Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton The 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton has been parodied on "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") since 1992. He has been portrayed on the show over a hundred times, most often by Darrell Hammond. "Saturday Night Live" has parodied U.S. presidents and other politicians since the show started in 1975. The numerous sketches on Clinton are often inspired by aspects of his presidency, the Lewinsky scandal, and his relationship with his wife, herself a frequent subject in "SNL's" political sketches. Phil Hartman was the first cast member to portray Bill Clinton and
Economic policy of the Bill Clinton administration Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Seattle, Washington, which was attended by the leaders of 12 Pacific Rim nations. In 1994, Clinton arranged an agreement in Indonesia with Pacific Rim nations to gradually remove trade barriers and open their markets. Clinton faced his first defeat on trade legislation during his second term. In November 1997, the Republican-controlled Congress delayed voting on a bill to restore a presidential trade authority that had expired in 1994. The bill would have given the president the authority to negotiate trade agreements which the Congress was not authorized to modify–known as "fast-track negotiating" because it streamlines the