Al Gore: Address to the 1996 Democratic National Convention

Glossary

• Brady Bill the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, signed into law by President Clinton in 1993
• empowerment zones specially designated urban and rural areas eligible for grants, tax incentives, and other programs
• Kennedy-Kassebaum law the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, passed in 1996 to protect individuals’ health insurance information
• Macarena a dance based on a popular song of the same name, by the Spanish duo Los del Rio; “dancing the Macarena” was a fad at the time of Gore’s speech
• man from Hope a reference to Bill Clinton, who was born in Hope, Arkansas
• San Diego site of that year's Republican National Convention