Clinton's Presidency

By aspensmith

  • bill clinton was elected

  • Abolished Restrictions on Medical Research and the Right to Choose

  • Helped States Take the First Steps Toward Welfare Reform

  • Family and Medical Leave Act

  • Childhood Immunizations

  • Motor Voter Registration Signed

  • Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion/Working Family Tax Cut

  • Student Loan Reform

  • AmeriCorps Community Service Initiative Enacted

  • Goals 2000 Education Standards Enacted

  • Assault Weapons Ban

  • Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund Created

  • Improving America’s Schools Act

  • Called for National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

  • Federal Child Support Enforcement Expanded

  • Religious Freedom in Schools Protected

  • National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

  • Telecommunications Reform Signed

  • Antiterrorism Law

  • Moving Welfare Recipients to Work

  • Food Quality Protection Act Signed

  • Minimum Wage Increased

  • Kennedy-Kassebaum Health Insurance Reform (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)

  • Requiring Mental Health Parity for Annual and Lifetime Insurance Limits

  • Eliminating the Discriminatory Tax Treatment of the Self- Employed

  • Fighting Fraud and Waste in Medicare

  • Welfare Reform Enacted

  • Launched Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

  • Banned Federal Research on Human Cloning

  • Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Reauthorized

  • Children’s Health Insurance Program Created

  • Modernizing the Medicare Benefit Package

  • Landmark Education Investments: America Reads, Charter Schools, Education Technology

  • Created Smoke-Free Federal Workplaces

  • Required Drug Companies Provide Adequate Testing for Children

  • FDA Reform Legislation Signed

  • Implemented the Patients’ Bill of Rights for Federal Health Plans

  • Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999 Signed

  • Global Warming Protocol Signed in Kyoto, Japan

  • Leading the World in Eliminating Child Labor

  • Financial Modernization Legislation Enacted

  • Leveraged $90 Billion in International Debt Relief

  • Africa Growth and Opportunity Act and the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act Signed

  • Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act Signed

  • Senior Citizen’s Freedom to Work Act Passed

  • Providing Health Insurance to Women With Breast Cancer

  • Passed $1.2 Billion for Emergency School Repairs