The House voted 228–206 to impeach him for perjury to a grand jury[166] and voted 221–212 to impeach him for obstruction of justice.[167] Clinton was only the second U.S. president (the first being Andrew Johnson) to be impeached.[168][169] Impeachment proceedings were based on allegations that Clinton had illegally lied about and covered up his relationship with 22-year-old White House (and later Department of Defense) employee Monica Lewinsky.[170] After the Starr Report was submitted to the House providing what it termed "substantial and credible information that President Clinton Committed Acts that May Constitute Grounds for an Impeachment",[171] the House began impeachment hearings against Clinton before the mid-term elections. To hold impeachment proceedings, the Republican leadership called a lame-duck session in December 1998.

Clinton in 2000 at Trump Tower shaking hands with Donald Trump, who would get a presidency of his own starting less than seventeen years later in 2017.
While the House Judiciary Committee hearings ended in a straight party-line vote, there was lively debate on the House floor. The two charges passed in the House (largely with Republican support, but with a handful of Democratic votes as well) were for perjury and obstruction of justice. 