The Republican Party,also known as the GOP,is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. It emerged as the main political rival of the Democratic Party in the mid-1850s.
The 1996 United States presidential election was the 53rd quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 5,1996. Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeated former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole,the Republican nominee,and Ross Perot,the Reform Party nominee and 1992 independent presidential candidate. This was the first election since 1944 in which the incumbent Democratic president was reelected.
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives,commonly known as the speaker of the House,is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I,Section II,of the U.S. Constitution. By custom and House rules,the speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer,de facto leader of the body's majority party,and the institution's administrative head. Speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions. Given these several roles and responsibilities,the speaker usually does not personally preside over debates—that duty is instead delegated to members of the House from the majority party—nor regularly participate in floor debates.
The Clinton–Lewinsky scandal was a sex scandal involving Bill Clinton,the president of the United States,and Monica Lewinsky,a White House intern. Their sexual relationship began in 1995—when Clinton was 49 years old and Lewinsky was 22 years old—and lasted 18 months,ending in 1997. Clinton ended a televised speech in late January 1998 with the later infamous statement:"I did not have sexual relations with that woman,Ms. Lewinsky." Further investigation led to charges of perjury and to the impeachment of Clinton in 1998 by the U.S. House of Representatives. He was subsequently acquitted on all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day U.S. Senate trial.
Newton Leroy Gingrich is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1998. A member of the Republican Party,he was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district serving north Atlanta and nearby areas from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. In 2012,Gingrich unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for president of the United States.
The "Republican Revolution","Revolution of '94",or "Gingrich Revolution" are political slogans that refer to the Republican Party's (GOP) success in the 1994 U.S. mid-term elections,which resulted in a net gain of 54 seats in the House of Representatives,and a pick-up of eight seats in the Senate. On November 9,1994,the day after the election,Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama,a conservative Democrat,changed parties,becoming a Republican;on March 3,1995,Colorado Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell switched to the Republican side as well,increasing the GOP Senate majority.
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 an 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 Linlithgow Livingston Jr. is an American lobbyist and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1977 to 1999. A Republican,he was chosen as Newt Gingrich's successor as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives,a position he declined following revelations of an extramarital affair. He served as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1977 to 1999 and as the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee from 1995 to 1999. During his final years in Congress,Livingston was a strong supporter of Bill Clinton's impeachment. He is currently a Washington,D.C.-based lobbyist. Livingston's memoir,The Windmill Chaser:Triumphs and Less in American Politics,was published in September 2018.
James Claude Wright Jr. was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th congressional district as a Democrat from 1955 to 1989.
John Andrew Boehner is a retired American politician who served as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he served 13 terms as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 8th congressional district from 1991 to 2015. The district included several rural and suburban areas near Cincinnati and Dayton.
Robert Henry Michel was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional district,and was the GOP leader in the House,serving as House Minority Leader during his last 14 years in Congress (1981–1995).
The 2000 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7,2000,to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 107th United States Congress. They coincided with the election of George W. Bush as President of the United States. The Republican Party won 221 seats,while the Democratic Party won 212 and independents won two.
The 1998 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3,1998,to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 106th United States Congress. They were part of the midterm elections held during President Bill Clinton's second term. They were a major disappointment for the Republicans,who were expecting to gain seats due to the embarrassment Clinton suffered during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the "six-year itch" effect observed in most second-term midterm elections. However,the Republicans lost five seats to the Democrats,although they retained a narrow majority in the House. A wave of Republican discontent with Speaker Newt Gingrich prompted him to resign shortly after the election;he was replaced by Congressman Dennis Hastert of Illinois.
Texas's 14th congressional district for the United States House of Representatives stretches from Freeport to Orange,Texas. It formerly covered the area south and southwest of the Greater Houston region,including Galveston,in the state of Texas.
Felix James Grucci Jr. is an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district as a member of the Republican Party.
The 1998 United States elections were held on November 3,1998,in the middle of Democratic President Bill Clinton's second term and during impeachment proceedings against the president as a result of the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal. Though Republicans retained control of both chambers of Congress,the elections were unusual because this is the first midterm since 1934 that the president's party gained seats in the House of Representatives.
The 1994 United States elections were held on November 8,1994. The elections occurred in the middle of Democratic President Bill Clinton's first term in office,and elected the members of 104th United States Congress. The elections have been described as the "Republican Revolution" because the Republican Party captured unified control of Congress for the first time since 1952. Republicans picked up eight seats in the Senate and won a net of 54 seats in the House of Representatives. Republicans also picked up a net of ten governorships and took control of many state legislative chambers.
As a result of conflicts between Democratic President Bill Clinton and the Republican Congress over funding for education,the environment,and public health in the 1996 federal budget,the United States federal government shut down from November 14 through November 19,1995,and from December 16,1995,to January 6,1996,for 5 and 21 days,respectively. Republicans also threatened not to raise the debt ceiling.
The impeachment inquiry against Bill Clinton,the 42nd president of the United States,was initiated by a vote of the United States House of Representatives on October 8,1998,roughly a month after the release of the Starr Report.
The 1996 presidential campaign of Bob Dole began when Republican Senator and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole formally announced his candidacy for Republican Party nomination in 1995. After beating other candidates in the primaries,he became the Republican nominee,with his opponent being Democratic incumbent President Bill Clinton in the 1996 presidential election. Dole conceded defeat in the race in a telephone call to Clinton on November 5,1996.
