William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992,and as attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party,Clinton became known as a New Democrat,as many of his policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy. He is the husband of Hillary Clinton,who was a senator from New York from 2001 to 2009,secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 and the Democratic nominee for president in the 2016 presidential election.
The Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID) is the governing jurisdiction and special taxing district for the land of Walt Disney World Resort. It includes 39.06 sq mi (101.2 km2) within the outer limits of Orange and Osceola counties in Florida. It acts with the same authority and responsibility as a county government. It includes the cities of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista,and unincorporated RCID land.
The Whitewater controversy,Whitewater scandal,"Whitewatergate",or simply Whitewater,was an American political controversy during the 1990s. It began with an investigation into the real estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates,Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal,in the Whitewater Development Corporation. This failed business venture was incorporated in 1979 with the purpose of developing vacation properties on land along the White River near Flippin,Arkansas.
Melquíades Rafael Ruiz Martínez is a Cuban-American lobbyist and former politician who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2005 to 2009 and as general chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19,2007. Previously,Martínez served as the 12th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George W. Bush. Martínez is a Cuban-American and Roman Catholic. He announced he was resigning as general chairman of the Republican National Committee on October 19,2007.
John David Podesta Jr. is an American political consultant who served as White House Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and Counselor to President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2015. Before that,he served in the Clinton Administration as White House Staff Secretary from 1993 to 1995 and White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations from 1997 to 1998.
Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart is a Cuban-American attorney and politician. He was the U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He retired from Congress in 2011 and his younger brother,Mario Díaz-Balart,who had previously represented Florida's 25th congressional district,succeeded him. He is currently chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute. After leaving Congress,he started a law practice and a consulting firm,both based in Miami,Florida.
Cuban Americans are Americans who trace their cultural heritage to Cuba regardless of phenotype or ethnic origin. The word may refer to someone born in the United States of Cuban descent or to someone who has emigrated to the United States from Cuba. Cuban Americans are the third largest Hispanic American group in the United States.
Charles Joseph Crist Jr. is an American attorney and politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 13th congressional district since 2017. The district is based in St. Petersburg. He served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011.
The wet feet,dry feet policy or wet foot,dry foot policy was the name given to a former interpretation of the 1995 revision of the application of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 that essentially says that anyone who emigrated from Cuba and entered the United States would be allowed to pursue residency a year later. Prior to 1995,the U.S. government allowed all Cubans who reached U.S. territorial waters to remain in the U.S. After talks with the Cuban government,the Clinton administration came to an agreement with Cuba that it would stop admitting people intercepted in U.S. waters. For two decades thereafter,any Cuban caught on the waters between the two nations would summarily be returned to Cuba or sent to a third country,while one who made it to shore got a chance to remain in the United States,and later would qualify for expedited "legal permanent resident" status in accordance with the 1966 Act and eventually U.S. citizenship. On January 12,2017,Barack Obama announced the immediate end of the policy.
Bruce Andrew Morrison is a former Congressman from Connecticut and candidate for Governor of Connecticut. He is a lobbyist and immigration lawyer. He is a member of the Democratic Party,and an officer of the National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating Committee.
The Clinton Body Count is a conspiracy theory asserting that former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton have had people assassinated,totaling as many as 50 or more. Many parts of it have been advanced by Newsmax publisher Christopher Ruddy,Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene,and others. Such accusations have been around at least since the 1990s,when a film called The Clinton Chronicles,produced by Larry Nichols and promoted by Rev. Jerry Falwell,accused Bill Clinton of multiple crimes including murder. This conspiracy theory has been debunked by the Lakeland Ledger,the Chicago Tribune,Snopes and others,who point to detailed death records,the unusually large circle of associates that a president is likely to have,and the fact that many of the people listed had been misidentified,or were still alive. Others had no known link to the Clintons.
Marc Erik Elias is an American Democratic Party elections lawyer. In 2021,he left his position as a partner at Perkins Coie to start the Elias Law Group.
Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas is a Cuban-American government official and attorney who has been serving as the seventh United States Secretary of Homeland Security since February 2,2021. During the Obama administration,he also served in the Department of Homeland Security,first as director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (2009–2013),and then as deputy secretary of DHS (2013–2016).
Tina Scott Polsky is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate,representing the 29th district since 2020. Her Senate district includes parts of southern Palm Beach and northern Broward counties. Polsky also served one term in the Florida House of Representatives,representing parts of western and southern Palm Beach County from 2018 to 2020.
Fentrice DeNell Driskell is an American politician who is the Representative in the Florida House of Representatives from the 63rd House district in Hillsborough County. She is Of Counsel at the law firm of Carlton Fields.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Florida will be held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Florida. Incumbent Republican Senator Marco Rubio was first elected in 2010,filling the seat of appointed Senator George LeMieux,and has announced that he will run for reelection to a third term. The primary elections for Republicans and Democrats will be August 23 to finalize candidates for the November election.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Bill Clinton,from January 1,2000 to January 20,2001.
Leonardo Felice Gorordo is an American entrepreneur,investor and advisor,currently serving as CEO of eMerge Americas. He is best known for his work on Cuba–United States relations through advocacy and public service. Gorordo previously served in the White House under Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush,and as an advisor to President Joe Biden's Cancer Initiative.
Ernest Anthony Gonzales II is an American politician and United States Navy veteran who has served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The Reedy Creek Improvement Act,otherwise known as House Bill No. 486,was a law introduced and passed in the U.S. state of Florida in 1967,which established the area surrounding the Walt Disney World Resort,the Reedy Creek Improvement District,as its own governmental authority which has same authority and responsibilities as a county government.
