1. William J. Clinton
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