What Was the Negative View of Bill Clements When He

question 29

Multiple Choice

What was the negative view of Bill Clements when he left office in 1991?

• A) He had seriously degraded the state of education in Texas by vetoing numerous education bills.
• B) He was an ideologue who fought for the appointments of numerous conservative judges.
• C) He was an obstructionist who would rather fight the Democrats than provide leadership.
• D) His actions had delayed the Republican takeover of the Senate by a decade.
• E) He had overseen the slowest period of economic growth in the history of Texas.

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