Midwest Today, November 1996
A LOOK AT THE
CLINTON RECORD
President Clinton expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit to cut
taxes on 15 million low-income families and made tax cuts available
to 90% of small businesses, while raising taxes on just 1.2% of
the wealthiest taxpayers. He signed the Family and Medical Leave
Act, covering over 42 million Americans, and collected billions
in child support enforcement efforts.
He signed the Violence Against Women Act, the Safe and Drug-Free
Schools Act, Goals 2000 (which sets a national standard of excellence
for our public schools) and the Direct Student Loan program --
the latter of which saves taxpayers at least $4.3 billion over
five years. He increased critical Head Start funding by almost
$760 million
Clinton signed into law the largest deficit reduction plan in
history, resulting in over $600 billion in savings. He's cut the
Federal work force by over 200,000 -- on the way to the lowest
level in 30 years. He's abolishing 16,000 pages of obsolete regulations
and is rewriting 31,000 more pages. ($58 billion in savings are
already in the bank and $46 billion in savings are still to come.)
Over 180 new recommendations will save $70 billion. The White
House eliminated 284 federal advisory committees.
The President issued an executive order requiring polluters to
disclose information to the public while cutting red tape and
better protecting public health. He issued a new standard to cut
pollution from chemical plants 90% by 1997.
President Clinton signed a comprehensive Child Immunization Plan
and increased Ryan White Care Act funding for outpatient AIDS
care over 100%.
Clinton won passage of the Brady Bill, which helps keep handguns
away from criminals, and bans deadly assault weapons while protecting
hunters' rights. His crime bill will put 100,000 new police officers
on the street and expands the number of offenses eligible for
the death penalty along with the three-strikes-and-you're-out
provision.
Clinton signed the National Voter Registration Act, eliminated
the tax deduction for lobbying expenses, signed the first overhaul
of lobbying rules in 50 years and fought for passage of and signed
into law the Congressional Accountability Act. He also fought
for passage of the line-item veto and campaign finance.
The administration helped Israel and Jordan achieve an historic
peace treaty and Israel and the Palestinians fulfill their historic
accord; contributed to a historic cease-fire in Northern Ireland
and cracked down on the flow of refugees to Florida.
Clinton undertook, with NATO allies and the United Nations, military
and diplomatic actions to alleviate the suffering and lead the
effort to broker a comprehensive peace agreement in Bosnia.
He assured Russian nuclear missiles are no longer pointed at our
cities, got North Korea to agree to end its nuclear weapons program
and led the international effort to secure the indefinite and
unconditional extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The Clinton administration assisted South Africa's transition
to democracy and brought the nations of Europe closer. Clinton
has waged a tough counter-terrorism campaign and maintained strong
sanctions against states that sponsor terrorism. He sent U.S.
planes, ships and troops to turn back a new Iraqi threat to the
Persian Gulf. He also signed both NAFTA and GATT trade agreements.
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