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Senator Trent Lott, the majority leader, said that it would be “a big mistake’’ for the Senate to vote to dismiss the [impeachment] charges Monday. The Mississippi Republican said it would be a “bobtail action of a constitutional process.’’ (Brian Knowlton, “Trial of Clinton Turns Bitter: Democrats ‘Appalled’ at Sudden Summons of Lewinsky,” International Herald Tribune, 1/25/1999.)