President Bill Clinton speaks via telephone from the Oval Office of the White House to an unidentified member of the House in Washington Thursday, August 11, 1994, lobbying for votes for the crime bill. The White House kept an open telephone line to the Democratic cloakroom so the President could personally woo wavering lawmakers. Willam Jefferson Clinton was the 42nd U.S. President serving from 1993 – 2001. (Photo by Marcy Nighswander/AP Photo)
