• 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
2007-10-06 07:58:33 · 10 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Come on. You're cherry picking items from the legislative record to try and make the republicans look good and and the Clinton's look bad. I'm not going to bother going through them one by one except to point out that many of them were purely symbolic and some were overturned by the courts as being unconstitutional. In addition the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 is what lead to the budget surpluses at the end of Clinton's term (you didn't include that in your list). It's also something that Newt Gingrich tried to take credit for even though it was passed before the republicans regained control.
2007-10-06 08:14:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Clinton had a super financial gadget, Obama's financial gadget is greater like Carter's. Carter in no way moved to the middle, and Clinton grew to become into fairly much continually center, and Obama is tacking in the direction of center. you're precise in that the mixed Rep/Dem congress and presidency is solid for united statesa.. i think of Obama will become a super president (now that the Dem great majority is long gone) and could be re-elected.
2016-10-21 06:11:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really hope it does not happen. I am tired of the Bush and Clinton families in OUR WHITE HOUSE. We need new blood. Hilary is just not going to cut it. How is this Democratic Congress working for you?? They haven't accomplished a thing. We need to look at someone else. Whoever stands the firmest on protecting Americans and closing our borders and no sanctuary cities etc. Middle class will be gone if we go with Clinton!!
2007-10-06 08:09:01 · answer #3 · answered by My Baby! 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The Clinton legacy is a mixed one. Our national debt was reduced and we had the first balanced budgets in years. The downside is that Clinton promoted "free trade" agreements which destroyed American jobs and was generally too cozy with big business interests.
2007-10-06 08:16:00 · answer #4 · answered by Right Democrat 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We'll have to wait to find out won't we? Sen. Clinton is not Bill's Siamese twin. She of course shares the basic Democratic principles all Democrats do. But she will build her own legacy, not just an old one of Bill's.
2007-10-06 08:09:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
We can expect good things and hope that history does repeat itself...
2007-10-10 05:31:17 · answer #6 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why sweat it, she's not going to with the election only the nomination.
2007-10-06 08:46:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
heres a few other facts of the clinton presidency...you :forgot. yes history will repeat itself
- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
- First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court
2007-10-06 08:18:53 · answer #8 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I really hope Hillary doesn't win. Her presidency will be better than Bush's but it won't be good.
2007-10-06 08:08:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
bill did the best job he could for us. hillary will too. i'm sorry about bill's heart attack. thank the repub slime machine.
2007-10-06 08:02:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋