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President William Jefferson Clinton 1993-2001

1992 Campaign Incumbent George H.W. Bush (and Dan Quayle) vs. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton (and Tennessee Senator Al Gore) 3rd party candidate Ross Perot (Texas) ISSUE: “It’s the economy stupid”

Domestic Issues Health Care Reform-rejected by Congress Nominates 2 Supreme Court justices (First President in 26 years to do so) 1994-Democrats lose Congress to Republicans 1996-Wins reelection Longest period of growth in economic history

Clinton’s Early Accomplishments “Motor-Voter” Law Family Medical Leave Act Brady Handgun Bill—mandated a five day waiting period before purchasing a handgun Ban on assault weapons $255 billion in spending cuts and $241 in tax increase NAFTA

NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA aims to remove tariffs on most raw materials and manufactured goods

Early Setbacks Stimulus package killed in Congress Campaign finance reform, environmental bills and health care all died in Congress Clinton loses Congress in the midterm elections

Radicals of the 1990’s The Waco siege ends after 51 days Timothy McVeigh blows up a federal building in Oklahoma City killing 169 lives

First Democrat to gain a second term since FDR

Monica Lewinsky Special Federal prosecutor Ken Starr found that President Clinton had lied under oath about his sexual conduct with White House intern Monica Lewinsky Scandal leads all the way to President Clinton being impeached (but NOT removed from office) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClfpG2-1Bv4

Foreign Policy Issues Somalia Former Yugoslavia

Somalia Clinton ordered 5300 troops to Somalia to help aid the Somali people in receiving food and other aid from the UN Result: Clinton orders the immediate withdrawal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmLGzZkTr5U

Former Yugoslavia Ethnic rivalries lead to conflict in the early 1990’s. Serbian forces led by President Slobodan Milosevic massacred Albanian civilians NATO and Clinton sent in troops to help end the ethnic cleansing (Christians and Muslims) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxKLOTmmqVI