Notes for April 23
1992- Bush reelected. Clinton becomes President
-Increase government spending to create jobs
-overhaul healthcare system
-overhaul welfare system laws so that every who can work, works.
-Republican issues - New Democrats
-Reduce taxes on middle class
-shrink size of deficit
-Appeared on MTV playing the saxaphone
-Clinton and Hillary acknowledge marital problems
-Beats Bush by a comfortable margin
-Gets the votes of Blacks, Latinos, Jews, Vietnam Vets
-Appoints more women, latinos, jews, and blacks to government positions than any other president

Clinton has several Domestic victories in first term
-ends the ban on abortion counseling in family clinics that are federally supported
-Pushed a paternity leave for dads so both mom and dad get some time with baby
-Est Americorps which allows students to pay off college loans by doing community service.
-Congress passes the Brady Bill which puts a 5 day waiting period on handgun purchases

-Anti-Crime laws passed and paid for putting more police officers on the streets
-Three strikes you're out policy=3 felonies is a mandatory prison sentence
-Congress passes Deficit reduction plan that features tax increase and federal spending tax along with the expansion of earned tax credit for low income families
-Efforts led by Hillary Clinton to reform the health care system collapses

-Clintons were looked at due to personal problems. Involved in Saving's and company that went bankrupt and failed land development project called "whitewater"
-1994, Starr was appointed by Clinton as independent prosecutor to investigate whitewater affair but didn't find anything,

Nov 94- Initial things are positive, but Republican receive a victory in Senate and House
-Architect named Newt Gingrich who printed and published a book called Contract w America
- Showed republican platform to reduce government programs and government regulation of businesses
-Becomes the Speaker of the House
-Republicans fail to govern well. Two intentional government shutdowns of government agencies and the public blames republicans
-Gingrich doesn't compromise appropriations bills that don't get passes and agencies shut down briefly because there is no money

US Economy begins to revive
-Chairman of Fed Reserve board, Alan Greenspan gained reputation for keeping inflation in check through management of interest rates
-low inflation and steady growth created jobs
-stock markets rose dramatically
-unemployment fell and real wages rose

Clinton leads an overhaul of welfare systems and saw the personal responsibility and work opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996(Welfare Reform Act) tightens collection of child support and reorganized childcare and nutrition programs
-cuts food stamps and sets up the temporary Assistance to Needy Families through Block Grants.
-Person limited to Five years of welfare in a lifetime and only 2 years at a time

-Clinton reelected easily in 96.

98 and 99- Political life began revolving around Clinton's personal behavior and sexual appropriations with white house intern, Monica Lewinsky