• CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM
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Experience: Member, Democratic Policy Committee
Home State: New York
Person Website: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/
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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.

Total: 244
Fewer Democrats Are Voting This Year In (Surprise!) States With Strict New Voter Laws

But Republicans don't appear to be hurt.

03/03/2016
By Janie Velencia & Alissa Scheller | The Huffington Post
Super Tuesday: Sanders Defeats Debs

Every American on the left knows that when labor leader Eugene Debs ran for President in 1920 as a socialist, he got a million votes.

03/02/2016
By Robert Naiman | The Huffington Post
Inside the Mind of a Frustrated Voter on Super Tuesday

It's hard to believe that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican.

03/02/2016
Jeremy Nix | The Huffington Post
Campaign Press Adopts the Trump Rules -- They're The Opposite of the Clinton Rules

The threat lingered not just because Clinton and Trump were on opposite ends of the political spectrum, but because the tone and tenor of the two events seemed dramatically different.

02/25/2016
By Eric Boehlert | The Huffington Post
Behind The Video That Made Hillary Clinton's Feminism Go Viral (In A Good Way)

One couple unintentionally reminded the Internet of Hillary's feminist roots.

02/25/2016
By Emma Gray | The Huffington Post
Clinton Switches Her Message From 'I' to 'We'

Hillary Clinton made a 180-degree turn in the focus of her message between New Hampshire and Nevada.

02/24/2016
By Richard Kirsch | The Huffington Post
Clinton (Bill, that is) pitches for Hillary at campaign stops in Va.

The ex-president mixed memories with exhortation as he stumped for his wife in a key Super Tuesday state.

02/24/2016
By Patricia Sullivan and Jenna Portnoy | The Washington Post
Sanders draws thousands in Missouri and Oklahoma as Clinton stays put in South Carolina

The Vermont senator denied that he has written off Saturday's primary in South Carolina.

02/24/2016
By John Wagner | The Washington Post
Clinton blasts 'disrespectful' Republican stance on Supreme Court nomination

Clinton is making strong support for Obama a cornerstone of her stump speech in South Carolina this week, as she tries to bolster her already-strong support among black voters.

02/24/2016
By Anne Gearan | The Washington Post
Clinton backs Obama's Gitmo plan

Clinton said closing the prison would be a "sign of strength and resolve."

02/23/2016
By Ben Kamisar | The Hill
Black mothers who lost children to violence help Hillary Clinton appeal for gun control

The unusual campaign event was part testimonial, part memorial, part call to action against what Clinton called lax gun laws designed to shield gun makers and dealers.

02/23/2016
By Anne Gearan | The Washington Post
Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio dominate Virginia's political airwaves

They are the only two candidates with ads on television in the state, a week before the Super Tuesday primary.

02/23/2016
By Rachel Weiner | The Washington Post
Why Hillary Clinton's Emails Matter This Year

There is no shortage of punditry about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's homebrew server, and the resulting fallout, aka "Emailgate."

02/18/2016
By Adam Levin | The Huffington Post
Hillary Clinton Makes Her Pitch To Black Voters

She's seeking to maintain her lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is trying to make inroads with black voters.

02/16/2016
By Jonathan Allen | REUTERS
Eight years later, Bill Clinton is causing headaches for his wife again

FLORENCE, S.C. — Halfway through a 40-minute stump speech here, Bill Clinton arrived on the topic of Bernie Sanders’s proposal for single-payer health coverage — and became annoyed.

02/15/2016
By Abby Phillip | The Washington Post
The Race to Lose the White House

The Clinton juggernaut is losing traction.

02/15/2016
By Michael Brenner | The Huffington Post
In Nevada, a tightening race threatens Clinton's post-New Hampshire 'firewall'

The state’s caucuses, next on the calendar, were once expected to fall easily to her largely owing to support among Latinos.

02/15/2016
By David Weigel & John Wagner | The Washington Post
Hillary Clinton's secret weapon: John Lewis

After dealing her 2008 campaign a crushing blow, the Georgia congressman is going pedal-to-the-metal for her this time around.

02/15/2016
By Patrick Temple-West | POLITICO
Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath

In the Milwaukee debate, Hillary Clinton took pride in her role in a recent UN Security Council resolution on a Syrian ceasefire:

02/14/2016
By Jeffrey Sachs | The Huffington Post
State Dept. marks three more Clinton emails at 'secret' level

The latest batch was the smallest one yet made public.

02/13/2016
By Josh Gerstein | POLITICO
Total: 3
Sunday, March 6, 2016 9:00 PM CNN Democratic Debate
Location: The Whiting Auditorium in Flint, Michigan
Sponsors: CNN, MLive, The Flint Journal
Moderators: Anderson Cooper
Saturday, November 14, 2015 6:00 PM CBS News Democratic Debate
Location: Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa
Sponsors: CBS News, KCCI, the Des Moines Register
Moderators: John Dickerson
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:30 PM CNN Democratic Primary Debate
Location: Wynn Las Vegas
Sponsors: CNN, Nevada Democratic Party
Moderators: Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, and Dana Bash
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Oppose
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug

Oppose
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier

Strongly Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements

Oppose
10. Expand the military

Oppose
11. Support & expand free trade

Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism

Oppose
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Oppose
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Support
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Support
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Oppose
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Oppose
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Oppose
Total: 417
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)
Total: 1950
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
07/15/2009 S.227 Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act
01/29/2009 S.181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 Bill Passed (61-36, 3/5 majority required) Not Voting
01/16/2009 S.Res.17 A resolution recognizing and honoring Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, his co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, the crewmembers of U.S. Airways Flight 1549, and the first responders, ferry operators and tug boat drivers of New York City, for their heroic and intuitive roles in the safe emergency landing of U.S. Airways Flight 1549.
01/16/2009 S.240 Ready to Learn Act
01/14/2009 S.244 Education Begins at Home Act
03/02/2009 S.160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 Bill Passed (61-37, 3/5 majority required) Not Voting
01/07/2009 S.27 Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2009
01/07/2009 S.10 Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009
01/07/2009 S.8 Returning Government to the American People Act
01/07/2009 S.7 Education Opportunity Act of 2009
01/07/2009 S.5 Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act of 2009
01/07/2009 S.4 Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009
01/07/2009 S.3 Homeowner Protection and Wall Street Accountability Act of 2009
01/07/2009 S.2 Middle Class Opportunity Act of 2009
01/07/2009 S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
01/06/2009 S.21 Prevention First Act
01/06/2009 S.Res.8 A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Claiborne de Borda Pell, former United States Senator for the State of Rhode Island.
12/11/2008 S.Res.728 A resolution designating January 2009 as "National Mentoring Month".
12/11/2008 S.Res.710 A resolution designating the week of February 2 through February 6, 2009, as "National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week".
12/09/2008 S.Res.719 A resolution recognizing National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of American Indians and Alaska Natives and the contributions of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the United States.
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