Voting in the glare of the spotlight: Representatives' votes on the impeachment of President Clinton

Polity

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-269

  Lanoue, David J ^a   Emmert, Craig F ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 31144456564     PISSN: 00323497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3235285     Document Type: Article

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