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The clinton administration
The white water scandal ===in 1978 Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton partnered up with James and Susan McDonald. They bought some land to start a real estate business called the Whitewater Development Corporation. The business failed and their parteners opened up a banking and loan copporation. Later while Bill Clinton was in office as president he was convicted of pressuring one of his friends into taking out a big loan. Paula Corbin Jones, a former Arkansas state worker who claimed that Bill Clinton had accosted her sexually in 1991 when he was governor of Arkansas, had brought a sexual harassment lawsuit against the president. Seeking to show a pattern of behavior on Clinton's part, Jones's lawyers questioned several women believed to have had a sexual relations with him. On Jan. 17, 1998, Clinton himself was questioned, becoming the first sitting president to testify as a civil defendant.===

The Lewinsky scandal ===During Clinton presidency he was sued for sexual harrasment by a former arkansas state worker, Paula Corbin Jones, who said he had sexually harrased her while he (Clinton) was governor of Arkansas. Jones's lawyar questioned several women suspected of haveing similar sexual relations with Clinton. When Bill Clinton went to testify he denied having haveing relations with Monica S. Lewinsky a staffer at the white house. Kenneth Starr one of the people who was involed in the whitewater scandal presented tape recordings made by a former co-worker of lweinsky's. The recorded telephone conversations were of lewinsky desribing her involvement with the preident. The attorney general,Janet reno then recived permission to further investigate the case. the president openly denied ever having a relationship with Lewinsky and he dienied the charges of covering it up. the presidents advisor, Vernon jordan, denied telling Lewinsky to lie the the jones case. He also dinied finding a job for her out side the white house to cover up the affair.=== ===That year jordan and others went before kenneth starr's grand jury. lawyars for puala jones released papaers revealing that clinton in 1980 addmitted to a sexual relationship with a former akansas entertainer, Gennifer Flowers, which was a charge he had perviously denied. The Judge of arkansas susan webber dissemed the jones suit saying that it wasent truly sexual harrassment. Later that year kenneth starr addmitted Lewsinsky to testify agian without convicting her for the lies she stated in pervious casses. Clinton also agreed to testify before a grand jury. On aug. 17 he went on television to admit that he did have an affair with lewinsky and asked for forgivness.===

===Clinton's Impeachment=== ===That same year in Semptember, Starr wrote and sent a 445 page report to the house of Representatives. In this report starr recomended 4 possible reasons for Clintons impeachment. They were perjury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering and abuse of authortiy. The house judiciary committe looked at the report in October and November. In mid November the house went Clinton 81 formal questions. his answers were solid and well thought out but they seemed to hurt his case. On December 12 the committee approved four impeachment counts. On december 19th Clinton was impeached on two charges perjury and obstruction of justice.===



Healthcare Reform
===Clinton's health care reform was a plan desinged to provide universal health care for all americans. He made a committee to analize the heathcare problems and try to come up with ways of fixing it. He put his wife Hilary as the head of the committee. The committe came up with a very thought out plan and presented it to congress. Congress then took the plan and they made many changes to it. Congress approved their revised plan and put it into action.===

Social security and Medicare
===Bill Clinton came up with plans to help those who didnt have enough money for retirement. He belived that young workers should pay taxes to go twords the retirement for older workers. Medicare was set up to help thoes who dont have enough money for insurence.===

AL Gore AL Gore was the vice president. He is the cofounder and chariman of the Generation investment managment which is a firm that focused on a new better way to invest. AL Gore is the author of An inconvenient truth a book on the threats and solutions to global warming. This book was made into a movie wich was awarded two awards for best documentary. He won a nobal peace prize and is now the leading avocate for trying to solve the threat of global warming.

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