HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
(October 1998, Clinton
Impeachment)
DEMOCRATS (16)
John Conyers (Mich)- African-American, 93% liberal
Barney Frank (Mass)- Homosexual, 99% liberal
Charles Schumer (N.Y.)- Jewish, Harvard, 90% liberal
Howard Berman (Cal)- Jewish, 91% liberal
Rick Boucher (Va)- 80% liberal
Jerold Nadler (N.Y.)- Jewish, 100% liberal
Robert Scott (Va)- African-American, Harvard, D.C.-born, 95% liberal
Melvin Watt (N.C.)- African-American, Yale, 97% liberal
Zoe Lofgren (Cal)- 92% liberal, woman
Sheila Jackson-Lee (Texas)- African-American, Yale, New York born, 96% liberal
Maxine Waters (Cal)- African-American, Head Start official, 93% liberal
Martin Meehan (Mass)- 87% liberal, Catholic
Bill Delahunt (Mass)- Catholic, newly elected
Robert Wexler (Fla)- Jewish, New York born, newly-elected, New Democratic coalition moderate
Steven Rothman (N.J.)- Jewish, newly-elected, New Democratic coalition moderate
Thomas Barrett (Wisc)- Catholic, 90% liberal
REPUBLICANS (21)
Henry Hyde (Ill)- White male, 87% conservative
F. James Sensenbrenner (Wisc)- White male, 89% conservative
Bill McCollum (Fla)- White male, 94% conservative
George Gekas (Pa)- White male, 93% conservative
Howard Coble (N.C.)- White male, 91% conservative
Lamar Smith (Tex)- White male, 94% conservative
Elton Gallegly (Cal)- White male, 96% conservative
Charles Canady (Fla)- White male, 88% conservative
Bob Inglis (S.C.)- White male, 96% conservative
Robert Goodlatte (Va)- White male, 95% conservative
Steven Buyer (Ind)- White male, 95% conservative
Ed Bryant (Tenn)- White male, 100% conservative
Steve Chabot (Oh)- White male, 96% conservative
Bob Barr (Ga)- White male, 97% conservative
Bill Jenkins (Tenn)- White male, newly-elected
Asa Hutchinson (Ark)- White male, newly-elected, Republican state party chairman
Ed Pease (Ind)- White male, newly-elected
Christopher Cannon (Ut)- White male, newly-elected, Republican party activist
James Rogan (Cal)- White male, newly-elected
Lindsey Graham (S.C.)- White male, 98% conservative
Mary Bono (Cal)- newly-elected, self-described "life-long conservative"