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==Personal life==
In 2010 Clinton married investment banker Marc Mezvinsky in a lavish wedding with 400 guests at a cost of $5 million.<ref>[http://www.today.com/id/38444780/site/todayshow/ns/today-weddings/t/chelseas-wedding-k-tents-k-toilets/ Chelsea Clinton's Wedding -- $15,000 Porta-Potties], [[NBC]] ''TODAY Show'', 07/29/2010.</ref> Mezvinsky is the son of Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky who sacrificed her congressional career when she was led to the House floor in tears by the Democratic leadership to switch her vote for passage of Bill Clinton's tax increases.<ref>[http://swampland.time.com/2010/03/03/when-a-hard-vote-ends-a-political-career/ When A Hard Vote Ends A Political Career,] By Karen Tumulty, ''TIME magazine'', March 03, 2010; <small>...one of the most extraordinary spectacles I have ever witnessed in the House Chamber...;</small> [http://www.businessweek.com/chapter/mirage.htm ''Mirage'', Ch. 7, "The Education of Bill Clinton"]. Bloomberg Businessweek. <small>Once the 15 minutes usually set aside for a House vote expire, the automatic voting machine shuts down and the only way to vote is with a cardboard card ...[[Thomas Foley|[Speaker Tom] Foley]], normally a placid, gentle soul, grabbed Thornton's arm and angrily reminded him of what he was doing. "You can't let her make this vote!" he shouted. "You've got to be with the president, he's from your state!"...Tim Penny accosted [[Bill Richardson|[Democratic Whip Bill] Richardson]] and shook him angrily. "You've killed her; you killed this woman with this vote, you can't do this to her."... Around her, people swirled in constant motion, conferring, shouting, grabbing arms and yelling in each others' ears.... Foley walked up and told her they needed her vote....She had the look of someone on the way to her own hanging. ... Margolies-Mezvinsky was in tears. Michigan Democrat Sander Levin kissed her on the cheek and gently guided her off the floor into a small holding area called the Red Room, where California Democrat Anna Eshoo comforted her. Richardson came hustling in and thanked her for her vote. "But I may have lost my seat," she protested, choking back tears. Eshoo flashed a venomous look at Richardson. "I can't believe you guys did this to her." </small>Dec 15, 1993 – <ref>See also CS Monitor, [http://www.csmonitor.com/1993/1215/15012.html Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D). This was the nearly perfect [[political horse trade]] of a media-driven age].</small></ref> After six months, Mezvinsky quit his job and abandoned Clinton in her Manhattan apartment to enjoy a three month separation in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/new-groom-marc-mezvinsky-mysteriously-leaves-chelsea-clinton-at-home/story-e6frf7lf-1225999845974 New groom Marc Mezvinsky mysteriously leaves Chelsea Clinton at home,] ''Herald Sun Melbourne'', February 03, 2011.</ref>
==Career==
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