[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 276 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 276

Expressing the Sense of the Senate that the President should reimburse 
    the American taxpayer for costs associated with the Independent 
 Counsel's investigation of his relationship with Ms. Monica Lewinsky.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 15, 1998

Mr. Murkowski submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the Sense of the Senate that the President should reimburse 
    the American taxpayer for costs associated with the Independent 
 Counsel's investigation of his relationship with Ms. Monica Lewinsky.

Whereas, on January 17, 1998, President Clinton testified in a sexual harassment 
        lawsuit brought by Paula Jones and denied a sexual relationship with a 
        former White House intern Monica Lewinsky;
Whereas President Clinton's personal lawyer, David Kendall, stated on September 
        13, 1998, that the President ``absolutely'' sought to mislead Ms. Jones' 
        lawyers in the January 17 deposition;
Whereas, during a January 26, 1998 White House news conference, President 
        Clinton stated, ``I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. 
        Lewinsky'';
Whereas President Clinton invoked Executive Privilege in an effort to limit 
        grand jury questioning of aides Bruce Lindsey, Sidney Blumenthal, Cheryl 
        Mills, Nancy Hernreich, and Lanny Breuer;
Whereas none of President Clinton's claims of Executive Privilege were ever 
        supported by the courts;
Whereas, on May 22, a Federal judge denied a previous motion by the President to 
        prevent Secret Service agents from being compelled to testify before a 
        grand jury;
Whereas, on July 7, 1998, a Federal appeals court denied the President's appeal 
        and ruled that Secret Service employees must tell the grand jury what 
        they observed by guarding the President;
Whereas, on July 29, 1998, President Clinton agreed to testify from the White 
        House in response to a subpoena issued by the Independent Counsel's 
        office;
Whereas, on August 17, 1998, President Clinton testified before a grand jury and 
        made an address to the nation admitting ``an improper relationship'' 
        with Monica Lewinsky;
Whereas the President has unnecessarily and improperly prolonged the 
        investigation of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr;
Whereas the President knowingly provided inaccurate information in a sworn 
        deposition and in public statements about his relationship with Monica 
        Lewinsky; and
Whereas the President invoked improper claims of Executive Privilege, attorney-
        client privilege and Secret Service privileges: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) it is the sense of the Senate that President Clinton 
        has unnecessarily delayed the investigation of the Independent 
        Counsel; and
            (2) President Clinton should reimburse the American 
        taxpayer for the costs associated with the Independent 
        Counsel's investigation of his relationship with Ms. Lewinsky.
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