Clinton on both impeachment articles. The House managers, acting as prosecutors, needed a two-thirds majority to convict. As matters turned out, however, they failed to achieve even a bare majority.
In rejecting the first charge of perjury, 45 Democrat and 10 Republican Senate jurors voted "not guilty.” On the charge of obstruction of justice, the Senate split 50-50. After the trial ended, Clinton said he was “profoundly sorry” for the burden his behavior had imposed on Congress and the American people.
