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Facing the New Millennium
In 1941, on the eve of Pearl Harbor, Time magazine publisher Henry Luce predicted that the twentieth century would become...
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Essay
First Ladies’ Contributions to Political Issues and the National Welfare
The US Constitution assigns no duties or responsibilities to the president’s spouse. Every woman had to define for herself the role she wanted to play. From the blank slate that Martha Washington...
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Health care reform defeated
The Health Care and Security Act of 1993, championed by President Clinton and Hillary Clinton, was abandoned when the 1994 mid-term elections saw Republicans returned to power in the House and the Senate.
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President Bill Clinton impeached
The US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton for lying under oath about an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
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Government shutdown
A government shutdown began when President Bill Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress deadlocked on the federal budget. The first shutdown ended on November 19 with a temporary spending bill compromise. Another shutdown began on December 16 when Clinton refused to accept budget cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. Republicans, facing public disapproval over their handling of the budget issue, agreed to continuing resolutions on January 6, 1996.
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Balanced Budget Act
President Clinton signed the Balanced Budget Act designed to balance the national budget by 2002. The legislative package instituted taxpayer relief and changes in federal entitlement programs and provided for health insurance coverage for uninsured children.
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Bill Clinton elected president
Democratic nominee and Arkansas governor Bill Clinton won the presidential election over incumbent Republican George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot. Though Bush had used the success of the Persian Gulf War as a campaign point, Clinton’s focus on the economy propelled him to the win.
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Clinton acquitted
While the House of Representatives had impeached President Clinton, the Senate acquitted him on the basis that his actions—lying under oath about an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky—did not constitute the “high crimes and misdemeanors” specified in the US Constitution as a condition for impeachment.
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Clinton re-elected
Bill Clinton was re-elected president over Republican nominee Bob Dole and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot. Though Republicans had attacked Clinton on moral issues, the President’s handling of the economy helped him capture 379 electoral votes to Dole’s 159.
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Family and Medical Leave Act
Just two weeks after taking office, President Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, which required many employers to provide employees with unpaid, job-protected medical and family leave. Clinton declared, “Now millions of our people will no longer have to choose between their jobs and their families.”