In 1994

question 56

Multiple Choice

In 1994,

• A) the Republican Party won control of both houses of Congress for the first time since the 1950s.
• B) the Republican Party lost control of the Senate for the first time in 20 years.
• C) Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole and won his second term in office.
• D) House Speaker Newt Gingrich resigned his seat after the Republican Party suffered severe losses.
• E) the Supreme Court ruled that soft money was illegal and must be banned from politics.

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