Hillary
Rodham Clinton
January 20, 2007
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
|
Junior
U.S. Senator, New York |
Assumed office: January
3, 2001
Serving with Charles Schumer |
|
| Born |
October 26, 1947 (age 59)
Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party |
Democratic |
| Spouse |
Bill Clinton |
| Religion |
Methodist |
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.
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. |
