Major Events of Presidency:
- Congress approves tax increase as part of deficit reduction
- Congress ratifies North American Free Trade Agreement
- Clinton proposes national health-care system
- Congress rejects health-care reform
- Republicans win control of both houses of Congress
- Nelson Mandela elected president of South Africa
- New Republican Congress attempts to enact "Contract with America"
- Showdown between president and Congress leads to shutdown of federal government
- National crime rates decline significantly
- O.J. Simpson trial
- Congress passes, president signs, major welfare reform bill, minimum wage increase, and health insurance reform
- President and Congress agree on plan to balance budget
- Justice Department files antitrust suits against Microsoft
- Lewinsky scandal
- Democrats gain in Congressional elections
- Clinton impeached by House, later acquitted