- CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM
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- Experience: Member, Democratic Policy Committee
- Home State: New York
- Person Website: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/
- Running: President, United States, 2016
- Total Raised: $238,182,000Coverage End: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
- Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal
- Full Name: Hillary Rodham Clinton Gender: Female
- Family: Husband: William; 1 Child: Chelsea
- Birth Date: 10/26/1947
- Birth Place: Chicago, IL
- Home City: Chappaqua, NY
- Religion: Methodist
Education
- JD, Yale University, 1973
- BA, Wellesley College, 1969
Political Experience
- Member, Democratic Policy Committee
- United States Secretary of State, 2009-2013
- Sworn In, United States Secretary of State, January 21, 2009
- Senator, United States Senate, 2001-2009
- Candidate, United States President, 2008
- First Lady, President Bill Clinton, 1992-2000
- First Lady, State of Arkansas, 1978-1980, 1982-1992
Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees
- Former Chair, Arkansas Educational Standards Committee
- Former Commissioner, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Former Co-Chair, Congressional E-911 Caucus
- Former Member, Democratic Technology and Communications Committee
- Former Chair, Legal Services Corporation
- Former Member, Senate National Guard Caucus
- Former Member, Senate Rural Health Caucus
- Former Member, Senate Steel Caucus
- Former Chair, Steering and Coordination Committee
- Former Chair, Task Force of National Health Care Reform
- Appointed, Board Member, Legal Services Corporation, 1977
Professional Experience
- Author
- Former Staff Attorney, Children's Defense Fund
- Former Board Member, Wal-Mart
- Attorney, Rose Law Firm, 1976-1992
- Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas Law School, 1975
Religious, Civic, and other Memberships
- Member, American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession
- Co-Founder, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
- Former Board Member, Arkansas Children's Hospital
- Former Board Member, Children's Defense Fund
- Board Member, The Country's Best Yogurt Company
- Founder, Vital Voices
Additional Information
Awards:
- Humanitarian Award, Elie Wiesel Foundation
- Women Who Make A Difference Lifetime Achievement Award, Family Circle
- President's Award, League of United Latin American Citizens
- International Women's Philanthropy Award, Lion of Judah Conference of Combined Jewish Philanthropies
- Distinguished Bridge Builder Award, Leon H. Sullivan Foundation
- Recognition, Military Order of the Purple Heart
- Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Elementary School Principals
- Bully Pulpit Award, National Council for Adoption
- Black Women of Courage Award, National Federation of Black Women Business Owners
- Martin Luther King Jr. Award, Progressive National Baptist Convention
- Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service
- Woman of Steel - Role Model of the Year, United Steel Workers of America
- Arkansas Woman of the Year-1983
- Arkansas Mother of the Year-1984
- First woman to be elected into the New York Senate
- She won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for the audio of her book "It Takes a Village"
Publications:
- Living History. (Simon & Schuster, 2003)
- An Invitation to the White House: At Home with History (Simon & Schuster, 2000)
- It Takes A Village: and Other Lessons Children Teach Us (Simon & Schuster, 1996)
About Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is a woman who needs no lengthy introduction. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, she attended Wellesley College for a degree in Political Science, then went on to Yale Law School. It was during her schooling at Yale that she met her now-current husband and then-future President of the US, Bill Clinton. Although she was raised Republican and held to a right-wing political ideology for most of her academic career, she would ultimately change her views, and today has amassed an impressive resume of political accomplishments as a decidedly leftist liberal Democrat. This history – which includes her passive roles as First Lady of Arkansas and then of the United States, as well as active positions such as her two terms as a Senator for the state of New York and four years as US Secretary of State under President Obama – has led her to the present when, now a declared candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2016, she is easily the favorite in her party.
Clinton is well-known and generally liked amongst a large percentage of the American citizenry. With a serious chance at becoming the first female President in the nation's history, she has carefully nurtured her image for decades, with some believing she began planning an eventual White House run during her days as her husband's First Lady – if not earlier. Her intense preoccupation with always presenting herself favorably to the public (and, perhaps more cynically, her skill at playing the game of politics) has sometimes led her to bouts of questionable sincerity. For instance, she is known to have claimed that her parents named her in honor of Sir Edmund Hillary, an intrepid mountaineer famous for leading the first expedition to successfully climb Mount Everest. In reality, Edmund's life-defining accomplishment took place in 1953; while alive, he was unknown in 1947, when Hillary Clinton was born and presumably named.
In what had come to be regarded by many as a mere – but important – formality, Clinton officially announced her candidacy for President on April 12th, 2015. Now that she has declared, barring some major upset in American politics, she will almost certainly receive the Democratic presidential nomination. With her vast popularity across many sectors of the American electorate, especially among female voters, Clinton promises to be a formidable opponent for any prospective Republican challenger. Though she once enjoyed double-digit leads over some of the GOP's biggest names (numbers which have since ebbed), she still wields even standing to slight advantages over the best the Republican party has to offer. Of course, with a Democratic President on his way out in the 2016 elections and tides favoring Republicans, there are no sure bets, but any serious GOP contender would do well to train for battle against Hillary Clinton.
“I’ll do anything I can if Hillary’s elected to help her, but I don’t want to remain in the administration.”
Meet the Peggy Noonans of 2016.
Meanwhile, the RNC sits on money rather than spend for Donald Trump.
A top Democratic senator also piled on, calling the timing of the FBI’s revelation “appalling.”
Which means Donald Trump is losing.
Just a reminder: Giuliani dumped his wife in a press conference.
Trump has accused Clinton of not having enough stamina.
But what other word is there for Trump’s behavior?
Hillary Clinton spoke forcefully, so she’s obviously unhinged.
The goal: Derail the #TrumpTrain.
Women are often seen as overly aggressive when arguing their point or judged on the basis of their appearance.
“Having a small business owner for a dad may not get you multi-million-dollar bailouts, but it does teach you the value of hard, honest work.”
It “must be something really important, even terrible, that he’s trying to hide,” she said.
The tension and stakes of the contest, could not be any higher.
An awful lot has been written about walking pneumonia, and the entire nation is having a teach-in about the condition.
“The information is out there. You can’t say the same thing about Donald Trump,” she said.
“I had to learn as a young woman to control my emotions. And that’s a hard path to walk.”
But seriously, she smiled more than Trump. We counted.
Read this before you vote in November.
Labor Day is a time to celebrate the essential contributions workers make to our collective wealth and wellbeing. It is well past time that American workers receive their fair share of that wealth.
| Introduced Date | Bill Number | Bill Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/01/2008 | S.3444 | Nuclear Facility and Material Security Act of 2008 | 08/01/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (All Actions) |
| 08/01/2008 | S.3419 | Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008 | 08/01/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (All Actions) |
| 07/23/2008 | S.3145 | A bill to designate a portion of United States Route 20A, located in Orchard Park, New York, as the "Timothy J. Russert Highway". | 07/23/2008 Became Public Law No: 110-282. (TXT | PDF) (All Actions) |
| 07/31/2008 | S.3380 | Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008 | 07/31/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions) |
| 07/29/2008 | S.Res.630 | A resolution recognizing the importance of connecting foster youth to the workforce through internship programs, and encouraging employers to increase employment of former foster youth. | 07/29/2008 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
| 07/24/2008 | S.3334 | Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008 | 07/24/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) |
| 07/22/2008 | S.3307 | Providing Real Outreach for Veterans Act of 2008 | 07/22/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (All Actions) |
| 06/27/2008 | S.Res.606 | A resolution designating June 27, 2008, as National HIV Testing Day. | 06/27/2008 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions) |
| 06/16/2008 | S.3139 | Oversight of the Performance and Effectiveness of National Contracting Act of 2008 | 06/16/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions) |
| 04/28/2008 | S.Res.535 | A resolution recognizing April 28, 2008, as "National Healthy Schools Day". | 04/28/2008 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions) |
| 06/11/2008 | S.1148 | Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission Act of 2007 | 06/11/2008 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions) |
| 05/21/2008 | S.Con.Res.83 | A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month. | 05/21/2008 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
| 05/15/2008 | S.3028 | Senior Year Community Service Act | 05/15/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
| 05/15/2008 | S.3027 | COACH Act | 05/15/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
| 05/07/2008 | S.2992 | Armed Forces Housing Security Act | 05/07/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (All Actions) |
| 05/02/2008 | S.2971 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a suspension of the highway fuel tax, and for other purposes. | 05/02/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) |
| 04/30/2008 | S.2944 | Child Welfare Workforce Improvement Act | 04/30/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) |
| 04/30/2008 | S.Res.542 | A resolution designating April 2008 as "National STD Awareness Month". | 04/30/2008 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions) |
| 04/28/2008 | S.2921 | Caring for Wounded Warriors Act of 2008 | 04/28/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (All Actions) |
| 04/24/2008 | S.2916 | Guaranteeing Real Accountability in Federal Transactions Act | 04/24/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions) |
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