Ch 34.2 THE CLINTON YEARS

Clinton and the economy - high deficits  gov’t borrow money  drove up interest rates  let’s lower rates Raise taxes to cut deficit  Universal Healthcare – sound familiar??  Hillary headed task force  Opposed by small business, insurance co., doctors, Republicans  Never voted on  /watch?v=06QZyJY_eec /watch?v=06QZyJY_eec /watch?v=hEhuQynsgCIhttps:// /watch?v=hEhuQynsgCI CLINTON’S AGENDA

 Domestic policy  Family Med Leave Act – 12 wk unpaid leave  AmeriCorps – improve low-income areas through edu and environ  Brady Bill – waiting period for guns – What about now? CLINTON’S AGENDA

 Clinton popularity way down – taxes up, no health care fix  GOP takeover in 1994; first time in 40 years  Gov’t shutdown – sound familiar??  Welfare Reform Act – no more than 2 years, have to work to get bennies REPUBLICANS TAKE CONGRESS

 Economic Boom – Clinton credited  Beats Bob Dole (R) easily  Inflation, unemployment, crime low; stocks, wages high  1997 balanced budget, ‘98 surplus – WHAT??  Current debt  Domestic spending – children are our future  Cig ads, child healthcare  /watch?v=DMLsB4w_UQQ /watch?v=DMLsB4w_UQQ  /watch?v=0BdyYynJNJo /watch?v=0BdyYynJNJo ‘96 ELECTION

 Clinton accused of arranging illegal loans for private business  Att. Gen Janet Reno has Ken Starr look into it  Early ‘98 – relationship investigated by Starr, too  Perjury and obstruction of justice  Feb 12, 1999 – Senate votes short to remove after House impeaches THE SCANDAL

CLINTON’S FOREIGN POLICY  Haiti – revolution  new rulers violent against opposition, UN trade embargo results  Haitians want refuge in US, we almost invade Haiti  Jimmy Carter gets new Haitian leaders to step aside

CLINTON’S FOREIGN POLICY  Yugoslavia ‘91-’95 – civil war b/w Ortho Christian Serbs, Catholic Croatians, Bosnian Muslims  Ethnic cleansing by Serbs – NATO attacks Serbs  Dayton Accords – peace agreement signed

CLINTON’S FOREIGN POLICY  War in Kosovo ‘98 – Serbs and Albanians  Serbs mistreating Albanians, NATO bombs Serbia in ‘99  Serbs pull out of Kosovo  Persian Gulf War aftermath  Saddam still in power, threatening neighbors  US attacks Iraqi military targets

CLINTON FOREIGN POLICY  Israel and Palestine reach agreement in ‘93 - Declaration of Principles  Doesn’t last – PM of Israel assassinated ’95  Oct 2000 – violence b/w Palestinians and Israeli soldiers

CLINTON’S PRESIDENCY  Clinton’s presidency tarnished by impeachment trial