Congressman Who Led Nixon Impeachment Dies
Peter W. Rodino Jr., a little-noticed Democratic congressman from New Jersey until he led the House impeachment investigation of President Nixon, died Saturday. He was 95.
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Rodino was named chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee just months before the panel began its historic impeachment hearings in 1974.[…]
Rodino often would say his claim to fame prior to the Watergate hearings was sponsoring the bill that made Columbus Day a national holiday.
Ironically, Columbus Day is now more controversial than the Nixon impeachment.
