As a result of poor economic conditions in the early 1990s new congressional leadership was elected in 1994.
The United States entered recession in 1990, which lasted 8 months through March 1991. The recession consisted on a sluggish employment recovery, most commonly referred to as a jobless recovery. Unemployment continued to rise through June 1992, even though economic growth had returned the previous year.
The cause of a weaken economy was a restrictive monetary policy enacted by the Federal Reserve.
