``I must say I do, but I want to hear from everyone on the committee,'' Hyde, the Illinois Republican whose panel is in charge of the case, said on Sunday.

Republicans and Democrats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said lawmakers and key advisers had been examining the report of independent counsel Kenneth Starr over the weekend and concluded yesterday that it appeared likely the House would vote on an impeachment inquiry before November Congressional elections.

The prospect for partisan conflict was evident. Key Republicans, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that if the House votes a formal impeachment inquiry, it would not necessarily limit the scope to Starr'sreview of Clinton's sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky and his attempts to deny it under oath.

Meanwhile, US President Bill Clinton will not read the report by independent counsel Kenneth Starr on his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, the president's deputy chief of staff John Podesta said yesterday on CNN television.

Clinton was concentrating of the ``healing process'' and on the country's problems and wished to put the episode behind him and look to the future, Podesta said.

Clinton's personal lawyer, David Kendall, in a fresh rebuttal of the Starr report on Saturday, asserted that it was full of salacious and unnecessary detail and that its principal purpose was to damage the president politically.