Hours after the 105th Congress adjourned, President Clinton on Thursday signed a law that encourages states to set up more high-quality charter schools. Clinton cited the legislation as a rare example of bipartisan cooperation in the GOP-controlled Congress.

Clinton blasted the Republicans for torpedoing his top legislative priorities. Five times he used the phrase "partisanship killed"--citing the rejection of such administration proposals as a patients' bill of rights, campaign finance reform, an anti-smoking measure, an increase in the minimum wage and tax breaks to pay for modernizing older school buildings.

"I hope when the next Congress convenes it will put progress ahead of partisanship in a way that this Congress has not done," Clinton said.