90 Facts About Clinton administration

Clinton administration concluded happily with Act VI by deregulating the banking system in 1999.

Clinton administration signed the bipartisan Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and won ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement, despite opposition from trade unions and environmentalists.

Clinton administration vetoed many of the Republican policies such as abortion restrictions.

Clinton administration assembled a bipartisan coalition to pass welfare reform and expand health insurance for children.

In foreign policy, Clinton administration launched a major bombing campaign in the Balkans, which led to the creation of a United Nations protectorate in Kosovo.

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Clinton administration played a major role of the expansion of NATO into former Eastern Bloc countries but remained on good terms with Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

Clinton administration's impeachment arose after he denied having an affair with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky under oath and telling Lewinsky to do the same.

Clinton administration appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer to the U S Supreme Court.

Clinton administration emerged as the front-runner for the nomination after the first set of primaries in February 1992.

At the 1992 Democratic National Convention, Clinton administration selected Senator Al Gore of Tennessee as his running mate, and the successful convention helped unify Democrats behind Clinton administration.

Clinton administration's victory included a sweep of the Northeastern United States, and he won several states in the Midwest, the West, and the South.

Clinton administration used his inaugural address to deal with his uncertain mandate from the voters and lack of national experience.

Clinton administration drew heavily upon his lifelong study of the Protestant Bible, his education at Catholic Georgetown University, and the inaugural addresses of Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, John Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, and Woodrow Wilson.

Mack McLarty, a long-time friend of Clinton administration who had led a successful business career and had served as the chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party, became Clinton administration's first chief of staff.

Clinton administration convinced Lloyd Bentsen, a longtime Senator from Texas and the 1988 Democratic vice presidential nominee, to serve as his first Secretary of the Treasury.

Clinton administration decided to appoint the first female Attorney General, settling on little-known corporate lawyer Zoe Baird.

Baird withdrew her nomination and Clinton administration next chose Kimba Wood, who was quickly forced to withdraw due to somewhat similar problems.

Clinton administration considered various nominating political leaders like Mario Cuomo and Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, whom he believed could become leaders on the court in a similar fashion to Earl Warren.

Clinton administration announced Ginsburg's nomination in June 1993 and she was confirmed by the Senate two months later, making her the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court alongside Sandra Day O'Connor.

Clinton administration appointed 66 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals and 305 judges to the United States district courts.

Clinton administration proposed a $16 billion stimulus package primarily to aid inner-city programs desired by liberals, but it was defeated by a Republican filibuster in the Senate.

Some of Clinton administration's advisers believed that a focus on cutting the deficit would be politically beneficial since it would potentially help Democrats shed their supposed "tax and spend" reputation.

Clinton administration presented his budget plan to Congress in February 1993, proposing a mix of tax increases and spending reductions that would cut the deficit in half by 1997.

Senate Democrats eliminated the implementation of a new energy tax in favor of an increase in the gasoline tax, but Clinton administration successfully resisted efforts to defeat his proposed expansion of the earned income tax credit.

Meanwhile, with conservatism on the rise and New Deal liberalism in retreat, Clinton administration hoped to forge a new consensus that did not totally reject government interventionism.

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In reaction, Clinton administration presented his own plan that did not include spending cuts to Medicare but would balance the budget by 2005.

Clinton administration secured passage of the Line Item Veto Act of 1996, becoming the first president to obtain that power although many had sought it.

In 1997, Clinton administration agreed to a deal with Republicans that lowered the tax rate on capital gains to 18 percent, implemented a $500 child tax credit, increased funding for children's health care, and raised the federal cigarette tax from 24 cents per pack to 39 cents per pack.

Republicans did block some of Clinton administration's favored policies, including an increase of the federal minimum wage and legislation designed to provide free prescription drugs to seniors.

When Clinton administration took office, approximately twenty percent of American adults lacked health insurance, despite the fact that the United States spent more on health care than other developed countries.

The administration formed a task force, led by First Lady Hillary Clinton, that was charged with creating a plan that would provide for universal health care.

Shortly after the end of the government shutdown, Clinton administration announced his plan to pursue major changes to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, which provided financial assistance to low-income families with children.

Clinton administration believed that the program inadvertently trapped many poor families and individuals in a cycle of poverty, and he favored shifting funding from AFDC to job training and child care programs.

Clinton administration twice vetoed Republican plans that terminated AFDC, but he ultimately decided that he favored the Republican reform plan over no reform at all.

In July 1996, Clinton administration signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, which terminated AFDC.

Clinton administration presided over a "Goldilocks economy, " a period of low inflation and low unemployment.

Clinton administration proposed a $30 billion economic stimulus package in his first year in office, but his proposal was blocked by Senate Republicans, and he would be unable to win the passage of any similar proposal for the remainder of his presidency.

Clinton administration held office at a time when monetarism had supplanted Keynesianism as the dominant theory of economic growth among many in Washington.

Clinton administration presided over a period of deregulation in the telecommunications and financial industries.

Shortly before leaving office, Clinton administration signed the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, which deregulated trading of derivatives.

Clinton administration signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which represented the first major overhaul of the Communications Act of 1934.

Clinton administration supported the right of homosexual individuals to serve in the military, and, along with Secretary of Defense Les Aspin, he developed a plan that would allow openly gay individuals to serve in the military.

Clinton administration's proposal received strong pushback from military leaders, especially Marine Commandant Carl Epting Mundy Jr.

Clinton administration resisted the compromise policy, which became known as "don't ask, don't tell, " but congressional leaders of both parties made it clear that they would reverse any executive order allowing gay individuals to openly serve in the military.

In September 1996, Clinton administration signed the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal recognition to same-sex marriages, though it had passed with a veto-proof majority and he called the law unnecessary and divisive.

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On taking office, Clinton administration revoked a gag order that had prevented abortion counseling in federally funded clinics.

Clinton administration signed an executive order allowing the use of fetal tissue in medical research.

Clinton administration signed the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which made it a federal crime to obstruct abortion clinics and places of worship.

In November 1993, Clinton administration signed the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which required a background check for gun purchasers.

In 1994, Clinton administration signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which included a provision known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.

The Clinton administration responded to public demand for environmental protection.

Clinton administration created 17 national monuments by executive order, prohibiting commercial activities such as logging, mining, and drilling for oil or gas.

Clinton administration imposed a permanent freeze on drilling in maritime sanctuaries.

Clinton boasted that his administration "adopted the strongest air-quality protections ever, improved the safety of our drinking water and food, cleaned up about three times as many toxic waste sites as the two previous administrations combined, [and] helped to promote a new generation of fuel-efficient vehicles and vehicles that run on alternative fuels".

Vice President Gore was keenly concerned with global climate change, and Clinton administration created the President's Council on Sustainable Development.

In November 1998, Clinton administration signed the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement in which developed countries committed to reducing carbon emissions.

That same month, Clinton administration signed the Copyright Term Extension Act, which retroactively extended copyright protection and stopped copyrighted works entering into the public domain for an extra twenty years.

The Clinton administration implemented new rules that would prevent banks from expanding if they failed to meet benchmarks for loans to low-income areas.

Clinton administration used the presidential model, viewing the pardon power as a convenient resource to be used to help party activists or to advance specific policy goals.

Under Clinton administration, the United States consolidated its Cold War victory by bringing three former Warsaw Pact members into its own alliance.

Clinton administration believed that globalization would promote economic prosperity and democratization throughout the world, and he pursued several major trade agreements.

Gore's strong performance in the debate, as well as the Clinton administration's effective lobbying campaign, helped NAFTA win ratification in November 1993.

In 2000, Clinton administration signed a bill granting permanent normal trade relations to China, and American imports from China massively increased in the subsequent years.

In 1992, before his presidency, Clinton administration proposed sending a peace envoy to Northern Ireland, but this was dropped to avoid tensions with the British government.

In November 1995, in a ceasefire during the Troubles, Clinton administration became the first president to visit Northern Ireland, examining both of the two divided communities of Belfast.

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Clinton administration went on to play a key role in the peace talks, which produced the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

Activists such Elie Wiesel pressured Clinton administration to help put an end to the ethnic cleansing, and Clinton administration himself wanted to do something to end the violence.

General Colin Powell initially convinced Clinton administration to abstain from a military intervention, arguing that the United States should not become involved in a region in which it lacked clear strategic interests.

Clinton administration sponsored the talks in Dayton Ohio, putting Richard Holbrooke in charge.

Clinton administration cultivated a close relationship with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and in 1997, Clinton administration won Yeltsin's reluctant assent to the expansion of NATO, clearing the way for the accession of Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

Yeltsin pressed for a commitment not to expand NATO into the Baltic states, but Clinton administration was not willing to bind his successors to such a promise.

The French pushed for the addition of Romania and Slovenia to NATO, but Clinton administration opposed this move, as he believed that too quick of an expansion into Eastern Europe would dilute the strength of NATO.

Clinton administration tried to help Yeltsin avoid an economic depression, reform the Russian economy, and prevent a resurgence of Communism.

Clinton administration quietly helped Yeltsin win reelection in 1996, and played a major role in Russia's entrance into the Group of Eight, a conference of the countries with the largest economies.

In retaliation, Clinton administration ordered the bombing of al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan and Sudan.

The Clinton administration believed that the North Koreans were processing plutonium from a reactor to build two atomic bombs.

President Clinton administration recalled that "I was determined to prevent North Korea from developing a nuclear arsenal, even at the risk of war".

Clinton administration sought to mediate the Arab–Israeli conflict, encouraging the leaders of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization to reach the 1993 Oslo Accords.

Clinton administration hosted the 2000 Camp David Summit between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, but the two sides were unable to reach an agreement.

Clinton administration maintained the economic sanctions and the no-fly zones imposed on Iraq in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War.

In retaliation for Iraq's attempted assassination of former President Bush, Clinton administration ordered cruise missile strikes on the headquarters of the Iraqi Intelligence Service.

The Clinton administration helped limit the effects of the 1997 Asian financial crisis by keeping U S markets open.

Clinton administration was the first president to visit Botswana, Slovenia, and South Africa.

Clinton administration was able to squash rumors of the affair until July 1998, when Starr reached an immunity deal with Lewinsky and obtained her confession of the affair.

Clinton administration publicly apologized for having an affair with Lewinsky in September 1998.

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Clinton administration's handling of the budget and the Bosnian War improved his approval ratings, and his own polling showed him consistently leading Republican challengers throughout 1996.

Clinton administration won by landslides in the popular vote and the Electoral College.

Clinton administration built his landslide on the votes of women, African-Americans, Hispanics, younger voters, and retired voters.

Clinton administration made a few changes to important positions including Erskine Bowles as his new Chief of Staff.

Clinton administration managed to remake the image and operations of the Democratic Party in ways that effectively undermined the so-called Reagan Revolution.