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...face of it, nothing that Starr did last Friday seemed sufficient to change that dynamic. At Hyde's request he sent to the House some new evidence concerning whether Clinton lied when he told lawyers for Paula Jones that he did not attempt to kiss and fondle Kathleen Willey, a former White House volunteer. But Starr stopped short of making a new referral of wrongdoing, like those in his September report to the House. This time he simply invited the committee to look into Willey's story...
...second very publicly his party's pro-impeachment line. Two other G.O.P. members who could vote with the Democrats are Mary Bono of California and Lindsey Graham, a conservative South Carolinian who has said from the start he would not impeach the President for merely lying in the Paula Jones deposition. But even wavering Republicans may decide they don't really need to switch sides anyway. Since any articles of impeachment approved by their committee are so likely to die on the House floor, their vote would be largely symbolic...
...outside, Paula Jones seemed to have extracted a lot for launching a sexual-harassment case against President Clinton: calmer hair, better teeth, a new nose. But by late this summer she had also seen her case thrown out by a lower court, and her real life was feeling more like an episode from Married...With Children than a segment on Entertainment Tonight: between makeovers, she was a mother with two young kids and an unemployed husband. "After four years, Paula was getting tired," says a family friend. "They were cooped up in this small one-bedroom apartment. She didn...
Hyde meanwhile sent the White House a list of 81 questions, asking that the President confirm or deny specific findings in Starr's report. Some of the "requests for admission" ask whether he lied in his deposition in the Paula Jones case or in his testimony before Starr's grand jury. White House lawyers say they are working on quick replies, but don't expect them to send any that admit to outright perjury or obstruction of justice. The Republican strategy, cooked up before the election, seemed to be that eliciting denials from the White House on some issues would...
...Paula Poundstone is playing Carnegie Hall on Wednesday as part of a women in comedy festival...