Sunday, January 17, 1999
Chabot: Senators keeping minds open
BY PAUL BARTON
Enquirer Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Rep. Steve Chabot said Saturday he has looked into the eyes of the U.S. Senate and sees more open minds than do most analysts when it comes to President Clinton's fate.
Mr. Chabot, R-Cincinnati, one of the House managers in the impeachment trial, spent the last three days on the Senate floor, helping to present a case that could lead to Mr. Clinton's removal.
While many continue to think that senators have their minds made up already, Mr. Chabot disputes that.
“I did not see that on their faces when I was in there, when I was speaking and when the other members were speaking,” Mr. Chabot said.
He gave a presentation to the Senate on Friday about federal perjury law.
“I felt that for the most part, most of the senators are keeping an open mind,” he said.
Mr. Chabot said that as other House managers were making their presentations, he would often look around the chamber to gauge how they were being received.
Mr. Chabot said one of those he made eye contact with was Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., who is expected to be influential in the Senate's deliberations.
“I kept meeting Senator Byrd's eyes,” Mr. Chabot said. “He seemed to be listening.”
Mr. Chabot said he received compliments from several sena tors about his own presentation on Friday, including one from Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn.
“That's ironic when you consider how he's one of the most liberal Democratic senators ... and I'm not of the liberal persuasion,” Mr. Chabot said.
He said all of the House managers were caught up by the sense of being involved in a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Mr. Chabot said he managed to avoid nervousness.
“It was a matter of knowing how important it was and wanting to live up to the expectations you had of yourself,” he said.
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