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Clinton Administration Accomplishments 1992-2000 (partial list)

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# longest economic expansion in American history*–a record 115 months of economic expansion
# More than 22 million new jobs: more than 22 million jobs were created in less than eight years — the most ever under a single administration
# Highest home ownership in American history
# Made the Federal government smaller (a feat matched only by Harry Truman; if you like small government, vote Democratic)
# Lowest unemployment in 30 years: unemployment dropped from more than 7 percent in 1993 to just 4.0 percent in November 2000; unemployment for African Americans and Hispanics fell to the lowest rates on record, and the rate for women was the lowest in more than 40 years
# Largest expansion of college opportunity since the GI Bill
# Connected 95 percent of schools to the Internet
# Lowest crime rate in 26 years
# Family and Medical Leave Act for 20 million Americans
# Smallest welfare rolls in 32 years
# Higher incomes at all levels: after falling by nearly $2,000 between 1988 and 1992, the median family’s income rose by $6,338, after adjusting for inflation; all income brackets experienced double-digit growth; the bottom 20 percent saw the largest income growth at 16.3 percent
# Lowest poverty rate in 20 years: the poverty rate declined from 15.1 percent to 11.8 percent in 1999–the largest six-year drop in poverty in nearly 30 years
# Lowest teen birth rate in 60 years
# Lowest infant mortality rate in American history
# Deactivated more than 1,700 nuclear warheads* from the former Soviet Union: efforts of the Clinton-Gore Administration led to the dismantling of more than 1,700 nuclear warheads, 300 launchers and 425 land and submarine based missiles from the former Soviet Union
# Paid off $360 billion of the national debt: under Clinton, we were on track to pay off the entire debt by 2009; what a difference a stolen election makes…
# Converted the largest budget deficit in American history to the largest surplus
# Lowest government spending in three decades
# Lowest federal income tax burden in 35 years
# More families owned stock than ever before
# Most New Jobs Ever Created Under a Single Administration: Republicans really chew the rug when you mention this one, so it’s worth repeating constantly
# Median Family Income Up $6,000 since 1993