- 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.
Hillary Clinton has had a good run in recent days. She delivered her best speech yet, secured the Democratic nomination, beat Bernie Sanders in California and received President Obama’sendorsement. But will this last? Can she win in November?
She still needs to deal with Bernie Sanders.
A new survey finds voters aren’t convinced she’s a champion of the average American.
The California primary is the final big contest in the Democrats’ long, bitter nomination fight
Hillary Clinton gave the speech about Donald Trump that, with a few changes, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) could have given.
“She respects the Justice Department decision.”
They urged voters to rally around Clinton to combat Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant statements.
The death penalty isn’t generally a top concern for voters, but knowing candidates’ stances on it does provide a sense of how they weigh politics and morality.
Hillary Clinton’s private email server remain sealed
President Donald J. Trump?
If Democrats agree on one thing, it is on the urgency of defeating Donald Trump this November.
The last time the casino mogul’s tax returns were made public, they showed just that.
The next contests will be held June 7, with the final contest in Washington D.C. on June 14.
But the VP says he’s not worried about a rift in the Democratic Party.
Even the Democratic front-runner has to admit what science proves: The unborn are persons.
Its focus would be improving services that don’t require sweeping policy reforms.
Bill Clinton faced down protesters in Philadelphia as they chanted and held up signs taking issue with the legacy of crime and welfare legislation he oversaw during his time in the White House.
In a primary race in which she’s working to consolidate support from liberals, Hillary Clinton is always going to be on the lookout for ways to attack Bernie Sanders from the left. And now she has one, on the subject of guns, specifically the question of lawsuits against gun manufacturers.
Clinton said that she planned to follow up on inquiries made years ago by her husband, and bare what the government really knows about visiting aliens.
At least 100 asylum seekers could be deported next week to Bangladesh, where they fear they could be killed.
| Introduced Date | Bill Number | Bill Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/11/2010 | S.182 | Paycheck Fairness Act | 03/11/2010 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-1135. (All Actions) |
| 06/16/2009 | S.1390 | Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act | 06/16/2009 Senate Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-100, pt. 1. (All Actions) |
| 01/12/2009 | S.211 | Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2009 | 01/12/2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
| 12/09/2008 | S.Res.727 | A resolution honoring the victims of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 on the twentieth anniversary of the tragedy. | 12/09/2008 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions) |
| 12/09/2008 | S.Res.720 | A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. | 12/09/2008 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions) |
| 11/20/2008 | S.20 | Protecting Patients and Health Care Act | 11/20/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
| 11/20/2008 | S.19 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes. | 11/20/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) |
| 11/19/2008 | S.3708 | Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act | 11/19/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
| 11/19/2008 | S.3707 | National Principal Recruitment Act | 11/19/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
| 11/19/2008 | S.3706 | Elimination of the Single Parent Tax Act of 2008 | 11/19/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) |
| 10/03/2008 | S.3625 | A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 245 North Main Street in New City, New York, as the "Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office Building". | 10/03/2008 Held at the desk. (All Actions) |
| 10/01/2008 | S.3674 | 21st Century Wellness Trust Act | 10/01/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
| 09/29/2008 | S.3653 | Dairy COOL Act of 2008 | 09/29/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (All Actions) |
| 09/26/2008 | S.3635 | Supporting Mentors, Supporting Our Youth Act of 2008 | 09/26/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
| 09/26/2008 | S.3631 | Medically Fragile Children's Act of 2008 | 09/26/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) |
| 09/26/2008 | S.3609 | Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2008 | 09/26/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions) |
| 09/25/2008 | S.3588 | Healthy Food for Healthy Lives Act of 2008 | 09/25/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (All Actions) |
| 09/25/2008 | S.3587 | Greening the Healthcare Workforce Act of 2008 | 09/25/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (All Actions) |
| 09/25/2008 | S.3586 | Green Hospitals, Healthy Hospitals Act of 2008 | 09/25/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
| 09/24/2008 | S.3567 | A bill to establish a Commission on the conflict between Russia and Georgia, and for other purposes. | 09/24/2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions) |
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