William J. Clinton

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William J. Clinton

• 1993-2001
• Democrat
• Al Gore

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Clinton

• Saturday Night Live Skit

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Foreign Policy GATT

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

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Foreign Policy NAFTA

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

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Foreign Policy PLO

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

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Foreign Policy Middle East Relations

• PLO and Israel agree to bit of Palestinian
  self-government. Another Camp David (Carter) but
  this one not so successful in creating lasting
  peace.

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Domestic Policy 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

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Domestic Policy Health Care Reform

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

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Domestic Policy 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

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Domestic PolicyImpeachment

• 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

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Domestic PolicySupreme Court Appointments

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Stephen Breyer

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Domestic PolicyCampaign Finance Reform
Domestic PolicyGun Control

• Shooting at Columbine lead to a huge debate about
  limiting access to automatic weapons.
• Politicians collect millions to win/buy
  election. No real change occurs.