Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) said Sunday, "If we voted today, the president would be impeached." DeLay, the unchallenged House Majority Whip, is known for his proficiency in predicting House votes, an important part of his job description. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde granted White House and Clinton lawyers two marathon days (30 hours total) to mount a legal defense before the Committee prior to members voting later this week.

• Clinton lawyers fought to obtain several days in which to make their case, an effort some believe was intended to prolong the hearings and prevent any full house vote during the 105th Congress. The newly-elected Congress, which convenes in January, would be decidedly kinder to Clinton.
  
  
• Two White House lawyers will call 14 witnesses who will argue that removing the President from office is too severe a penalty. But Chairman Hyde, standing by stacks of boxes containing 60,000 pages of evidence, told the American people, "We haven't heard one word about evidence repudiating or rejecting the facts"
  
  
• As part of its strategy, White House witnesses will argue that impeachment articles approved this year will not be valid when the new Congress convenes in January. Insiders say Clinton lawyers will meticulously avoid attacking Ken Starr, but will vigorously attack his work and findings.
  
  
• House Judiciary Committee GOP and Democrat chief counsels will both make closing arguments on Thursday, the members will consider the articles of impeachment Thursday evening and early Friday. The Committee will vote Friday. Experts believe a straight party-line vote will end in a recommend-ation to the full House of at least one Article of Impeachment (most likely regarding perjury).