Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served as the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton.
Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20,1993,and ended on January 20,2001. Clinton,a Democrat from Arkansas,took office following a decisive election victory over Republican incumbent president George H. W. Bush and independent businessman Ross Perot in 1992. Four years later,in 1996,he defeated Perot again and Republican nominee Bob Dole,to win re-election;Clinton was succeeded by Republican George W. Bush,who won the 2000 presidential election.
Robert Edward Rubin is an American retired banking executive,lawyer,and former government official. He served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration. Before his government service,he spent 26 years at Goldman Sachs,eventually serving as a member of the board and co-chairman from 1990 to 1992.
Janet Louise Yellen is an American economist serving as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury since January 26,2021. She previously served as the 15th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She is the first person to hold those positions having also led the White House Council of Economic Advisers and the first woman to hold either post.
James Bradford "Brad" DeLong is an economic historian who is a professor of economics at the University of California,Berkeley. DeLong served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration under Lawrence Summers.
Roger Charles Altman is an American investment banker,the founder and senior chairman of Evercore,and a former Democratic politician. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Carter administration from January 1977 until January 1981 and as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton administration from January 1993 until he resigned in August 1994,amid the Whitewater controversy.
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state under president Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013,as a United States senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009,and as the first lady of the United States as the wife of President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,she was the party's nominee for president in the 2016 presidential election,becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party;Clinton won the popular vote,but lost the Electoral College vote,thereby losing the election to Donald Trump.
Jacob Joseph Lew is an American attorney and politician who served as the 76th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served as the 25th White House Chief of Staff from 2012 to 2013 and Director of the Office of Management and Budget in both the Clinton administration and Obama administration.
Lael Brainard is an American economist serving as the 14th director of the National Economic Council since February 21,2023. She previously served as the 22nd vice chair of the Federal Reserve between May 2022 and February 2023. Prior to her term as vice chair,Brainard served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors,taking office in 2014. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve,she served as the under secretary of the treasury for international affairs from 2010 to 2013.
The first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency began on January 20,2009,the day Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. The first 100 days of a presidential term took on symbolic significance during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term in office,and the period is considered a benchmark to measure the early success of a president. The 100th day of his presidency ended at noon on April 30,2009. Obama stated that he should not be judged just by his first hundred days:"The first hundred days is going to be important,but it’s probably going to be the first thousand days that makes the difference." Obama began to formally create his presidential footprint during his first 100 days. Obama quickly began attempting to foster support for his economic stimulus package,American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The bill passed in the House on January 28,2009,by a 244–188 vote,and it passed in the Senate on February 10 by a 61–37 margin.
Barack Obama assumed office as President of the United States on January 20,2009,and his term ended on January 20,2017. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
Eleanor "Eldie" Dean Acheson is an American lawyer who served as Assistant Attorney General of the United States for the Office of Policy Development as part of the Clinton Administration.
Leonard "Len" E. Burman is an American economist,tax policy expert,and author. He is currently an institute fellow at the Urban Institute,the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University,and a senior research associate at Syracuse University's Center for Policy Research. He is,with Joel Slemrod,the author of Taxes in America:What Everyone Needs to Know. Burman is also a fellow of National Academy of Public Administration.
Kathleen Marie Kerrigan is the chief judge of the United States Tax Court.
Betsey Ayer Stevenson is an economist and Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Additionally,she is a fellow of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich,a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and servers on the board of the American Economic Association. The Obama Administration announced her appointment as a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers,a post she served from 2013 through 2015. She previously served as Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor under Secretary Hilda Solis from 2010 to 2011. Previously,she was an Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy,at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth is an economist who is adjunct professor of economics at George Washington University and a columnist for Forbes.com and Tax Notes. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the United States Department of Transportation during the Trump Administration. She previously served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Before joining the Trump Administration,Furchtgott-Roth served as a senior fellow and director of Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. She was nominated by President Donald Trump to become Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology. On January 3,2021,her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI,Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. Furchtgott-Roth was previously the chief economist of the United States Department of Labor,chief of staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers,deputy executive director of the United States Domestic Policy Council,and junior staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. A former columnist for MarketWatch,she has authored seven books.
Sidney Lewis Jones is an American economist and former official in the United States federal government. Educated at Utah State University and Stanford University,he initially taught in universities until he was recruited to join the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers. From there he held a number of positions in and out of government,including senior roles in the Departments of Commerce and the Treasury. A Republican,he has held strong views during his career about controlling inflation and federal government spending but was nonetheless well regarded as an economist across the political spectrum.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Bill Clinton from his inauguration as the 42nd president of the United States on January 20,1993,to December 31,1993.
Kimberly Clausing is an American economist. She is the Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law,and a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. From 2021 to 2022,she was the deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis at the United States Department of the Treasury. Clausing is known for her work on international trade and tax policy,particularly the taxation of multinational corporations.
Donald Cyril Lubick was an American attorney and tax policy expert. He served every Democratic President—from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama—and was the Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy at the Department of the Treasury under both President Carter and President Clinton.
