In , the president signed legislation establishing permanent normal trade relations with China. Additionally, the Clinton administration helped broker a peace accord in Northern Ireland in On December 19, , the U. House of Representatives impeached him for perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with a sexual relationship he had with White House intern Monica Lewinsky between late and early On February 12, , the U.
Senate acquitted the president of the charges and he remained in office. Clinton was the second American president to be impeached. The first, Andrew Johnson , was impeached in and also later acquitted. Clinton Foundation to combat poverty, disease and other global issues. The William J. He also campaigned for his wife, who was elected to the U. Senate from New York in In , Hillary Clinton ran for the Democratic presidential nomination but lost to Barack Obama , who named her secretary of state when he became president.
Start your free trial today. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. Hillary Rodham Clinton helped define the role of the modern political spouse and was one of the most accomplished first ladies in American history. A trained lawyer, she built a thriving career in the public and private sector, which she balanced with family life Bill was created to help veterans of World War II.
It established hospitals, made low-interest mortgages available and granted stipends covering tuition and expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools. George W. Bush, the 41st U. A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Born in poverty, Andrew Jackson had become a wealthy Tennessee lawyer and rising young politician by , when war broke out between the United States and Britain.
The release of poisonous gas into the Tokyo subway in left eleven people dead and more than five thousand injured, creating strong Japanese and international support for ratification of the CWC. Disturbing reports that thousands of American veterans were suffering from painful and inexplicable illnesses suggested that Saddam Hussein's Iraqi military had used chemical weapons during the Persian Gulf War. Finally, the new reality of terrorism-seen in the destruction of the Oklahoma City federal building and in the bombing of the World Trade Center-brought the potentially catastrophic danger of chemical weapons uncomfortably closer to home.
When the Senate finally ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention on April 25, , it endorsed what had truly been a bipartisan effort. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush first negotiated and signed the convention, but President Clinton had struggled to secure its ratification, which bogged down in the Senate. His difficulty arose, in part, because many feared the United States would put itself at a comparative disadvantage in relation to its adversaries.
Troubles also stemmed from the Democrats loss of control over both the House and the Senate in As the deadline for pre-approval approached, President Bill Clinton increased his avid support of the treaty, going before Congress and addressing the American people directly to garner sufficient backing. The Clinton administration and Republican congressional leaders agree on principle to a five-year budget plan to eliminate the budget deficit. That goal would be accomplished, largely due to the strong economy of recent years.
In a decision affecting both the scope of presidential power and the immediate future of the Clinton presidency, the Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton, even while he is in office.
President Clinton signs legislation providing for a balanced budget by , ending years of partisan wrangling between Clinton and Republican leaders. Attorney General Janet Reno, in a letter to Congress, announces that the Justice Department's investigation into allegations that the Clinton administration violated campaign finance laws, especially in its efforts to finance the presidential campaign, has uncovered no major violations.
The Clinton administration argues that the bailout will help stabilize the shaky financial situation in Southeast Asia. News breaks that President Clinton may have had a sexual relationship with a former White House intern named Monica Lewinsky. President Clinton leaves on a six-country, day tour of Africa, the first for an American President since and the longest, with special focus on highlighting the history of American Slavery.
President Clinton had worked very hard, with several personal appeals to leaders on both sides, to bring about the agreement. Terrorists bomb American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing people, including 20 Americans. United States intelligence believes that Osama bin Laden, a Saudi exile and alleged terrorist leader, is behind the attacks. On August 20, the U. The attacks on Sudan, however, come under particular scrutiny, as a number of international observers and members of the Sudanese government contend that the United States destroyed a civilian pharmaceutical facility, and not a chemical weapons plant, as the Clinton administration reported.
The morning news on August 7, , greeted Americans with a shocking report: a truck bomb had demolished the U. More than people, twelve of them American citizens, had been killed. Minutes later, another truck bomb went off outside the American embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing eleven people.
The combined attacks resulted in more than 5, injuries. Investigators, working closely with officials in both embassy nations, ultimately picked up six operatives and indicted several others connected with Al Qaeda the base , a loosely knit Islamic fundamentalist, anti-American organization headed by the wealthy former Saudi, Osama bin Laden. In August , bin Laden issued a fatwa Islamic decree against the United States, demanding holy war and attacks on American troops.
A year and a half later, bin Laden urged his followers to expand their sights to include all American throughout the world. President Clinton also blocked all financial transactions between bin Laden and U. In May , the investigation of the embassy bombings yielded four life sentences for men involved, while two others had already confessed to the crimes and had begun serving their sentences.
In retrospect, it is clear that these attacks were precursors to the September 11 attacks in the United States. The embassy bombings confirmed to Americans the treachery of shadowy, able, and committed opponents who refused to distinguish between military and civilian personnel.
They were yet another example of the frightening and uncertain dimensions of post-Cold War aggression. Two days earlier, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr tells the House that he has uncovered information that may be grounds for impeachment. President Clinton mediates the negotiations, which result in an agreement highlighted by a three-stage withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank. President Clinton orders a three-day bombing attack against Iraq after Saddam Hussein refuses to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
On December 19, , the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. The House of Representatives, which is responsible for instigating impeachment proceedings, originally considered four articles of impeachment, but declined to charge the President with one count of perjury and abuse of power. That impeachment proceeded on two grounds rather than four did not testify to a bastion of GOP support in the House, for Republican Representatives had staunchly refused a Democratic plea simply to censure the President for reprehensible behavior.
Clinton had wait through two agonizing months as the Senate received the case from the House, took testimony, and debated whether or not he could continue as President. The nation, too, was engaged in a furious debate over impeachment. Republicans and their conservative supporters felt that they were taking a stand for morality and integrity. The President's predicament flowed from an affair with the former White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, and his efforts to conceal the moral lapse from lawyers in the Paula Jones case, the public, and apparently even his family.
The presidency was not only a position of legal and military leadership, Clinton's adversaries argued, it was a uniquely visible symbol of America, and as such carried weighty responsibilities of moral leadership. Democrats and their liberal supporters argued that impeachment was intended to remove Presidents who clearly abused their power as Presidents, for misdeeds like treason or using office to harm opponents.
The Senate acquitted President Clinton on February 12, Afterwards, Clinton apologized to the nation for the ordeal and hoped that the country could return to the business at hand. President Clinton delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress under remarkable circumstances: six days earlier, the Senate had convened an impeachment trial against the President. Despite the impeachment process, public opinion polls show Clinton with his highest approval ratings. The Senate acquits President Clinton on both articles of impeachment, rejecting one article and splitting evenly on the second.
On February 23, Serbian and Kosovar representatives had agreed to a plan that would have granted more autonomy to Kosovo over a three-year period. Serbia reneged on the agreement, prompting U. KFOR, an international peacekeeping force of 50, troops, enforces the agreement. The United States and China agree to a trade treaty reducing tariffs and other trade barriers. The treaty is to come into effect after China joins the World Trade Organization and Congress grants permanent normal trade relations between the two countries.
The Labor Department announces that the nation's business expansion has reached eight years and eleven months, marking the longest economic expansion in American history. President Clinton sends a bill to Congress asking for permanent normal trade relations with China.
President Clinton holds his first summit meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin. They reaffirm their nations' commitment to strategic arms reductions, but disagree over American plans to research and develop a missile-defense system.
After two weeks of unsuccessful talks, the summit breaks up with no agreement. President Clinton speaks at the opening day of the Democratic National Convention. His challenger is Republican governor George W. Bush of Texas. Independent Counsel Robert Ray announces that his investigation has not discovered enough evidence to indict the Clintons for their Whitewater dealings.
The announcement comes after disputed elections, which Milosevic had tried to rig, produce massive street protests. On election day, Vice President Gore and Governor Bush run so closely that no winner can be declared. Only after the Supreme Court rules on December 13 that there would be no recount of Florida's contested votes does Gore concede the election to Bush.
Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Help inform the discussion Support the Miller Center. University of Virginia Miller Center. Breadcrumb U. January 20, January 25, February 5, Family Medical Leave Act. February 26, Explosion at the World Trade Center.
Gore heads National Performance Review. March 11, Janet Reno becomes Attorney General. April 19, In Waco, Texas, federal law enforcement officers, …. June 26, July 19, July 20, August 3, Ruth Bader Ginsburg appoint to Supreme Court. The story of Ginsburg's nomination. August 10, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.
September 13, President Clinton presides over a ceremony in Wash…. September 22, Clinton unveils healthcare plan. October 3, October 4, American forces ambushed in Somalia.
November 30, December 8, NAFTA creates free trade zone. January 10, Clinton attends NATO summit. February 3, Vietnam trade embargo lifted. March 25, Clinton supported Hillary Clinton —his spouse—for the Democratic nomination. Clinton formally won the Democratic nomination for president on July 26, Superdelegates in were automatic delegates to the Democratic National Convention, meaning that, unlike regular delegates, they were not elected to this position. Also unlike regular delegates, they were not required to pledge their support to any presidential candidate, and they were not bound by the results of their state's presidential primary election or caucus.
In , superdelegates included members of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors, and distinguished party leaders, including former presidents and vice presidents.
All superdelegates were free to support any presidential candidate of their choosing at the Democratic National Convention. New York had delegates at the Democratic National Convention.
Of this total, were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus.
A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials PLEOs. Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district.
At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide primary results. Forty-four party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus. Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update. Clinton is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton , with whom he has a daughter, Chelsea. Bill Clinton News Feed.
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