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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Democrat |
Hillary
Rodham Clinton (born Hillary Diane Rodham on October 26, 1947) is the junior
United States Senator from New York. She is married to Bill Clinton, the
42nd President of the United States, and was the First Lady from 1993 to
2001. Before that, she was a lawyer and the First Lady of Arkansas. She is a
member of the Democratic Party.
Departing from the traditional role of the First Lady, Clinton was directly
involved in policy-making during her husband's presidency. She headed the
task force that proposed the Clinton health care plan, which was not enacted
by Congress, and initiated the Children's Health Insurance Program and the
Adoption and Safe Families Act. Clinton was the subject of several official
enquiries and was the only First Lady to be subpoenaed before a grand jury,
although no charges of wrongdoing ever resulted.
In 2000, Clinton was elected into the United States Senate to succeed Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, becoming the only First Lady ever to run for public office
and the first female senator to represent New York. She was re-elected in
2006. As senator, she sits on the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions and the Special Committee on Aging.
On January 20, 2007, she announced on her campaign website her formation of
a presidential exploratory committee for the 2008 presidential election.
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