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  Henry Hyde - Congresspedia
Henry John Hyde was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the 6th District of Illinois (map) from 1975 to 2007.
From 1985 to 1991, Hyde served as the ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Intelligence, where he worked to ensure that the nation's intelligence community was adequately funded." [1] Most recently, Hyde sponsorsed a to reduce U.S. funding to the United Nations.
Hyde was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment of former president Bill Clinton in 1998.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Henry_Hyde   (1012 words)

  
 Henry Hyde - Demopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Henry Hyde is a Republican Congressman that sat in judgement of Bill Clinton during the impeachment hearings.
From 1985 to 1991, Hyde served as the ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Intelligence, where he worked to ensure that the nation's intelligence community was adequately funded.
While a difficult time for all involved, Hyde still believes today that the House was constitutionally obligated to impeach Clinton for lying to a federal grand jury.
demopedia.democraticunderground.com /index.php/Henry_Hyde   (320 words)

  
 (9/15/98) The Ethics of Henry Hyde
Hyde was sued by the federal government for gross negligence between 1981 and 1984, when he was a board member of Clyde Federal Savings and Loan, which went belly-up and cost taxpayers about $72 million.
Hyde claimed that he hadn't broken laws and had little involvement with the board, but as reported in the Monitor then, the minutes of the board meetings proved that he was in up to his neck.
Hyde abused his power to escape liability in the Clyde case is a matter deserving its own investigation, as are the suspicious circumstances surrounding the $20 million promised to his associates.
www.monitor.net /monitor/9809a/henryhyde.html   (2499 words)

  
 The Consortium
Henry Hyde, who argues "no man is above the law" in President Clinton's impeachment inquiry, escaped legal responsibility as a former director of the failed Clyde Federal Savings and Loan because of his political clout, according to investigators and others in the SandL case.
Hyde had defended the president during the Iran-contra scandal and -- in 1992 -- was handling a House inquiry into the "October Surprise" allegations that Bush participated in a scheme to undermine President Carter's Iran hostage negotiations in 1980.
Chairman Hyde seems to recognize that it is important to demonstrate that the president is not above the law; that the president should not escape responsibility for his actions; that the president should not lie; and that the president should not investigate critics.
www.consortiumnews.com /1990s/consor40.html   (2784 words)

  
 Washington Monthly - Henry Hyde/Worth
When Salon magazine revealed Hyde's five-year adulterous affair and Hyde dismissed it as "youthful indiscretion," few pundits made much of the fact that Hyde was in his forties at the time and that the affair destroyed a marriage.
Henry Hyde, selected by Gingrich to chair the investigation, told reporters that it had been "incredible folly" for the administration to allow Iran, "the most radical nation in the world," to become involved in Bosnia.
Although Hyde himself may not have been involved, the documents were almost certainly leaked by members of the subcommittee for which he was responsible.
www.washingtonmonthly.com /features/1998/9811.worth.hyde.html   (2229 words)

  
 Representative Henry Hyde, 6th District of Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hyde’s mission has always been the same - to bring jobs, better education and more opportunities to the people who live in suburban Cook and DuPage counties.
Before serving in the U.S. Congress, Hyde served in the Illinois House (1966-1974.) During that time, Hyde was one of its most outspoken and articulate debaters, rising to majority leader.
Chairman Hyde was married to Jeanne Simpson Hyde for 45 years until her death in 1992.
www.house.gov /hyde/Biography.htm   (529 words)

  
 Henry Hyde Sued
Hyde's S&L is one of over 100 Illinois thrifts that collapsed in the 1980's with $3.5 billion in losses.
During Hyde's tenure, the board lent $5 million to a condo project whose loan broker was the notorious Californian J. William Oldenburg, who later was tried for defrauding a Salt Lake City S&L of $26 million.
Hyde has refused to say whether he ever knew Oldenburg, who was known for throwing outdoor lavish parties where helicopters rained orchids on guests.
www.monitor.net /monitor/2-18-96/hydecharged.html   (1179 words)

  
 Vice President's Remarks at the Jesse Helms Center Salute to Chairman Henry Hyde
Henry and I sat together on the Joint Iran-Contra Committee, and for a number of years served together on House Select Committee on Intelligence, which I still regard as the best assignment I ever had as a congressman.
Henry Hyde can always say with clarity exactly what he believes, and why he believes it, and why it has importance.
Henry was also elected to the Illinois legislature, and served several terms in Springfield.
www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2006/09/20060919-13.html   (1555 words)

  
 Congressman Henry Hyde
Sworn into the House of Representatives in 1975, Henry Hyde is regarded as a strong and respected leader by members of both sides of the aisle.
Hyde also has helped numerous fire departments and police departments obtain grants for new equipment such as bulletproof vests.
Hyde ran for Collier’s vacated seat, winning with 53 percent of the vote.
www.miltonrepublicans.org /page_files/hyde.html   (531 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Rep. Henry Hyde to Retire at Term's End - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political ...
Henry Hyde (search), the Illinois Republican who steered the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton and championed government restrictions on abortion funding, announced Monday that he will retire when his term ends in 2006.
Earlier, Hyde was among the 12 former directors and officers of the Clyde Federal Savings and Loan who were sued for gross negligence by federal regulators after the 1990 failure of the North Riverside, Ill.-based institution.
Hyde, who left the SandL in 1984, insisted he engaged in no wrongdoing and was the only director who refused to contribute to an $850,000 settlement that led to the lawsuit's dismissal in 1997.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,153847,00.html   (957 words)

  
 Henry Hyde - dKosopedia
Henry John Hyde (born April 18, 1924), American politician, was the Republican member of the United States House of Representatives 1975-2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois.
Hyde maintains that the House was constitutionally obligated to impeach Clinton for "perjury." President Clinton was found to have committed no wrongdoing.
As Hyde was publicly pursuing the impeachment of Clinton, it was revealed that from 1965 to 1969, Hyde conducted an extramarital sexual affair with Cherie Snodgrass.
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Henry_Hyde   (318 words)

  
 Rep. Hyde's former lover speaks out
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A San Antonio woman said she had an extramarital affair in the 1960s with Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., the head of the House Judiciary Committee that is considering impeachment hearings against President Clinton over a sex scandal, the San Antonio Express-News reported in Thursday's editions.
The woman told the newspaper that Hyde, who was married at the time, told her he was single.
Hyde called the report on the affair "an obvious attempt to intimidate me." He vowed it would have no impact on impeachment proceedings against Clinton.
www.texnews.com /1998/texas/hyde0918.html   (575 words)

  
 cbs2chicago.com - Rep. Henry Hyde Announces Retirement Plans
Hyde, who also served on the House Judiciary Committee and chaired it from 1995 to 2001, was first elected to the House in 1974 from his northwest suburban Chicago district in Bensenville near O’Hare International Airport.
Earlier, Hyde was among the 12 former directors and officers of the Clyde Federal Savings and Loan who were sued for gross negligence by federal regulators after the 1990 failure of the North Riverside, Ill.-based institution.
Hyde, who left the S&L in 1984, insisted he engaged in no wrongdoing and was the only director who refused to contribute to an $850,000 settlement that led to the lawsuit’s dismissal in 1997.
cbs2chicago.com /national/topstories_story_109075516.html   (726 words)

  
 RealClearPolitics - Articles - Henry Hyde's Plea
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Henry Hyde, showing the courage that has typified a political career now in its final months, is pleading the case of endangered Palestinian Christians to President Bush.
Hyde, chairman of the House International Relations Committee, sent along with his letter a five-page, single-spaced report prepared by his staff based on visits to Israel and Palestine over the past two years.
Hyde's committee report employs stronger language than the congressman had used previously.
www.realclearpolitics.com /articles/2006/05/henry_hydes_plea.html   (561 words)

  
 Request for Investigation of Representative Henry Hyde
Republican Hyde denies he or anyone working under his direction hired the detective, but the House Judiciary Committee chairman acknowledges he was informed of the results of the investigation.
Hyde wanted to know who the man was and what he knew." Rizzo says that he "told Hyde" that Anderson was making "30 or 40 calls a day to the media" about Hyde and the failure of Clyde Federal Savings and Loan.
Hyde says Rizzo became involved without his prior knowledge through "a mutual friend" who "thought he was helping me." But Hyde says he now doesn't remember who that friend was.
www.essential.org /orgs/CAP/ethics/hydecom1.html   (1446 words)

  
 The Chief Prosecutor: How Henry Hyde's Resolve Was Shaped Against Clinton
This is Henry Hyde, they said, author of the Hyde amendment, a hero to opponents of abortion and, at 74, a man with nothing to prove.
Hyde's attitude shifted as he began to despair of being able to work across the aisle as he had originally hoped.
At some point, colleagues said, Hyde became convinced that he had no choice but to protect the court system that he felt would be seriously undermined if every citizen with a skeleton in his closet decided under which circumstances it might be permissible to lie under oath.
partners.nytimes.com /library/politics/011099impeach-hyde.html   (1427 words)

  
 Congressman Henry Hyde To Retire - CBS News
Henry Hyde, the Illinois Republican who steered impeachment proceedings against President Clinton and sought government restrictions on abortion funding, said poor health convinced him to step down.
Hyde, who has served in Congress for three decades, said physical limitations from back surgery two years ago have made it "increasingly difficult to run around in the places you have to be a successful congressman."
Hyde was first elected to the House in 1974 from his northwest suburban Chicago district.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/04/19/politics/main689376.shtml   (453 words)

  
 Chicagoist: Rep. Henry Hyde To Retire
The presence of Henry Hyde, makes it hard to believe that for thirty years, he has been one of the most ferocious, influential, and effective conservative Congressmen in history.
Hyde, who turned 81 Monday, has a hard time walking, and because of term limits for chairmen, no longer chairs a committee in the House of Representatives.
Hyde's Congressional district, the 6th, will now be home to one of three significant Congressional races in Illinois.
www.chicagoist.com /archives/2005/04/19/rep_henry_hyde_to_retire.php   (713 words)

  
 Salon Newsreal | Hyde lied, says former lover
Hyde was 41 years old when his affair with Soskin began in 1965, and by her account was nearly 50 when the sexual relationship finally ended.
Hyde's committee will decide whether President Clinton's sexual misbehavior and his efforts to keep it secret should be grounds for possible impeachment.
Soskin told her daughter that she knew Hyde was involved in at least one other adulterous relationship besides the one he had with her.
archive.salon.com /news/1998/09/18newsb.html   (567 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Congressman Henry Hyde says he will retire in 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Henry Hyde was a key figure in impeachment proceedings against President Clinton.
Hyde also serves on the House Judiciary Committee, which he chaired from 1995 to 2001.
Hyde, who is widowed and has four children, received a bachelor's degree in history from Georgetown University and a law degree from Loyola University.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-04-18-hyde-retires_x.htm   (357 words)

  
 Salon Newsreal | "This hypocrite broke up my family"
Henry Hyde and Cherie Snodgrass at a Chicago nightspot in the late 1960s.
Hyde's committee will decide whether the adulterous affair President Clinton carried on with a White House intern, and his efforts to keep it hidden, should be referred to the House of Representatives for impeachment proceedings.
Hyde was married and the father of four sons.
www.salon.com /news/1998/09/cov_16newsb.html   (1028 words)

  
 Hypocrite Adulterer Henry Hyde
Henry Hyde and Cherie Snodgrass cuddling in a sleazy nightclub stare you in the face just as his hypocrisy stuns you.
Hyde broke up her marriage, installed her in an apartment and used her sexually -- while her husband and children fell apart.
Hyde hid his years-long affair from his loving wife -- until one day when Cherie's husband, bent on confronting Hyde for destroying his life, went to his home.
www.americanpolitics.com /121598MacArthur.html   (261 words)

  
 Henry Hyde Page
Henry Hyde by his own admission is an adulterer who led the idiots of the House of Representatives on their stupid attack on President Bill Clinton.
According to Cherie's former husband, Fred, Henry Hyde's idea of being "good friends" was to have "an affair with a young woman with three children," keep her out until the early morning, away from her family, nightclubbing, set her up in her own apartment and lavish her with gifts of jewelry and furniture.
At the outset, Hyde promised that the impeachment hearings would be bipartisan and fair, but he led the Republicans in a standing ovation of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, an act about as bipartisan and fair as applauding the lions as they ate the Christians in a Roman amphitheater.
www.tylwythteg.com /enemies/hyde.html   (1901 words)

  
 Henry Hyde
Henry Hyde was a participant or observer in the following events:
On April 7, some details of the written agreement are revealed, with the US expressing further regrets over the death of the pilot of the Chinese fighter jet involved in the collision, but without the formal apology demanded by China.
At the same time, however, Republican Congressmen, Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) and Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), outspoken critics of Iran’s government, circulate a dissident letter chastising Ros-Lehtinen for including partial and inaccurate information in her letter.
www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=henry_hyde   (752 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
We'll talk with Republican Henry Hyde, the chairman of the House International Relations Committee, about the Mideast, the war on terrorism and the next steps for the U.S. Plus, wartime politics.
KARL: Well, Chairman Hyde, there you heard the president repeat what he said on Thursday, which was his call for Israel to pull back from its recently occupied territories.
HYDE: Well, I think the president has made it clear rather forcefully that he expects some rather quick reaction, and I think the Israelis will respond and start pulling back.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0204/06/tt.00.html   (7065 words)

  
 Henry Hyde News
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The Republican Representative from Illinois, Henry Hyde, who had been the chair of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton said: "We fulfilled our oath of...
House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde is wrapping up a 32-year career in the House this week.
www.topix.net /us-house/henry-hyde   (762 words)

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