The presidency of Bill Clinton

The presidency of Bill Clinton 1st term

   1992 to 2000

 

                                  

  

Bill Clinton

• Born 1946 in Hope, Arkansas
• Third youngest President
• 1st Baby Boomer President (Born after WWII)

• Attended Georgetown University, Yale Law School, Oxford University (England)

• Married Hillary in 1975
  
• Daughter Chelsea born in 1980
  

• At age 32, Elected Governor of Arkansas, 1978

• Defeated in 1980
• Re-elected Governor in 1982 and served 10 years
• Ran for President in 1992 for the Democratic Party
• The 1st Democrat President in over 12 years-Defeated incumbent Republican George H.W.Bush and Independent Ross Perot--won 43% of the vote
  

  
  

• Pushed for Homosexual men and women to be allowed to serve in the military---Congress later implemented "Don't ask,Don't tell" Policy

• Created first official website in 1994
• Signed the Brady Bill(Gun Control) into law 
• Clinton supported the Controversial North America Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) allowing for free-trade between the U.S.,Canada and Mexico: This Bill passed the house and senate

• Scandal-White House "Travel Gate"--Inappropriate use of travel funds

• Perhaps the most controversial of Clinton's Domestic
  Legislature Agenda was pushing for a National Healthcare Plan-The task
  force would be led by First Lady, Hillary Clinton

• 1994 Congressional Elections---Republicans win big in the House and Senate. 
  
  
  Bill Clinton-2nd term
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  -The end of Clinton's first term
  
  
  
  
   saw the Republican Party win a
  
  
  
  
  majority in the House and Senate
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  -Democrat Bill Clinton began to drop
  
  
  
  
  more of his liberal agenda
  
  
  

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    National Health Care
    
    
    
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    adopted more moderate positions
    
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    Welfare reform
    
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    Tax cuts for lower income families & small businesses
    

  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  -In 1996 - Clinton ran for re-election
  
  
  
  
   defeating Republican Bob Dole
  
  
  
  
  Overwhelmingly with 70% of the Electoral vote
  
  
  
  
   
  

                                       
  
  
  
  
  Scandals
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  -"White Water" Scandal- Faulty real-estate
  
  
  
  
  dealings in the 1970's & 1980's by both Bill and Hillary
  
  
  
  
  -Voted to impeach Clinton (only the 2nd U.S. President to be)
  
  
  
  
  -Charges of Perjury and Obstruction of Justice (Starr report)
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  -Lied about relationship to Monica Lewinsky
  
  
  
  
  in a sworn deposition during a sexual
  
  
  
  
  harassment lawsuit ( Paula Jones)

  

  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  The Senate
  
  
  
  
  -Concluded the 21 day trial
  
  
  
  
  on Feb.12,1999 voting 'No'
  
  
  
  
  to impeachment
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  Foreign Policy
  
  
  
  
  -The U.S. intervened in many areas
  
  
  
  
  of the Globe (militarily) during the 1990's
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  -Clinton's Foreign Policy was based on
  
  
  
  
  Wilsonian "Idealism", or Collective Security (as opposed to Balance of Power)
  
  
  
  
  (Former President Woodrow Wilson)
  
  
  
  
• -Somalia 1993 (begun by George H.W.Bush) "Black Hawk Down"
  
• -Used U.S. Troops to keep Peace in the former Yugoslavia
  
• -Bosnia (1995)
  
• -Kosovo(1995) 
• -Haiti-1995

 

Other details of the Clinton Presidency

• -Appointed 2 Judges to Supreme Court (Breyer/Ginsberg)
  

• Ginsberg ^
  

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• Breyer^
• -China most favored Nation trade Status-1996
  
• -Clinton issues 144 Pardons & 36 commutations on his last day of office
  
• -Budgetary Surplus under President Clinton