Posted on 02/22/2005 12:29:49 AM PST by JohnHuang2
As far as legislative affairs go, one of the big differences between Bill Clinton in 1993 and George W. Bush in 2005 is that when Mr. Clinton asked the impossible of a Democratic Congress, he did so in a much more competitive political environment than the one in which Mr. Bush is asking the impossible of a Republican Congress. The big tests for Mr. Clinton in 1993-94 were 1) a tax increase on upper incomes; 2) a "stimulus package" for the economy; 3) a crime bill; 4) health care reform. Grade for ambition: A-minus.
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