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===Second term, 1997–2001===
[[File:Hillary Clinton Bill Chelsea on parade.jpg|thumb|PresidentIl neo presidente Bill Clinton (centeral centre), la first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (rightdestra) ande theirla daughterfiglia [[Chelsea Clinton|Chelsea]] (lefta sinistra) wavesalutano toi watcherspartecipanti atalla aparata parade downdi Pennsylvania Avenue onil Inaugurationgiorno Day, Januarydell'insediamento (20, gennaio 1997).]]
In theNelle [[Unitedelezioni Statespresidenziali presidentialstatunitensi election,del 1996|1996elezioni presidentialpresidenziali electiondel 1996]], Clinton wasfu re-elected,rieletto con receivingil 49.2% ofdei thevoti popularpopolari votecontro overil Republicanrepubblicano [[]]Bob Dole]] (40.7% ofdei the popular votevoti) and [[Reform Party USA|Reform]]e candidatel'indipendente [[Ross Perot]] (8.4% of the popular vote), becomingdiventando theil firstprimo DemocraticDemocratico incumbent sincedopo [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] toad beessere electedeletto toper aun secondsecondo termmandato, ande theil firstprimo DemocratDemocratico sincead Franklinessere Roosevelteletto topiù bedi electeduna Presidentvolta moredopo than[[Franklin onceD. Roosevelt]].<ref name="Clinton@2">{{Cite book|last=Jones |first=Charles O. |title=The Presidency in a Separated System |publisher=The Brookings Institution |year=2005 |page=318}}</ref> TheI RepublicansRepubblicani lostpersero aalcune fewpoltrone seatsalla inCamera thee Housene andguadagnarono gainedqualcuna aal few in the SenateSenato, butmantenendo retainedcomunque controlil ofcontrollo bothdi houses of the [[105th United States Congress]]entrambi. Clinton receivedottenne 379, or over 70% of the [[UnitedCollegio Stateselettorale Electoraldegli CollegeStati Uniti d'America|Electoralvoti Collegeelettorali]] votes,(70% withcirca) Dolecontro receivingi 159 electoraldi votes[[Dole]].
[[File:Clinton1997SOTU.jpg|thumb|left|[[Al Gore]] ande [[Newt Gingrich]] applaudapplaudono asmentre USil presidentPresidente Clinton wavessaluta duringdurante theil [[StateDiscorso ofsullo theStato Union address]]dell'Unione indel 1997.]]
Innel the[[Discorso Januarysullo 1997Stato Statedell'Unione]] oftenuto thenel UnionGennaio address[[1997]], Clinton proposedpropose una nuova iniziativa per garantire l'assistenza sanitaria a newcinque initiativemilioni todi providebambini coverageche tofino upa toquel fivemomento millionne childrenerano privi. SenatorsI Senatori [[Ted Kennedy]] – a DemocratDemocratico – ande [[Orrin Hatch]] – a RepublicanRepubblicano – teamedsi upunirono witha Hillary Rodham Clinton ande heral suo staff innel [[1997]], ande succeededriuscirono ina passingfar legislationpassare formingla theproposta [[di legge che istituì lo ''State Children's Health Insurance Program]]'' (SCHIP), thela largestpiù (successful)importante healthriforma caresanitaria reformnegli inanni thedella years of thepresidenza Clinton Presidency. ThatNello yearstesso anno, Hillary Clinton shepherdedpropose throughattraverso Congressil theCongresso [[l'''Adoption and Safe Families Act]]'' ande twodue yearsanni laterdopo sheriuscì succeededa infar helpingpassare passil the [[''Foster Care Independence Act]]''. HeI negotiateddue theprovvedimenti passageriguardano ofgli theorfani: [[Balancedil Budgetprimo Actfornisce ofsostegno 1997]]alle byfamiglie theche Republicanadottano Congress.bambini Incon Octoberbisogni 1997particolari, hee announcedil hesecondo wasfornisce gettinguna hearingserie aids,di dueaiuti toagli hearingorfani lossche attributedhanno toraggiunto hisla agemaggiore età. Nell'Ottobre [[1997]], andannunciò hische timestava spentprendendo asdelle cure per le orecchie, a musiciancausa di una perdita parziale di udito dovuta all'età e al suo inpassato hisda youthmusicista.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shogren|first=Elizabeth|title=Clinton to Get Hearing Aids for Both Ears|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/04/news/mn-39089|accessdate=November 1, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 4, 1997}}</ref>
====Impeachment====
In auna [[lamesessione duckdel (politics)|lame-duck]]Congresso, sessionche ofsi Congressapprestava afterad theaggiornare 1998i elections,suoi themembri dopo le Houseelezioni del [[Impeachment1998]], ofCamera Billdei Clinton|votedRappresentanti tovotò impeacha Clintonfavore dell'[[impeachment]], baseddel onPresidente theClinton, resultsdopo of thelo [[Lewinskyscandalo scandalLewinsky]].<ref name="The Survivor" /> ThisClinton madefu Clintonil onlysecondo thePresidente seconddopo U.S.[[Andrew presidentJohnson]] toad beessere impeachedmesso (thein firststato beingdi [[Andrew Johnson]])accusa. ImpeachmentLa proceedingsmotivazione wereper basedl'inizio ondel allegationsprocedimento thatfu Clintonl'accusa haddi liedaver aboutmentito hisriguardo relationshipla withsua 22-year-oldrelazione Whitecon Housela internstagista ventiduenne [[[Monica Lewinsky]] indurante auna sworndeposizione [[depositionsotto (law)|deposition]]giuramento inpresso theil processo su [[Paula Jones]] lawsuit.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Time Line |date=September 13, 1998 |page=A32 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/timeline.htm |work=The Washington Post | accessdate =January 20, 2007 }}</ref> AfterDopo theche [[StarrKenneth Report]]Star, wasincaricato submitteddal toCongresso, thepubblicò House providingl'ormai whatfamoso it''Rapporto termedStarr'' trovando "substantialinformazioni andsostanziali crediblee informationcredibili thatche Presidentil Presidente Clinton Committedabbia commesso Actsazioni thatche Maypossono Constitutecostituire Groundsuna forbase anper Impeachmentl'impeachment",<ref>{{cite book|title=The Starr Report: The Findings of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr on President Clinton and the Lewinsky Affair'' |year=1998 |ISBN= 1-891620-24-X}}</ref> thela HouseCamera beganiniziò impeachmentla hearingsprocedura againstnel ClintonDicembre before thedel [[U.S. midterm election|mid-term elections1998]]. To hold impeachment proceedings, the Republican leadership called a [[Lame duck session (United States)|lame-duck session]] in December 1998.
[[File:Senate in session.jpg|thumb|TheIl impeachmentprocesso trial of Presidenta Bill Clinton innel [[1999]], il [[WilliamPresidente H.della Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti d'America|Giudice Capo della Corte Suprema]] [[William Rehnquist|Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist]] presidingpresiede la seduta]]
While the [[House Judiciary Committee]] hearings ended in a straight party-line vote, there was lively debate on the House floor. The two charges passed in the House (largely with Republican support, but with a handful of Democratic votes as well) were for [[perjury]] and [[obstruction of justice]]. The perjury charge arose from Clinton's testimony about his relationship to Lewinsky during a sexual harassment lawsuit<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/pjones.htm |title=Case Closed |author=Dan Froomkin |work=The Washington Post | date=August 26, 1999 | accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref> brought by former Arkansas state employee [[Paula Jones]]. The obstruction charge was based on his actions during the subsequent investigation of that testimony.
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