![]() 22, 1996 - Signs welfare reform bill over the objections of some Democrats. 6, 1996 - Signs amendments strengthening the Safe Drinking Water Act.Īug. 8, 1996 - Clinton signs telecommunications deregulation bill.Īp- Following second government shutdown, Clinton and Congress finally agree on a compromise federal budget.Īug. 16, 1995 - The federal government shuts down amid spending and budget disputes between the White House and Congress.įeb. 21, 1995 - Administration holds peace talks between warring parties in Bosnia, yielding the Dayton peace accord.ĭec. 5, 1995 - United States and Vietnam establish diplomatic relations. 8, 1994 - Signs global trade agreement that creates the World Trade Organization.Īp- Bombing at federal building in Oklahoma City kills 168.Īug. 8, 1994 - Republicans gain majorities in both houses of Congress in mid-term elections.ĭec. October 1994 - Withdraws troops from Rwanda. help in setting up alternate power supplies. 21, 1994 - North Korea agrees to shut down nuclear plants that could produce bomb material in exchange for U.S. military forces, Haitian military leader Raoul Cedras yields power to democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. 26, 1994 - Clinton's universal health care initiative, which was led by Hillary Rodham Clinton, fails in Congress. 13, 1994 - Signs bill banning assault weapons, and funding police hiring and state anti-crime efforts. 3, 1994 - Stephen Breyer sworn in to replace Justice Harry Blackmun on the U.S. troops to civil war-torn Rwanda to support humanitarian relief efforts.Īug. J- At the White House, leaders of Israel and Jordan sign an agreement ending a longstanding state of war between the two nations. District Court judge, alleging Clinton made sexual advances toward her in 1991, while he was governor of Arkansas. Paula Jones files a civil lawsuit, later dismissed by a U.S. 20, 1994 - Reno names Robert Fiske as independent counsel to investigate questions surrounding the Clintons' real-estate investment in the Whitewater Development Corporation. Signs the North American Free Trade Agreement, which reduces tariffs and other trade barriers between North American nations. 30, 1993 - Clinton signs the Brady Bill, imposing a waiting period and background checks for purchasing handguns. soldiers, part of a peacekeeping and humanitarian force sent to Somalia by President Bush, are killed after coming under fire. 21, 1993 - Signs legislation establishing the AmeriCorps program, which allows people to volunteer for national service and earn money for college. 13, 1993 - Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization sign peace accord at the White House outlining limited Palestinian self-rule in Israeli-occupied territories. 10, 1993 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg sworn in to replace Justice Byron White, becoming the second woman to serve on the U.S. 10, 1993 - Clinton signs first federal budget - which calls for reducing spending and increasing taxes to reduce the deficit - after it narrowly gained Congressional approval.Īug. J- White House attorney Vince Foster is found dead.Īug. The policy allows homosexuals to serve in the military if they do not reveal their homosexuality and refrain from homosexual conduct. ![]() ![]() J- After disputes over whether to allow homosexuals to serve in the military, Clinton proposes a "don't ask, don't tell" compromise with military leaders. 5, 1993 - Signs his first law, the Family and Medical Leave Act, which allows workers at large companies to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to attend to family concerns.Īp- Attorney General Janet Reno authorizes a federal raid to end a standoff at the compound of a Waco, Texas, cult, resulting in a fire and dozens of deaths. 22, 1993 - Signs orders overturning Reagan- and Bush-era restrictions on abortions.įeb. 20, 1993 - Clinton is sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States. Democrats maintain their majority in both houses of Congress. Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot. 3, 1992 - Garners 43 percent of the popular vote and 370 electoral votes to defeat President George H.W. ![]()
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