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Bill Clinton's Presidency

By k_eck11

  • Clinton 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

  • NAFTA Ratified

  • Goals 2000 Education Standards Enacted

  • 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

  • Dayton Peace Accords Signed

  • Antiterrorism Law

  • Food Quality Protection Act Signed

  • Minimum Wage Increased

  • Welfare Reform Enacted

  • Designated Commission to Design Patients’ Bill of Rights

  • Banned Federal Research on Human Cloning

  • Chemical Weapons Convention Ratified

  • Created the Welfare to Work Partnership

  • Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Reauthorized

  • Established the Initiative for One America

  • America Reads Child Literacy Initiative Launched

  • FDA Reform Legislation Signed

  • Child Care Initiative

  • Workforce Investment Act

  • GEAR UP Initiative Created

  • Global Warming Protocol Signed in Kyoto, Japan

  • Air Attacks on Saddam Hussein

  • Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999 Signed

  • Achieving Victory in Kosovo

  • Medical Privacy Protections Announced

  • Enacted New Legislation to Help Young People Leaving Foster Care

  • Senior Citizen’s Freedom to Work Act Passed

  • Providing Medicare Reimbursement For Costs Associated with Participation in Clinical Trials

  • Plan Colombia Enacted

  • China-PNTR Enacted

  • Providing Health Insurance to Women With Breast Cancer

  • Passed $1.2 Billion for Emergency School Repairs