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= *The Elections Of 1990=

they saw billions of dollars needed to bail out savings and loans institutions because of mismanagement. During the election campaign of 1990 members of Congress found voters in an angry mood. In 14 states, voters elected governors from a different party from those who had been in office.

=*The New President= Bush brought a wide range of experience to the White House. As a pilot in world war ll,he had won a medal for bravery. after the war, he left his home state of Connecticut to state a successful oil business in Texas. He had sarved as a member of Congress, as an ambassador, and as the director of the central intelligence agency.

=*Drugs, education,and the Environment= During the 1988 campaign, George Bush had spoken out strongly on the need to control the spread of illegal drugs. As president,he appointed William Bennett to be a special "drug czar" to oversee the nation's war on drugs.

=*The savings and Loan crisis=