He continued to maintain solid support among most GOP members and appears headed for easy election next month to succeed Rep. "I'm disappointed he didn't tell us before."Ī day after an announcement that stunned his colleagues and friends in Washington and Louisiana, Livingston declined to comment further on the controversy and sat with friends in the back benches of the House chamber during the morning debate over impeachment. Steve Largent (R-Okla.), a prominent conservative, said yesterday. The disclosure also angered a handful of conservatives and moderates who believe he should have confessed before he ran for speaker last month. The timing of the announcement Thursday, on the eve of the debate on the impeachment of President Clinton over the alleged lies about his affair with Monica S. In announcing that he had occasionally "strayed from my marriage," House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston (R-La.) rejected the advice of other senior Republicans and agreed with his wife to disclose the affairs immediately, according to congressional GOP sources. Livingston's Past Becomes Issue (Post, Dec.House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston (R-La.) on Capitol Hill Friday.
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