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1992
Clinton defeats Bush and Perot for presidency
1992
LA race riots
1993
NAFTA signed
1994
Republicans win majorities in both houses of Congress
1996
Welfare Reform Bill becomes law
1996
Clinton defeats Dole for presidency
1998
Clinton-Lewinsky scandal
1998
Al Qaeda bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
1998
House of Representatives impeaches Clinton
1999
Senate acquires Clinton on impeachment charges
1999
Kosovo crisis; NATO warfare with Serbia
1999
Protest in Seattle against World Trade Organization
2000
United States normalizes trade relations with China
2000
George W. Bush wins presidency in Electoral College Albert Gore takes popular vote
2001
Bush’s $1.3 trillion tax cut passes Congress
2001
Congress passes No Child Left Behind Act
2001
Terrorists attack New York City and Washington D.C on September 11
2001
US invades Afghanistan
2001
Congress passes USA Patriot Act
2002
Bush labels Iraq, Iran, and North Korea “axis of evil”
2002
Congress authorizes use of force against Iraq
2002
UN Security Council demands that Iraq comply with weapons inspections
2002
Republicans regain Senate
2003
US invades Iraq
2003
Second Bush tax cut
2003
Saddam Hussein captured in Iraq
2003
Supreme Court narrowly approves affirmative action
2004
Gay marriage controversy erupts
2004
Iraqi interim government installed
2004
Bush defeats Kerry for presidency
2005
Iraq elects permanent government but quickly descends into sectarian conflict
2006
Saddam Hussein executed
2006
Democrats retake control of Congress
2007
US troop surge in Iraq
2008
Barack Obama elected 44th president of the United States
2009
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed
2010
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed
2010
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act passed
2010
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy repealed
2010
Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission
2010
Republicans retake control of the House
2011
US withdraws from Iraq
2011
US begins troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
2011
US forces kill Osama bin Laden
2011
First debt-ceiling crisis between President Obama and the GOP-led House
2012
Supreme Court upholds the Affordable Care Act
2012
Obama defeats Romney to win reelection
2013
Supreme Court repeals Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
2013
Supreme Court rules the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
2013
Second debt-ceiling crisis between President Obama and GOP-led House
2013
Budget dispute causes a sixteen-day federal government shutdown
2013
Edward Snowden exposes extensive NSA spying operations
2014
Republicans win majority in Senate
2015
Supreme Court gives constitutional protection to same-gEnDeR marriage
2015
Iran nuclear deal agreed
2016
Donald J. Trump defeats Hillary Clinton for the presidency
2017
Trump signs tax reform bill into law
2017
Congress and the Department of Justice launch investigations of Russian interference
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