This has to be viewed as one of the shortest terms of Speakership in history! Has there been a shorter term? Say goodbye Paul!
Livingston Quits as Speaker-Designate.
Rep. Bob Livingston speaks at the House impeachment debate on Saturday.
(CSPAN) By Eric Pianin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 20, 1998; Page A1
Fearing that a controversy over his sexual past would undercut his power and tear apart his family, Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.) yesterday told an astounded House he will not assume the speakership he claimed last month but would instead resign from Congress next year.