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Title: William J. Clinton


1
William J. Clinton
  • 1993-2001
  • Democrat
  • Al Gore

2
  • Saturday Night Live Skit

3
GATT
  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • lowered trade barriers
  • Established WTO ( World Trade Organization) to
    resolve trade disputes

4
NAFTA
  • North American Free Trade Agreement
  • U.S., Mexico, Canada agree to free trade zone

5
PLO
  • Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel
    agree to a degree of self government
  • Rabin (killed) Arafat

6
Baby Boomers
  • Graying of America
  • Life expectancy rises so
  • SOCIAL SECURITY- number of recipients rises
    rapidly
  • Not enough money?
  • No plan to fix it agreed upon
  • Debate continues today

7
Health Care Reform
  • Clinton presented package to ensure health care
    for all Americans
  • Critics said it was too expensive
  • Congress rejects plan

8
Balanced Budget Amendment
  • U.S. debt 4 trillion
  • 1997 legislation to balance their budget by 2002,
    had spending cuts and tax breaks
  • 1998 has budget surplus

9
Impeachment
  • Several activities investigated
  • Whitewater- accused of illegal real estate scheme
  • Monica Lewinski incident- Clinton accuses of
    lying under oath
  • December 1998 Clinton impeached
  • Senate found him not GUILTY

10
Supreme Court Appointments
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Stephen Breyer
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