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  • Proposed IRS Rule a Threat to the First Amendment
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• Education
  • Governor Bush will reform the nation’s public schools, as he has in Texas, which is one of two states that have made the greatest recent progress in education. He will close the achievement gap, set high standards, promote character education, and ensure school safety. States will be offered freedom from federal regulation, but will be held accountable for results. Performance will be measured annually, and parents will be empowered with information and choices.
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  • No Child Left Behind — President George W. Bush's Plan for Nationwide Education Reform Recent News Items
  • Parents Reject Proposal to Privatize Failing NYC Schools
  • And The Schools Sink On
  • Edison Schools Are A No-Go Since Parents Were No-Shows
  • An ideological crusade aims to close a school that's worked miracles with poor black and Latino students. Why? It's a for-profit Edison school.
  • It's time to look at how our teachers are trained
  • What Really Works in the Classroom?
  • The Friedman Report: Citizens' Group Gets Facts Parents Need to Know (PDF file)
  • Zero Tolerance School Zone No Drugs Allowed - except ritalin
  • It Used To Be ...     Now It's ...
  • The Kids Lose Again
  • Education or incitement?
  • You must eliminated all unnecessary frills and concentrate on kids who can't read at grade three level
  • Education takes back seat to political motivations
    Does anybody on the San Francisco Board of Education actually care about educating kids?
  • Schoolyard Brawl - Is this New York or Nigeria?
    The two-week long vote over whether to allow Edison to assume management of five failing New York public schools has been a farce, an execrable demonstration of just how low the nation’s teachers unions will stoop to protect their turf
  • 17 Years Armed Robery, How About You. 25 Years Drawing Pictures Of Guns In English Class
  • Safe School Initiative
  • Teachers Feel Left Out Of Decision-Making, Report Says
  • Separate church and state
  • Teachers say they're 'left out of loop'
  • Edison leads in reform
  • House Republicans Present a School Bill Mirroring Bush's Plan
  • Bush Pitches His Education Plans to Newspaper Publishers
  • President Bush Speaks at National Newspaper Association Conference
  • Listen to the speech
  • Democrats vow to fight voucher plan
  • Give Edison a Try
  • Uncle Milton’s Revenge - On Tuesday the Washington Post confused its readers with a befuddled attack on the popular school-voucher program in Milwaukee, Wis.
  • Milwaukee Will Vouch for Vouchers - Parochial, Private Schools Draw Pupils -- and Questions About Success
  • Bush's Education Plan / Senate Education Plan
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• Budget/Use Of The Surplus
  • The federal government is expected to run a surplus of nearly $5 trillion during the next ten years. Governor Bush has proposed a balanced economic program that will use the surplus to prepare for the future, dedicating: half to saving Social Security by establishing personal retirement accounts and reducing the debt held by the public; one-quarter for pro-growth tax cuts; and the remainder to reform education, strengthen Medicare, and support other priorities.  As President, Governor Bush will bring taxes down from their record high level and pay the debt down to a historically low level.
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  • Bush's Budget - A Blueprint For New Beginnings - A Responsible Budget for America's Priorities
  • The congressional Democrats’ alternative budget Recent News Items
  • Cheney casts tie-breaker as Senate debates budget
  • Republicans work to get Bush budget through Senate
  • GOP showing confidence Bush budget will pass Senate
  • GOP maneuvers Bush budget plan for Senate vote
  • Bush has votes to pass budget in Senate
  • House Passes Bush Budget 222-205
  • House approves Republican budget blueprint
  • This is Captain Greenspan. I'm thinking about pulling up another half point
  • Senate GOP leaders are reconsidering the size and scope of Bush's tax-cut package in a bid to attract more votes. They may decide not to attach the Bush cuts to a quick $60 billion stimulus plan (subscription required)
  • Losing Round 1, Democrats Counterpunch
  • Bush says budget reflects American values
  • Bush asks newspapers to back his budget
  • House committee OKs GOP budget plan
  • Daniels sees Congress backing budget
  • Republicans Unveil Plan to Slam Dunk the Debt
  • Bush's Budget Battle
  • Black, Hispanic caucuses say Bush budget ignores their communities
  • Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) 2001 Pig Book
  • PIG Book Searchable Database
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• Taxes
  • Governor Bush believes that roughly one-quarter of the surplus should be returned to the people who earned it through broad tax cuts – otherwise, Washington will spend it.  His plan will promote economic growth and increase access to the middle class by cutting high marginal rates.  It will also double the child credit, eliminate the death tax, reduce the marriage penalty, and expand Education Savings Accounts and charitable deductions. The largest percentage cuts will go to the lowest income earners.  As a result, 6 million families will no longer pay federal income tax.
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  • Legislation Files
    • Click here to see S.31 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase out the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period (introduced 1/22/2001 by Sen Ben Nighthorse Campbell).
    • Click here to see S.35 - A bill to provide relief to America's working families and to promote continued economic growth by returning a portion of the tax surplus to those who created it (introduced 1/22/2001 by Sen Phil Gramm).
    • Main Republican Bill
      • H.R.3 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce individual income tax rates
      • House Ways and Means Committee
      • March 1 - Markup of H.R. 3, the "Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001." - Bill As Amended
      • March 1 - Markup of H.R. 3, the "Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001." - Adopted Amendment
      • The Economic And Budgetary Effects Of H.R. 3, The Economic Growth And Tax Relief At Of 2001
      • State-by-State Tax Relief
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  • Black Billionaire Dubs Death Tax Racially Biased
  • Why Liberal Foundations Fear Losing the Estate Tax
  • How to Prevail on Taxes
  • ABC News/Washington Post poll discovered 58 percent think Bush’s tax cut plan is "about right" or "too small" while just 36 percent consider it "too big"
  • The Myth of the Blue Dogs - President Bush: Beware
  • Marriage Penalty Tax, not the Penalty of Marriage
  • Death Tax Could Destroy America’s Oldest Family Business - Save Shirley Plantation
  • Don’t Let Democrats Hijack Tax Cut
  • Flip Side of Bush’s Cut: Progressive Tax Reinforced
  • A Lexus tax cut suits the jalopy driver
  • House Passes 2 More Pieces of Bush's Tax Cut
  • If the Democrats would use a translator
  • House Overwhelmingly Passes Marriage-Friendly Tax Cut 282-144
  • Click here to see H.R.6 - Marriage Tax Elimination Act of 2001
  • Why Congress Should Renew Its Efforts to End the Marriage Penalty
  • Out of tune on the debt
  • Key Democrat seeks compromise on tax cut
  • Rebate and Switch - A diversion from the Left.
  • Tax-Cut Lessons for Dummies - That means you, Congressman.
  • Bush pushes for large tax cut this year
  • We Don't Think They Deserve That Much Tax Relief
  • Crouching Elephant, Hidden Donkey
  • Bush vows his tax relief is inevitable
  • Poll Shows New Doubts On Economy - President's Tax Cut, Policy Are Questioned
  • Bush Takes Tax-Cut Drive Back on the Road
  • Rebate 'One of the Worst Ways to Cut Taxes,' Says Economic Analyst
  • Lieberman's Lame Idea
  • Rethink the Rebate - It’s the wrong economic medicine.
  • President to offer economic vision in speech
  • Rethink the Rebate - It’s the wrong economic medicine
  • Market Hope: An Educable Congress - Will the Washington solons learn why we need real tax cuts?
  • Don't you think we should let her keep some of her money? No that would be irresponsible
  • Kryptonite! Cross! Fire! Tax Cut!
  • Income Redistribution Service
  • President Bush Continued His Hard Sell Today
  • Why Can't President Kennedy Endorse A Tax Cut
  • Gosh, What's A Family Of Four To Do?
  • In Case Of Emergency Break Glass
  • Look No Hands
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• Social Security
  • Governor Bush believes Social Security is a defining American promise that must be kept.  He will not change benefits in any way for current retirees or those near retirement.  But to save Social Security for the next generation, he will lead a bipartisan effort to reform it by giving individuals the option of voluntarily investing a portion of their Social Security payroll taxes in personal retirement accounts.  These accounts will earn higher rates of return and generate wealth that can be owned and passed on from parents to their children.
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  • No smiles about Social Security/Medicare numbers
  • A Guide to the new 2001 Social Security Trustees’ Report
  • Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs
  • Some Would Invest Social Security
  • Structuring And Regulating Individual Social Security Accounts
    The overall stock market has increased in value over every possible 20-consecutive-year period since 1926
  • Don't give up the bully pulpit on Social Security, Mr. President
  • The Promise of Privatization - Social Security reform will benefit disabled workers, too.
  • The Commish - Advice for Bush’s Social Security panel.
  • Bush Plans Panel To Study Overhaul Of Social Security
  • Marrage Penalty
  • Where Do You Think the Surplus Came From
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• Defense
  • Governor Bush believes that a strong, capable and modern military is the foundation of the peace we enjoy today and hope to extend for future generations.  The military of the present must be better supported and respected.  It must also be challenged and transformed to become the military of the future.  The right choices must be made to renew the bond of trust between the President and the military, protect America with an effective national missile defense, and create a military capable of meeting the challenges of the 21st Century.
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  • Army Says Unit Is Unprepared for War Duty
  • Guidelines for Modernizing America's Armed Forces
  • French Military Chief Confirms U.S. Fears About EU Army
  • The Pentagon has assembled a list of 30 programs that may be cut or killed. Officials stress the list, which could produce savings of $3 billion a year, is simply to guide discussions in a review process that is just beginning (subscription required)
  • Bush Giving New Life to Old Ideas About Possible Changes at the Pentagon
  • Rumsfeld outlines Pentagon overhaul
  • Black Beret Action Figure
  • Gen. Shinseki - An Army Of One
  • Pull Lever for the Order of the Day
  • The Price Of Closing Vieques
  • Self-inflicted wounds
  • Bush Withdrawing 750 U.S. Peacekeeping Troops From Bosnia
  • Listen to the troops
  • Bush's First Battle: His Own Military Myths
  • ABM Scofflaws - Does Russia already have a national missile defense?
  • Old heads on young bodies - You can't teach character
  • Self-Deterred from Defending America
  • Bush Faces Tough Military Budget Calls
  • High-Priced Weapons Face Budget Scrutiny
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• Medicare
  • Governor Bush will reform Medicare so that seniors have access to prescription drugs and modern medicine and have more control over their own health care.  Medicare is currently headed toward financial collapse, and its “one-size-fits-all” benefits package is outdated, covering neither prescription drugs nor other routine services such as annual physicals, vision tests and hearing aids.  Governor Bush will reform Medicare by providing seniors with a prescription drug benefit as well as the ability to choose their own modern, comprehensive health plan.  Governor Bush’s plan will cover all prescription drug expenses for low-income seniors, the full cost of Medicare premiums for low-income seniors, at least part of the premium cost for all seniors, and the cost of catastrophic Medicare costs for all seniors.
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  • Medicaid Won't Pay for 'Morning-After' Pill, Washington Tells States
  • Drugging seniors
  • First, do no harm
  • Bush administration wants to confront Medicaid loophole
  • Experts debate Medicare plan trade-offs
  • Bush Seeks Compromise on Patients' Rights
  • Bush Pushes Patients Rights Approach in Florida Speech
  • Cardiology group likes Bush health plan
  • Bush says current health care bills inadequate
  • Prescription Drug Security Card
  • Official Vows Not to Draw on the Medicare Trust Fund
  • A Raid on Medicare
  • Rising Costs Jeopardize Drug Plans for Seniors
  • Bush seeks to spark Medicare reform momentum
  • Bush urges Congress to restructure Medicare
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• Agriculture
  • Governor Bush supports recent efforts to reverse decades of supply control management and unleash U.S. farmers to plant in response to market demand, not government programs.  But as the farm sector transitions toward market-driven production, Governor Bush believes the government should help farmers adapt to the challenges of the global marketplace as well as work to maintain competitive markets here in the United States.  This means providing farmers and ranchers with a strong safety net and the means to manage economic downturns, such as crop insurance reform, tax-deferred accounts, and elimination of the death tax.  It also means opening markets overseas for U.S. farm products, eliminating agricultural export subsidies and tariffs worldwide.
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• Technology and the New Economy
  • Governor Bush understands that hard-working entrepreneurs created the New Economy, not government. But, as he has shown in Texas, which leads the nation in high-tech job growth, government can create an environment in which entrepreneurs flourish: an environment that encourages innovation, rewards risk-taking, and promotes equal opportunity. Thus, as President, he will support the growth of the New Economy by cutting taxes, encouraging investment in R&D, curbing frivolous lawsuits, pursuing free trade and implementing sensible export controls.  To ensure that all Americans share in the benefits of the New Economy, Governor Bush will reform education through high standards and accountability, accelerate e-government, and increase access to assistive technologies for Americans with disabilities.
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  • Bush Reactivates High-Tech Advisory Panel
  • Taxing online sales
  • Technology fund in jeopardy under Bush budget
  • Click here to see HR.1017 - To prohibit the unsolicited e-mail known as ``spam''.
  • American Spectator to focus on tech - Right-wing political magazine decides to cover New Economy
  • House Passes E-Commerce Bill
  • Executive Order on the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee
  • New Economy backlash checklist
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• Health Care and the Uninsured
  • There are 43 million uninsured Americans – 4 million more than when the current Administration took office. Governor Bush will reverse this trend by making health insurance affordable for hard-working, low-income families. His plan will provide them with a $2,000 refundable health credit so that they can choose health plans and physicians that fit their needs. He will also make it easier for small businesses, which employ 60 percent of the uninsured, to obtain lower cost insurance through associations. Finally, Governor Bush will remove federal regulations that restrict state flexibility in designing and implementing programs for the uninsured.  Governor Bush will put the consumer, not the government, in charge of health care decisions.
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• Environment and Natural Resources
  • Governor Bush is committed to a new era of environmental protection. The 30-year-old federal model of “mandate, regulate and litigate” needs to be modernized: it has yielded benefits in the past, but it encourages Americans to do the bare minimum to protect the environment and fails to reward innovation or results.  Therefore, as President, Governor Bush will maintain a strong federal environmental role but will return significant authority to states and local communities.  Under Governor Bush, the federal government will set high environmental standards and provide market-based incentives to develop new technologies and approaches so that Americans meet – and exceed – those standards. He will also ensure that the federal government, which is the country’s largest polluter, complies with all environmental laws.
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  • Senators Consider Arctic Oil Drilling Up Close
  • Kooky Kyoto Kool Aid
  • Will global warming push the blue states into the ocean?
  • Environmentalists and Unions Break Ranks Over ANWR Drilling
  • Bush Defends His Stance on Environment
  • Christie Is In The Loop
  • Democrats, activists protest Bush environmental policies
  • Alaskan Energy Battle Heats Up
  • Time Magazine - Bush delivers for business, bashes labor--and reminds the country how conservative he really is
  • The green lobby is livid that President George Bush retracted his support of costly new limits on utility emissions last week.
    How dare he defy them because of a mere energy crisis!
  • Drill, Say Alaskans, Who Know Their Pockets Are Lined With Oil
  • Bush Accused of Undermining Clinton's Environmental Rules
  • Top 10 reasons to welcome Global Temperature Enhancement
  • Climate of Fear: Why We Shouldn't Worry About Global Warming
  • Unrestricted Air Pollution
  • Speaking of Emissions
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• Foreign Policy
  • Governor Bush believes that American foreign policy must be more than the management of crisis. It must have a great and guiding goal: to turn this time of American influence into generations of democratic peace. This is accomplished by concentrating on enduring national interests and by resisting the temptation to withdraw from the world. As President, George W. Bush will pursue a distinctly American internationalism.  He will set priorities and stick to them to avoid drift in foreign policy.
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  • Speak strongly and carry a wimpy stick
  • Powell Proposes Easing Sanctions on Iraqi Civilians
  • The Bush doctrine - In American foreign policy, a new motto: Don't ask. Tell
  • First-Ever Meeting For Blair And Bush
  • Congressional Hispanic Caucus Meets With Mexican President
  • Harris Whitbeck: Fox and Bush optimistic about the future of U.S. – Mexico relations
  • Bush's pledge, appointments applauded in Asia
  • Powell Faces Hostile Reception Over Iraq Bombing
  • For Eight Years, U.S. Sent 'Wrong Messages' to China
  • Talking The Talk At State
  • Bush, Fox Reach 'Framework' on Issues
  • Bush, Fox pledge greater cooperation between U.S., Mexico
  • Powell: Bush Won't Send Global Court Pact to Senate
  • Bush calls for stronger Mexico ties
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• Government Reform
  • Governor Bush believes a strong leader focuses on solving problems, not settling scores.  As President, he will restore honor and dignity to the White House, and set a new tone of respect and bipartisanship in Washington. To restore confidence in government, he will: reform the budget process to encourage cooperation and prevent government shutdowns, attack pork-barrel spending, and return civility to the nomination process.
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• International Trade
  • Governor Bush believes the United States will continue to be prosperous and competitive in the global marketplace if we embrace free trade.  As President, he will work with Congress to restore Presidential trade negotiating authority and reassert American leadership on trade internationally. His priorities will include expanding free trade within our hemisphere, negotiating other regional and bilateral market-opening agreements, supporting the entry of China and Taiwan into the World Trade Organization, launching an ambitious new round of global trade talks, and enforcing American laws against unfair trade practices. Governor Bush believes that free trade is “a forward strategy for freedom,” and that as American goods and services enter foreign countries, so, too, do American values.
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  • It looks like legislation giving President Bush fast track authority to negotiate foreign trade agreements is languishing in Congress. Too bad. Expanding international trade would mean more jobs and greater prosperity for Americans.
  • Cox Caves On China Rep. Cox Now Wants 'Balanced Approach' to Tech Exports
  • NAFTA Panel Rejects U.S. Constraints on Mexico Trucks
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• Government Modernization
  • Governor Bush has offered a comprehensive reform agenda that will ensure that every child is educated; lift the income tax burden on Americans; save and strengthen social security; and revitalize our military.  To make this vision a reality will require a departure from the old ways of government.  The success of each initiative will depend on reforms within government itself. Governor Bush will put citizens back in charge of government by making government more citizen-centered and accountable.
    
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• Disabilities
  • Governor Bush believes that all Americans should have the opportunity to learn and develop skills, engage in productive work, choose where to live, and participate in community life.  Although progress has been made over the last two decades –most prominently with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 – Governor Bush believes that much more needs to be done.  Governor Bush has proposed a “New Freedom Initiative,” $1.025 billion over 5 years to expand access to assistive technology, to further integrate Americans with disabilities into the workforce, and to remove barriers to full participation in community life for all Americans.
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  • Remarks by the President in Announcement of New Freedom Initiative
  • Participants in the New Freedom Initiative Announcement
  • Listen to remarks by the President in Announcement of New Freedom Initiative with real audio player
  • Read the New Freedom Initiative: TEXT
  • Read the New Freedom Initiative: PDF
  • Bush Introduces Disability Initiative (New Freedom Initiative)
  • Bush proposes plan to boost independence of disabled
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• Drug Policy
  • Governor Bush believes we have a responsibility to confront the problem of illegal drug abuse because drugs are destroying our neighborhoods and ruining lives.  We should confront this scourge with a balanced policy of education, treatment, and law enforcement.
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  • A Turning Point on Drugs
  • Truth or D.A.R.E. - A new drug course
  • Just Say No to DARE
  • DARE-ing to be Different
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• Guns
  • Governor Bush believes the best gun control measure is to vigorously prosecute those who illegally sell guns, those who illegally carry guns, and those who illegally commit crimes with guns. Governor Bush’s priority as President will be to keep guns away from criminals and juveniles.  He will make federal gun prosecutions a top priority, reversing the 46% decline in federal gun prosecutions under the Clinton-Gore Administration.  In addition, he will protect law-abiding citizens’ constitutional Second Amendment rights while at the same time enacting reasonable, common-sense restrictions on the unsafe use of firearms.
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  • Fund JROTC - Now here’s a job for government.
  • Armed Self-Defense Works - First step to sensible crime policy: Ignore the school shootings.
  • Lineup: Society, Guns, Parents, Culture, Hollywood, Values
  • Oh its probably just some harmless teenage phase he is going through.
  • Good Samaritan won't live in fear
  • Man faces suspects accused of attacking him after getting ride
  • Gun Town Sees Less Crime — But More Accidents
  • I Can No Longer Discipline My Kids Because Society Has Deemed It Unacceptable
  • Ain't Them Trigger Locks A Bummer
  • Defending Gun Shows - Your freedom’s at stake.
  • Faith of Our Fathers - What the Second Amendment means.
  • Guns and Poses - The Left’s gun-control script.
  • Gun Control That Works
  • Some kid says he's gonna shoot up the school, but don't say anything!
  • Sure, Blame the Gun - On the media’s love affair with the Santee school shooting.
  • Parental Guidance Suggested
  • You Could Go Do It, Just Like On TV
  • Blame Is So Much Easier To Bear When It's Widely Dispersed
  • The Culpret, Of Course, Is The Gun
  • We Never Took Him Seriously
  • The Gun Crowd’s Guru - John Lott has a high profile—and a target on his back
  • Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Does Not Apply To Kids With Guns
  • The Access To Firearms Debate
  • Gun Nuts
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• Immigration
  • Governor Bush believes that immigration is not a problem to be solved, but the sign of a successful nation.  As Governor of a border state, he knows first-hand the benefits legal immigrants bring to America. While he is strongly opposed to illegal immigration, he believes more should be done to welcome legal immigrants. Therefore, he will establish a 6-month standard for processing immigration applications, encourage family reunification, and split the INS into two agencies: one focused on enforcement, and one focused on naturalization and immigration services.
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  • Rethinking immigration - As president pledges to redesign troubled INS, Congress weighs guest-worker proposals
  • New immigration law fosters hope and confusion
  • New immigration law fosters hope and confusion
  • A President that will finally address immigration
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• Homeownership
  • Governor Bush believes homeownership is at the heart of the American Dream. However, the homeownership rate among low-income families and minorities lags behind the national average. Therefore, to increase opportunities for homeownership, Governor Bush will permit government-subsidized renters to aggregate up to a year’s worth of rental vouchers to fund the down payment on a home.  He will also establish a $1 billion “American Dream Down Payment Fund” to provide matching grants to lenders to help an additional 650,000 low-income families finance the purchase of a first home.  Finally, Governor Bush will provide $1.7 billion in investor-based tax credits to encourage the rehabilitation or construction of new, affordable homes in distressed communities.
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• Child Welfare/Family Policy
  • Governor Bush believes that our children are our greatest treasures and embody hope for the future.  Everything must be to done to ensure that every child grows up in a safe, stable and loving family… and that our child welfare system actually advances this goal.  He also believes that we can do more to promote responsible fatherhood.
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• Crime
  • Governor Bush believes that the best way to protect the innocent is to fully enforce the law and to ensure swift and sure punishment for criminals.  During his term in office as Governor of Texas, he has made combating juvenile crime a top priority.  As a result of his tough policies, violent crime in Texas is down 20 percent and violent juvenile crime is down 44 percent.  Governor Bush also advocated and signed legislation providing comprehensive juvenile justice reform, tougher sex offender laws, longer sentences for violent repeat offenders, and zero tolerance for drunk driving.
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• Armies Of Compassion
  • Governor Bush envisions a different role for government – a role based on the belief that government should turn first to faith-based organizations, charities, and community groups to help people in need. Resources should be devolved, not just to the states, but to the charities and neighborhood healers who need them most, and should be available on a competitive basis to all organizations – including religious groups – that produce results.  As President, Governor George W. Bush will commit himself and the nation to mobilizing the armies of compassion – charities and churches, communities and corporations, ministers and mentors – to save and change lives, as he has done in Texas. This is the next bold step of welfare reform.
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  • Fixing the Faith-Based Formula - The Constitution does not demand government “neutrality” toward religion.
  • Bush adviser: Faith-based plan bigger than religion
  • Faith-Based Skepticism - Evangelicals to Bush: Lead us not into temptation.
  • Ya Gotta Believe
  • A Challenge From Caesar To The Churches
  • DiIulio's Faith-Based Challenge
  • Faith-based plan shows cultural split
  • Faith-Based Skepticism - Evangelicals to Bush: Lead us not into temptation.
  • Bushies' Faith-Based Brawl - Holy War
  • Faith-Based Legislation Moves Ahead With Bipartisan Support
  • Bills boosting religion, charities move through Congress
  • You’ve Gotta Have Faith - Reinventing government under President W
  • Not the race card again, please
  • Black Religious Leaders Hear Bush's Call - President Bush promised black ministers Monday not to water down his proposal to fund church-based social service programs, which an administration official called a "life-and-death" issue for some urban neighborhoods
  • Most State Welfare Programs Pass on Charitable Choice
  • Few states giving welfare money to religious groups
  • Debate of Faith Based Help for Poor Continues
  • A GI Bill Of Faith
  • Stop the Grandstanding - There's no alternative to faith-based charities.
  • Faith in Nonprofits
  • What's Wrong With The Faith-Based Initiative And how to fix it
  • Creating Monsters
  • I'm sure our faith based organizations are fine, but I don't trust theirs
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• Civil Justice Reform
  • Governor Bush believes that the litigation explosion clogging America’s courts imposes significant and unnecessary costs on U.S. high-tech companies, small businesses, and consumers.  Governor Bush believes that it is possible to deter and punish bad-faith frivolous litigation without compromising access to the courts for legitimate lawsuits.  Although the Clinton-Gore Administration and the trial lawyers’ lobby have consistently opposed reform efforts in Congress, as President, Governor Bush will fight to pass federal civil justice reform, just as he fought for and achieved civil justice reform in Texas.
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• Campaign Finance Reform
  • Governor Bush has proposed comprehensive campaign finance reform, beginning with full disclosure, and has been the only candidate to post all contributions on the Internet when received.  To ensure that individuals control the political process, he has proposed banning corporations and unions from giving so-called “soft” money to political parties.  He also supports “paycheck protection” to prevent unions from spending members’ dues on politics without their permission.  At the same time, Governor Bush will preserve the First Amendment right of individuals and groups – from the Sierra Club to the Christian Coalition – to express their views on issues.
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  • Legislation Filed
    • Click here to see S.27 - A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform (introduced 1/22/2001 by Sen John McCain).
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  • A New Federal Program To Those No Longer Receiving Soft Money
  • Tom Delay
  • Miss Semi Liberty
  • Get Off Your Soapbox Or I'll Have You Arrested
  • We Accept ... no soft money
  • What McCain Hath Wrought... And why Bush will go along.
  • The End of the Party - One consequence of campaign finance reform is clear: The parties lose.
  • 'Mutually Assured Destruction' - McCain-Feingold will mean the end of political parties
  • Senate Roll Call on Campaign Finance Reform
  • Unintended Consequences: McCain-Feingold = Conservative Republican Victories
  • The Price of Campaign Reform: More Pestering
    With a 'soft-money' ban, voters could expect an increase in fund-raising junk mail and phone calls.
  • Do Donations Alter Votes? - What the evidence shows.
  • McCain-Feingold foe vows court battle if reform measure becomes law
  • So they've decided we meant for free speech to apply to pornography and rap music but not political speech?
  • In Defense of Soft Money
  • Campaign Finance Measure Faces Powerful Opponent in the House
  • What A Post-Campaign-Finance-Reform World Will Be Like
  • We've agreed to make TV stations sell us time at lower rates
  • One of these expressions of free speech apparently isn't protected by the 1st amendment
  • March Madness Continues
  • So you're saying this is the only way money can stifle free speech?
  • It's an unfair system and I love it.
  • How will the merely rich run against the fabulously wealthy
  • Fund-raising bill seen giving GOP edge
  • Bush keeps his poker face as he bluffs like a pro
  • Free Speech Costs Money - On campaign finance, let's get down to cases.
  • Campaign Fairy Tale - This kind of reform doesn't deserve respect
  • Senate agrees to higher 'hard money' contribution limits
  • Oh, Jeez. It's All Soft Money
  • Free Speech. More Free Speech.
  • Down in the Polls - Why so much talk about campaign-finance reform?
  • Senate OKs 'real setback' to McCain-Feingold bill
  • A Self-Serving Senate - McCain-Feingold is an incumbent-protection racket.
  • Survival Above All - McCain-Feingold prompts funny business in the Senate
  • Look at our use of your dues as a good solider, Don't Ask, Don't Tell
  • Ah, Senator McCain and Your Snowball
  • If this bill succeeds, I'll really look forward to the next election day
  • Anatomy of Campaign Finance
  • Hard and Soft Money - Quid Pro Quo
  • Officer McCain and Feingold Move In On The Bad Guy
  • Congress flooded with money
  • Praying at the alter of soft money
  • Tilting at windmills
  • Clubbing baby seals
  • It's Soft Heads, Not Soft Money
  • Democrats Weakening on 'Reform'
  • Unintended Consequences - McCain-Feingold could hobble state political parties
  • Compromises keep Senate campaign finance bill moving
  • Some of the First Amendment Violations in the McCain-Feingold Bill (S. 27)
  • Reform Reform
  • The Campaign-Finance Struggle - Kill corporate welfare, not constitutionally protected speech.
  • Trillion-Dollar Loophole - Why the media love the McCain-Feingold bill.
  • An Impending Test for Reform
  • Bill Press: Paycheck protection is poison pill for reform
  • Campaign reformers try to hold off amendments
  • I hope we can put our own political careers aside
  • The Hard Negotiating Begins
  • The Pit Crew
  • Behold the trashy, loathsome, unprincipled hussy ... who got me my job
  • All we need is a system of full disclosure
  • Separating Politics and Free Speech
  • Shreading the First Amendment
  • Freedom Go Boom
  • Rufform! Rufform!
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• Abstinence Education
  • Issue Statement Recent News Items
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• Affirmative Action
  • Issue Statement Recent News Items
  • Abstinence may be illegal - at least for public schools
    This will give you advance notice of one of the next liberal crusades - that abstinence-only-until-marriage sex programs are unconstitutional because they can be justified only on religious grounds
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• Life Issues
  • Issue Statement Recent News Items
  • How Barbaric
  • Havens for Abandoned Babies
  • Our eugenic society
  • Medicaid Won't Pay for 'Morning-After' Pill, Washington Tells States
  • The potential horrors of human cloning
  • The Politics of Stem Cells - The good news you never hear.
  • Bush voices intense opposition to human cloning
  • Prof. Tells Pols Of Secret Island For Human Cloning
  • Congressional Hearings on Human Cloning
  • Antiabortion Web Site Handed a Win
    Court Says Threatening Content on Doctors Is Protected Free Speech
  • Protecting newborns with compassion
  • Bush Dedicates Papal Museum With Anti-Abortion Message
  • Remarks by the President at Dedication of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
  • Clinton Rule Attempted to Alter Definitions of 'Fetus' and 'Child'
  • Democrats to try to overturn Bush abortion order
  • Look away, look away: the rage for RU-486
  • A Law for Serial Killers - Two victims, one crime.
  • Click here to see HR.503 - Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001
  • House GOP Pushes New Abortion Limits
  • House Committee Weighs Bill To Make Harming Fetus a Crime
  • Harvard sees Crimson over pro-life activism
  • Is It A Keeper, Doc
  • The Right-Wing Map to Outlawing Abortion Limit Access, Stack the Court
  • Parkinson's Research Is Set Back by Failure of Fetal Cell Implants
  • Nobel Laureates Letter To President Bush Contains Misinformation and Omissions
  • Raise Your Hand If You Think There Are Better Alternatives
  • Susan B. Anthony List
  • Rolling Back Roe
  • What's Wrong With the Science Establishment?
  • Boxer fights Bush 'gag order' Lawmakers want taxpayer funding restored for overseas abortion services
  • Abortion scorecard: Clinton 5, Bush 1
  • Conservatives Hopeful, But Prepare for Hard Work on Abortion
  • Move to Abort Bush Abortion Rule
  • RU-486 Has Resulted In the Loss of No Lives
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• Long Term Care
  • Governor Bush understands that as Baby Boomers and their parents age, long-term care needs will become particularly acute.  By 2030, when the last of the Baby Boom generation reaches retirement, the number of individuals aged 65 or older is estimated to double from 35 million to nearly 70 million.  Therefore, to ensure that long-term care is available and affordable, as President, Governor Bush will make the cost of long-term care insurance 100 percent tax deductible.  In addition, to ease the burden of home care, he will provide an additional personal tax exemption, valued at $2,750, for each spouse, parent or relative that a caregiver tends to in their home.
  • Expanded Issue Statement Recent News Items
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• Health Care Safety Net
  • Many uninsured and medically underserved people live in inner-city neighborhoods and rural communities – areas with few or no physicians or other health services.  In these areas, Community Health Centers are a critical component of the health care safety net, serving 11 million people – 4.4 million of whom are uninsured.  To strengthen the health care safety net for those most in need, as President, Governor Bush will provide $3.6 billion to build 1,200 additional Community Health Centers.  He will also strengthen and reform the National Health Service Corps to ensure that physicians are directed to the areas most in need.  Finally, Governor Bush will establish the “Healthy Communities Innovation Fund” to provide $500 million in grants over five years to fund innovative projects addressing targeted health risks, such as childhood diabetes.
  • Expanded Issue Statement Recent News Items
  • Kennedy, McCain team up for HMO reform
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• Energy
  • “America must have an energy policy that plans for the future, but meets the needs of today.  I believe that we can develop our natural resources and protect our environment.  We are paying a steep price for seven and a half years without an energy policy.”  – Governor George W. Bush
  • Expanded Issue Statement Recent News Items
  • You're getting soaked. Quick, grab onto this.
  • Mortgage Payment < Electric Bill
  • Senators Consider Arctic Oil Drilling Up Close
  • Energy secretary backs domestic drilling, warns of energy crunch
  • He must be robbing banks to pay the bill
  • Big Shock
  • Power woes put nuclear in new light - Utilities consider expanding its use
  • More Nukes, Please - They're the safest, cleanest, cheapest way to generate electricity
  • Environmentalists and Unions Break Ranks Over ANWR Drilling
  • 46% electricity rate increase. How will we deal with that?
  • Wanting his cake and eating it too
  • Introducing my own final four
  • Grey's Presidential Bid
  • Energy politics
  • Davis with Candle
  • The real source of energy
  • Power Economics - Don’t blame the free market
  • And To Think The Answer To California's Power Crisis Was Under Our Noses All The Time
  • Cheney's nuclear reactor - "Coal, natural gas or nuclear." Those are the three basic ways to power the electricity -- like it or not. "There's no magic wand"
  • Senate Democrats Target Auto Industry in Energy Package
  • Rising cost of purchasing electricity sparks alarm - New estimates renew calls for state to seize power plants
  • Energy secretary: U.S. will not beg OPEC for more oil
  • Energy chief sees potential Calif. blackouts
  • 'Conserving' electricity
  • Name some creatures that function well in the dark.
  • California calls for more energy
  • Oh, look. The first blackout of spring.
  • An old problem returns
  • Manifesto On The California Electricity Crisis
  • Democrats charge Bush using energy as excuse to damage environment
  • Energy Overcharge of $5.5 Billion Is Alleged
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• After-School Enrichment
  • “Everyone agrees there is a problem in these empty, unsupervised hours after school. But those hours should not only be filled with sports and play, they should include lessons in responsibility and character. The federal government already funds after-school programs. But charities and faith-based organizations are prevented from participating. In my administration they will be invited to participate. We will empower parents with more choices in after-school programs.”    – Governor George W. Bush
  • Expanded Issue Statement
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• Changing The Tone
  Recent News Items
  • Bush defies homebody image with heavy travel
  • Bush’s Smile
  • Bush vow on values a hit with black Republicans
  • Spokesman says Bush won't conduct formal news conferences
  • Bush and the revival of the punctual presidency
  • Bush leaves Gridiron Club laughing
  • At the two-month marker, an appraisal of the President
  • So Far, So Good - A look at President Bush's first nine weeks
  • George Bush: Just a Methodist
  • Bush Is Making His Mark by Not Grabbing Headlines
    He zeros in on a few key initiatives, giving Congress leeway to resolve other issues.
  • Republicans should be cautious of 'compassionate conservatism'
  • Bush hails first lady's skills, rallies women
  • Labor leader cites 'battle' with White House
  • What Really Is Bi-Partisanship?
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• Election Reform
  • No specific issue statement was made during the election, because the problems did not arise until after the election, with the Florida Election Mess Recent News Items
  • Review Shows Ballots Say Bush
  • Citizen Voter Act Aims to Curb Flood of Illegal Voters
  • Report: $12M in campaign discrepancies in '98
  • Carter: U.S. voting systems unacceptable
  • Independent Review Backs Bush's Florida Victory
  • Harris releases chad-free election proposal
  • Conflicting studies hamper search for better voting machines
  • Broadcasters: Rising Campaign Costs Aren't Our Fault
  • Justice Department questions Hispanics on Florida voting allegations
  • Democrats offer broad U.S. voting reform measure
  • Ballot mistakes riddled city voting - As many as 36% of punch cards spoiled in parts of Chicago's 29th Ward
  • Senate holding hearings on improving election system
  • Democrats want to update voting rights act
  • Poll Probes Voters Reasons for Not Voting
  • 2 Florida Counties Show Election Day's Inequities
  • The Voter Fraud Iceberg - Punch cards are the least of the problems.
  • Bilingual Ed Exposed - The barrio is bursting.
  • Educating Florida - Farewell, punch-card ballot.
  • Official: Florida disenfranchised minority voters (although the Commission has not completed its investigation)
  • Senate panel targets election reform
  • Senators hear election system called antiquated
  • Ashcroft Announces Voting-Rights Initiative
  • Scandals Mar St. Louis Vote
  • Blind to Voter Fraud - You can't buy a beer without ID. Why should you be allowed to cast a ballot?
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• Miscellaneous
  • Look Ma! I Got A Pre Approved Credit Card
  • The Emergency Chute. It Isn't Opening.
  • CNN - Got Truth?
  • Those Darn Dems
  • American Bar Association
  • Minority status at Michigan Law School
  • That man is looking at perverted pictures on the internet
  • Funding for National Trust For Historic Preservation
  • Economic Slowdown - Of course all of this would not have happened
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