• Democrats in House and Senate
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• 1993-02-05 - Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
• 1993-08-10 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 - Raised income tax rates; income tax, top rate: 39.6%; corporate tax: 35%
• 1993-11-30 - Brady Bill
Democrats lose House and Senate to Republicans
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• 1994-09-13 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, part of an omnibus crime bill, the federal death penalty was expanded to some 60 different offenses (see Federal assault weapons ban)
• 1996-02-01 - Communications Decency Act
• 1996-02-08 - Telecom Reform Act: eliminated major ownership restrictions for radio and television groups.
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• Clinton pressured by Republicans to sign welfare reform after 2 veto’s to win reelection
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• 1996-02-26 - Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, a welfare reform bill
• 1996-03-14 - authorized $100 million counter-terrorism agreement with Israel to track down and root out terrorists.
• 1996-04-09 - Line Item Veto Act
• 1996-04-24 - Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
• 1996-08-20 - Minimum wage Increase Act
• 1996-09-21 - Defense of Marriage Act, allowed states to refuse recognition of certain same-sex marriages, and defined marriage as between a male and female for purposes of federal law
• 1997-08-05 - Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
• 1998-10-28 - Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• 1998-10-31 - Iraq Liberation Act
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