Economy
What were the Entitlement Programs ?
Social Security and Veteran's benefits
Why did Clinton want to reform healthcare?
40 million Americans did not have health insurance.
What was the length of unpaid leave?
12 weeks
What did Clinton strongly endorse?
Clinton was the first baby boomer to reach what?
Oval Office
What did the federal deficit force the government to do?
Borrow heavily
Who lead the task force?
Hillary Clinton
Name the programs created during the families and education portion of the Clinton agenda.
AmeriCorps and Vista Program
Who did Clinton have opposition from?
Republicans and National Rifle Association
Clinton was what number president and how many years was it before a democrat won presidency?
42nd and 12
Who did Clinton's 1993 plan for reducing the deficit propose?
Raising taxes on the middle and upper class
Who was asked to provide the insurance?
The employers
What was the name of the first successful part of Clinton helping families?
Family Medical Leave Act
What was the name of the gun control law?
The Brady Bill
What year and how old was Clinton when elected?
46 years old and 1992
Clinton believed that lowering interest rates would enable businesses and consumers to do what?
Borrow more money for business investment and increased consumer spending.
What did small businesses fear?
They could not afford to pay the insurance.
What did AmeriCorps volunteers earn?
salary and scholarships
Clinton introduced a bill to fund what?
New prisons and 100,000 police officers.
How many parts of Clinton's Agenda was successful?
4
Gasoline, heating oil, and natural gas.
What was the outcome of the of the plan?
Republicans and Democrats opposition led to the plan going without a vote.
How did AmeriCorps improve families and education?
Gave students jobs to improve low-income housing
Teaching children to read
Cleaning up the environment
What did the new bill ban and also do?
19 kinds of assault weapons and funded crime prevention programs.
What was Clinton agenda's focus?
Economy, family, education, crime, healthcare