Word: hutchinson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...four Republicans who supported Nixon by voting against impeachment and were returned to their seats in the House were Representatives C. Trent Lott (Miss.), Delbert L. Latta (Ohio), Edward Hutchinson (Mich.) and Charles E. Wiggins (Calif...
Even the Judiciary Committee's Edward Hutchinson made his turnabout official. "I feel that I have been deceived," he said, declaring that he would vote for impeachment "with a heavy heart." Arriving in Washington from Mississippi, Lott also confirmed his reversal on impeachment. He had reacted to the new evidence, he said...
Democrats Seiberling and Mann and Republican Wiggins ap peared close to tears. Almost all the "Ayes" were delivered in mournful, almost sepulchral tones. By contrast, the first "No" ? from Edward Hutchinson ? sounded buoyant and was accom panied by a thin smile...
...procedural change seemed eminently reasonable. Congressman Edward Hutchinson, senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, gave it strong support-though he has disagreed with Rodino on some other matters. "I never heard of a judicial or even a quasi-judicial proceeding," he said, "where witnesses under oath would be questioned by 38 or 40 people." But many other House Republicans were angry at Rodino, and they rebelled against their own leadership. The change would amount to "parliamentary suicide," declared Congressman David Dennis of Indiana. In the end, 120 Republicans (out of 187) opposed the rules change, and the motion fell...
...great strength of Bailyn's book that it understands and apparently sympathizes with both sides--but especially with Hutchinson, the embattled loser--and yet acknowledges that the future and America's hopes lay with Hutchinson's opponents...