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Congressional Resolutions on Presidential Impeachment: A Historical Overview (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Sept. 16, 1998
Report Number 98-763
Report Type Report
Authors Stephen W. Stathis and David C. Huckabee, Government Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

This report summarizes instances in which Congress has considered proposals to impeach or to investigate the possibility of impeaching a President of the United States. It cites the formal impeachment charges that have previously been brought against eight Presidents (Tyler, Andrew Johnson, Cleveland, Hoover, Truman, Nixon, Reagan, and Bush), as well as the current resolutions calling for an investigation of whether impeachment articles should be filed against President William J. Clinton.