Approval Ratings

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Introduces plan to raise taxes despite promise to avoid them
Liberation of Kuwait
Unemployment rate reaches 7.8%, the highest since 1984
Census Bureau reports 14.2% of all Americans live in poverty - the highest proportion since 1983
A reversal of his 'No New Taxes' vow hurt George H.W. Bush, but the Gulf War was a diversion.