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Bill Clinton became a controversial president who served for eight years but never won even 50% of the vote.  In 1993, his wife (the "First Lady") Hillary Clinton led a massive committee-based effort for the government to take over the health care system, which is about 1/7th of the nation's economy.  Physicians, pro-lifers and the insurance industry helped defeat Hillary's complex plan in Congress.  Also in 1993, terrorists linked to radical Muslims set off truck bomb under World Trade Center in attempt to knock down the two massive towers.  Fortunately, only six were killed.
 
Bill Clinton became a controversial president who served for eight years but never won even 50% of the vote.  In 1993, his wife (the "First Lady") Hillary Clinton led a massive committee-based effort for the government to take over the health care system, which is about 1/7th of the nation's economy.  Physicians, pro-lifers and the insurance industry helped defeat Hillary's complex plan in Congress.  Also in 1993, terrorists linked to radical Muslims set off truck bomb under World Trade Center in attempt to knock down the two massive towers.  Fortunately, only six were killed.
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Shortly after he was inaugurated, Clinton sought removal of the longstanding ban on homosexuals in the military.  But the Democrats in Congress refused to lift the ban, and instead a policy of "don't ask, don't tell" was implemented.  Gays would not be expelled from the military unless they actively promoted ("tell") their lifestyle.  That policy remains in force to this day, and Barack Obama campaigned by promising to lift the ban.  But will the House of Representatives, which face elections every two years, risk angering voters by caving into the homosexual activists?
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In the "midterm elections" in 1994 (called "midterm" because it is halfway between the presidential elections), there was a voter backlash against the liberal policies of President Bill Clinton.  Republicans swept to victory in a landslide, and captured large majorities in both the House and Senate.
    
Bill Clinton 1992-2000: Dem. Pres. hurt by failed health care plan and Monica Lewinski sex scandal; 1st budget surplus in years
 
Bill Clinton 1992-2000: Dem. Pres. hurt by failed health care plan and Monica Lewinski sex scandal; 1st budget surplus in years
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"""Don't ask, don't tell""" 1993: Clinton wanted ban on gays in military lifted; military refused and excludes gays; protested by gay movement
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Brady Bill 1994: federal gun control requiring criminal background check and five-day waiting period for handgun purchasers
 
Brady Bill 1994: federal gun control requiring criminal background check and five-day waiting period for handgun purchasers
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