| Sumario: | By making the economy the litmus test of his presidency, President Clinton has been forced to deal with environmental problems in a new and more economically friendly manner. Circumstances beyond Clinton's control have reduced his environmental record to primarily a series of presidential vetoes, and the constraints of a divided government have partly caused his environmental agenda to be usurped by Republican initiatives in Congress. Clinton regularly cites his “common-sense” approach to the environment, but he has been unable to advance it. Rather, he has been demoted to the role of environmental budget protector and the last line of environmental defense. In his second term, Clinton should perhaps try to convince a reticent and unfriendly Congress that accepting his environmental agenda will prove politically beneficial.
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