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[Policy Review - Fall 1995]
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- On Longer Lock-ups Eggers and O'Leary On Community Cops Were the Founders Racist? Dinesh D'Souza Faith, Hope, and Subsidy Will Welfare Reform Corrupt Religious Charities? 3*
- MARCH Early Balanced budget: defeated War on kids School lunches Rescissions Clinton - welfare reform Deadbeat parents State waivers Middle Tax cut: Ways and Means Rescission Bill: House War on kids Robbing kids for wealthy 1 Late Welfare Bill: House
Welfare Signing - 8/22/96
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- PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON WELFARE REFORM BILL SIGNING V¥Il/L,r/\I% THE WHITE HOUSE HE WHITE HOUSE AUGUST 22, 1996 S^AUG^l „ , . on PH - ^ Thank you Lillie. We met 10 years ago when Lillie came to a meeting of the nation's governors. She said something
- years ahead. This is an historic opportunity that no one in business can afford to miss. POSSIBLE QUESTIONS. Feel free to refer specific questions on the REA to Secretary Reich. You may get questions on other issues, such as: • Welfare Reform. Same basic
- . Congress and the NGA have included all of the Administration's provisions for child support enforcement in their welfare reform bills. 0 7 / 1 9 y 9 6 11113 © 2 0 2 690 5673 HHS-PUBLIC AFFAI EFFECTIVE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES
- with inspired political leadership. It took courage and backbreakmg work to find the right formula for you and a Republican Congress to pass the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. Then, it took vision for you to challenge the business community to do its part. The country
- the economic progress we have worked so hard t o achieve. 5. Do you intend to change your welfare reform proposal, given the e l e c t i o n o f a more conservative Congress? A. Our welfare reform proposal addresses the goals I t h i n k most Americans
- . And across America, crime has come down. In Oregon, violent crime was down 4 percent last year, and murders were down 8 percent ~ the biggest drop in 3 decades. We are reforming welfare. Even before I signed the welfare reform bill, we worked with 41 states
- their children; Encourages a i m m u n i t j - revitulization; and Places inciea9«d cmphaais on educational opportunities rrMponaibjlity, and family stability W A C U A N O T WELF>\Kii Governor Cornahan's welfare reform initiative (House Bill 1547, 1994) r ^ u
- . As we prepare for all these challenges, we must finish the unfinished business before all of us here: balancing our budget, finishing the job of welfare reform, restoring our democracy. Over the last four years, we have cut the deficit so
- : balancing our budget, finishing welfare reform, restoring our democracy. Over the last four years, we have made our economy grow, by investing in our people, expanding exports and cutting our deficit so it is now the smallest in the industrialized world. Now
- demand with their Contract. In the l a s t two years, I have already given 25 states, one-half of the country, the opportunity to do j u s t that on t h e i r own. And I introduced the most sweeping welfare reform the country had ever seen. I want to work
- for welfare reform. Therefore, we provide a blueprint that would dedicate about 57 percent of the $265 billion in savings to reducing the deficit. Another 24 percent of the savings are redirected to specific new forms of public investment, and the remaining 19
- of unfinished business for us here: We must make the permanent underclass a thing of the past, and finish the job of welfare reform. We must build on last year's landmark welfare reform legislation, taking seriously Qur responsibility to make sure all people who
- Middle C l a s s B i l l of Rights Native Americans Regulatory Reform Reinventing Government School Prayer Senior C i t i z e n s Teen Pregnancy Welfare Reform Women's I s s u e s P o i n t s and Jennifer Klein B i l l Galston Patsy Fleming [NEC] Gaynor
- women i n t h e wake o f t h e welfare reform b i l l . I t i s more i m p o r t a n t than ever t h a t t h e P r e s i d e n t speak t o women and t h e s t r u g g l e s o f t h e i r d a i l y l i v e s . Minimum wage i s p a r t i c u l a r l y i m
- for the rescission package if the amendment was included. The leadership pulled the amendment, but outraged anti-abortion Representatives have vowed ro bring it up again. Welfare reform became another prime target for anti-choice initiatives. While the "gag rule
- His support for a balanced budget and lower spending 7 His support for tax cuts for college 8 His support for welfare reform 9 (Like him personally) 2 (Doing a good job in general) 13 (Don't know/refused) 2 (ref.VOTEPROl) (Base size =435) Q.25
- : balancing our budget, renewing our democracy, and finishing the job of welfare reform. Over the last four years, we have made our economy grow, by investing-m-onri expanding exports, cutting our deficit and creating 11 million new jobkNow we musl^keep oi
Radio Address Log
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- /Drunk Driving 12.10 P: Welfare Reform S: GATT Signing 12.17 (Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA) P: Middle-Class Bill of Rights - Includes Remarks by Secretary Riley 12.24 (Map Room) P: Reduction of Foreign Threats T: Death of Chief
POTUS on Science [1]
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- ; and finishing the job of welfare reform, breaking the cycle of dependency, moving millions of more people from welfare to work. Taken together, these issues really are at the core of our national mission to prepare America for the 21st century. f if | jf
- before us: balancing our budget, finishing welfare reform, restoring our democracy. Over the last four years, we have made our economy grow, by investing in our people, expanding exports and cutting our deficit so it is now the smallest
- on welfare to live at home, stay in school, and sign personal responsibility contracts . . . we are working with you and the states to approve welfare reform experiments that are fair to children and tough on work. Today, 1.3 million fewer people
Train Trip Kickoff 8/25/96
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- because a family member is sick. The welfare reform bill passed by a majority of Democrats and Republicans in Congress will finally make welfare what it was meant to be ~ a second chance, not a way of life. And, after overcomingfierceopposition in Congress
Polls
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- benefits and I am pressuring Congress to enact broad welfare reforms which do not punish children and which provide adequate day care. In my second term, I will concentrate on making sure that people do move from work to welfare and that jobs are available
- it tells us about performance at all levels. REA offers some important provisions in this matter, including requirements to replace poor performers through a competitive process. The Welfare Reform bill also proposes a new system of performance standards
President at Mid-Term
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- : family assistance plan/welfare reform, health care reform, revenue sharing. Again, as with Truman, the agenda was put out for show and for contrast, not for anticipated results. The 1971 State of the Union address focused on a surprise government
Sunrise, FL 9/5/96
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- President roll-out a new Air Safety Report. TUESDAY - The President travels to Kansas City to address the Southern Governors Association about welfare reform, in a state that is a model for his national efforts to move people from welfare to work. He
Pillar File
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- , the economy, kids, and keeping the world at peace. Prosperity, posterity, peace. In the short term, that would mean concentrating your energies on things like fast-track authority, the child care initiative, making welfare reform a success, beginning
- : balanced budget, welfare reform, campaign finance reform. (5-10 minutes) EL Stronger education (10 minutes) UL Stronger families and communities (families, environment, underclass, service, crime) (510 minutes) IV. Stronger preparation for the Information
GOP: Sperling Summary
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- Justice Grants for Prosecutors, and Family Unity Demonstration Project 3. THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: (welfare reform) This was one of the only aspects of the Contract where they listed a specific savings. They claim that the net impact
Elections [Memos]
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- : family assistance plan/welfare reform, health care reform, revenue sharing. Again, as with Truman, the agenda was put out for show and for definitional purposes, as much as to enac On race, the adminsitration xxxxx, including the dismissal of Hew
- AND REFOCUSED THE PARTY AGENDA FOR DEMOCRATS ON THE IN A NEW, ULTIMATELY EVE OF THEIR RETURN TO POWER. TODAY. FROM NA- CESSFUL, DIRECTION. TIONAL SERVICE TO WELFARE REFORM. FROM THE LATER I N N E W O R L E A N S , EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT TO THE POLICE
- programs, Including the Employment Service, should berequiredto participate in the one-stop career system on a mandatory basis along with JOBS (welfare reform). It is essential to Include at least the DOL programs to ensure an appropriate lev*! of program
- ." She became pregnant at 16, and dropped out of high school. As part of Pennsylvania's welfare reform effort, Rosa was referred to the "Rapid Attachment Program" operated by Jewish Employment and Vocational Services (JEVS), a local affiliate
- n a l l y say that, on t h i s issue, a l o t of you have expressed support to me personally for the welfare reform efforts, whether that can pass t h i s year or not depends upon how much f i r e i t catches in Congress and how much controversy we
- million people. The President signed the landmark welfare reform law to require work, impose time limits, and dramatically expand child care spending. Nearly 7 0 % Increase in Child Support Collections - signed into law the toughest child support crackdown
- the needs of our future economy. And I have learned some very specific things today that we're going to go back and try to make sure we've got in that bill as well as in the welfare reform bill. Three years from now, I never want to hear another Cynthia
- Clinton included Individual Development Accounts in his 1994 Welfare Reform proposal. The 1996 Welfare Reform law allowed States to use welfare reform block grants to establish IDAs. The Human Services bill, for the first time, directly authorizes Federal
- the next 2 weeks, I will call upon Congress to take action on more than 35 pieces of proposed legislation on which action was not completed last year. The most important is welfare reform. The present welfare system has become a monstrous, consuming outrage
- in Congress helped by passing welfare reform three times, and the right direction, the highest Election Day figure since the Bill Clintonfinallysigned it 14 weeks before the 1996 election: question was first asked, in 1973. What accounts for this vast The feds
Regulatory Reform [3]
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- . . . was denionstrated in the meetings that have occurred this moming. The final piece of this national urban strategy statement is to focus on community standards and traditional values, individual values, welfare reform, the benefits in return for work ih-national
- stating that a separate message on foreign affairs would be sent to Congress at a later date. Nixon's speech centered on "six great goals" to restructure government and turn power "back to the people." These six goals were: welfare reform, the economy
- unemployment system into a reemployment system - to create a new system of education and training that gives people real skills and the ability to learn new ones. That is why many Latin American governments are also placing education and welfare reform
- hand, headlines tell us that the Clinton Administration is beavering away at putting people to work: jobs programs, job-training programs, welfare-reform programs that require recipients to take a job. And, indeed, the Administration brags
- in planning and design, and coordination through its participation on the WIB. We are willing to modify Section 163 (c)(3) to be consistent with the welfare reform language recently negotiated with the labor unions. Title II. Section 202. Eligibility
Regulatory Reform [1]
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- determination, unemployment & welfare reform. a W.J. Wilson (tel.) 312-702-8677 Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago; expert in urban poverty, race and ethnic relations, social stratification and the philosophy of social sciences. u 1 1 w Alicia
- . We still have a lot more to do, all of us, to make welfare reform a success ~ providing child care, helping families move closer to available jobs, challenging more companies to join our welfare-to-work partnership, increasing child support
- , welfare reform, balancing the budget, investing in education and so on. JAM.11.1999 5:42PM NO.544 P.' Thus, you can remind us what we so easily forget: Just how much better off we are in 1999 than we were at the beginning of this decade
GOP: Gingrich Event
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- not guarantee high-tech demagoguery as you can find. dude a balanced-budget amendment, a all 10 of these measures will pass," but If they think their program is right, variety of tax cuts, welfare reform, tort they can prove it by running on it. it does promise
- an opportunistic window to secure passage of key elements of the bill, including the possibility of linking portions to GATT and the potential of a schedule opening due to complications with either health care or welfare reform. Further, political reality includes
- government and turn power "back to the people." These six goals were: welfare reform, the economy, the environment, health care, revenue sharing and federal government reorganization. Five of the six "great goals" required Congressional action and did
- of the Union, and I have some thoughts about how you can strengthen it thematically. On the ideafront,I think your education section is particularly strong. I liked a lot of the specifics on crime, community, family, completing welfare reform, trade, etc
- working t h e i r way through college by revolutionizing America at the grass roots l e v e l . We reorganized the student loan program. We are revolutionizing the unemployment system. We're going to pass important welfare reform. But i t ' s v e r y
- [touch b r i e f l y on the following points]. i . Health care i i . Unemployment to reemployment i i i . Welfare reform C. The high performance workplace: i . Definition of productivity that invests in workers, rather than discarding them. i i . Workers
- , if Congress doesn't act by August, President will] Genetic discrimination legislation Mental health/drug treatment parity (Mrs. Gore) Work & home * Child care "At-home moms" tax credit FMLA expansion Welfare reform Welfare-to-work reauthorization Salute
[State of the Union 1999] MW [Michael Waldman] /SW [Steve Waldman] Memoranda: Outside Language [2]
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- to come, all Americans will benefit from the changes you have championed — a balanced budget, welfare reform, tax relief. In fact, this week families all over America are beginning to calculate their taxes and, to help them, they will find a child tax
- requirements, although some are failing to meet the law's separate twoparent requirement (these rates, for July - September 1997, are the first available under the new welfare reform law) ; (2) new caseload data showing continuing declines; and (3) new data
- authority aggressively and pushed successfully to include strong , deadbeat-parent enforcement terms in the new welfare-reform legislation, including creation of both federal and state data banks. CITIES Set up a network of community development banks
- of '94 was likely the single most important reason behind the Republican Party's seizure of Congress November 8. Undoubtedly, the inability of the Democrats to get such key measures as health reform, welfare reform, campaign and lobbying reforms enacted
Teen Pregnancy - 6/12/96
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- , we know that our welfare system can send the wrong signals, and that is especially true for teen mothers. That is why we have worked with 39 states to put in place 62 welfare reform experiments, to require wotk, impose time limits, and make
- CUTS WHY IS IT THAT DOLE/KEMP HAVE THE 15 PERCT. CUT ACROSS BOARD WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT TAKING 40 PERCENT OF MY SALARY WILL WE GET A TAX BREAK IF YOU ARE RE- ELECTED? WILL YOU REALLY CUT THE TAXES ABOUT HANG UP ON WELFARE REFORM HOMELESS HOW COME
Revolving Door: Osborne
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- that depicted Republicans as innovative activists in education reform, economic development, welfare reform, even environmental protection. They also raised a significant war chest for Republican challengers. Many of those challengers used the innovation theme
- . Table 3 Savings Claimed by House Republican Leadership ,l, ($ in billions) Mandatory Spending Student Loan Cuts Health Cuts -9.56 -53.16 (Medicare, Medicaid, Retirees) Welfare Reform Total, Mandatory Spending Cuts Discretionary Spending Crime
- the President in this endeavor, or are interested in any of the DLC's other fall initiatives (reinventing government, welfare reform), you may contact Jay Sumner, Field Coordinator with the national DLC at (202) 546-0007; call your local state chapter leader
[Reemployment Act] Clips
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- THE ECONOMICS STORIES IN THE NEWSPAPERS these days can be baffling. On one hand, headlines tell us that the Clinton Administration is beavering away at putting people to work: jobs programs, job-training programs, welfare-reform programs that require recipients
- , it probably will be. Klink: Q. How will the REA and the merging of programs help us with welfare reform? A Oswald: Tins is only one piece, however, it provides one essential element that has been missing income support for long term training. A. Mohr: I f we
- to ensure the success of welfare reform. HUD has become the investment banker of choice for economic development in many communities. HUD's Community Empowerment Fund ($125M) will combine grants and loan guarantees to create 100,000 needed jobs in distressed
- . The welfare reform law I signed gives millions of Americans a chance to have that kind of new beginning. I want to build a bridge to the 21 st century where we have strong families and we help our parents raise their children and protect them. That is why we
- assistance - earlier identification of those a t r i s k - improve s c h o o l - t o - w o r k transition - education reform - welfare reform CANADA From 1970-93: - r i s i n g trend & structural unemployment - j o b g r o w t h averaged 2.3 p e r c e n t p
Strategic Scheduling: Carter
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- of the Senate make you hesitate to introduce such. legislation as urban aid and welfare reform? T H E PRESIDENT. I hope I can remember those four questions. Well, in the first place, I think fhe Democrats did fairly well on a nationwide basis. We lost some very
- in the Department of Labor — will do the job. Although strongly supported by congressional Democrats, the measure has uncertain prospeas this year, given the number of other major bills — such as health care, crime and welfare reform — lawmakers are set to consider
- are stuck grow up on welfare because parents refuse t o pay c h i l d support. Our welfare reform plan w i l l include the toughest c h i l d support measures any White House has introduced. We'll give states the t o o l s t o c o l l e c t c h i l d support
Impeachment
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- Republicans pass welfare reform? AUDIENCE: Yes! SPEAKER GINGRICH: Did House Republicans pass the first balanced budget in 30 years? AUDIENCE: Yes! SPEAKER GINGRICH: Did House Republicans pass the first tax cut in 17 years? AUDIENCE: Yes! SPEAKER GINGRICH: Did
- police, and the Brady Bill have helped to bring about lower crime rates for four years in a row. Our welfare reform initiatives have helped reduce the welfare rolls by 1.3 million, and we have increased child support collection by 40%. In my second term
- of welfare reform would make mandatory the inclusion of JOBS in one-stop centers in any State that adopts the one-stop REA approach. VI. NEW POLICY OPTIONS o Just reducing the number of programs and complexities would make program delivery more efficient
- Welfare Reform 1. ESL, drug testing/treatment for long-termers 2. Something on child support ($ for prosecutors; deadbeat work program) 3. Fatherhood work proposal 4. Values-based grants i. Education 1. School construction 2. 100,000 teachers / teacher
- transformed by your presence. For years to come, all Americans will benefit from the changes you have championed — a balanced budget, welfare reform, tax relief. In fact, this week families all over America are beginning to calculate their taxes and, to help
- into the next century still the greatest country in the world. That's why our administration has sought to strengthen families by rewarding parents who work. Tomorrow 1 will continue that effort when I present our blueprint for welfare reform in Kansas City
- . The Republican showed that 64 percent believe the country is going in Congress helped by passing welfare reform three times, and therightdirection, the highest Election Dayfiguresince the Bill Clintonfinallysigned it 14 weeks before the 1996 election: question
- . Welfare Reform, Child Support Enforcement, and Child Welfare Reauthorize Welfare-to-Work (DPC/NEC) • • Reauthorize the current investment ($ 1.5B). Authorize several set-asides: (1) Work-based English-language literacy projects; (2) Work-based substance
- welfare reform. He was a state l e g i s l a t o r . He never h i t a l i c k to move anybody from welfare to work because he wouldn't have anybody to kick around anymore. I t was a code word for race. Go talk to people on welfare. They hate i t
- , and coming from a poor family, Maurice has always been concerned about diversity and issues of poverty. Maurice was the chair of the Employment and Economic Development committee of San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown's Welfare Reform Task Force, and he
- . It took courage and backbreaking work to find the right formula for you and a Republican Congress to pass the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. Then, it took vision for you to challenge the business community to do its part. The country is quietly reaping
- said. Guffey said the new federal plan will Hi ment and nursing. Hood said. easily into what Iowa is already doing. As pan Reactionsfromstate officials lo the schoolto-work initiative have been positive, accord- of the welfare reform legislation last
[State of the Union 1999] MW [Michael Waldman] /SW [Steve Waldman] Memoranda: Outside Language [1]
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- , malting work pay, putting more cops on the street, welfare reform, balancing the budget, investing in education and so on. JON. 1 1 . 1 9 9 9 5:34Pn INu.54c; h'.b,-d Thus, you can remind us what we so easily forget: Just how much better off we
- at the local level. And Women's Health Office, the White House in the welfare reform bill, one of the best Women's Office that Betsy heads, the White things about it was we put up $4 billion more House Interagency Committee on Women s for child care., But let
- the content of the meeting Surveyor responded, 'We discussed a lot of policy issues such as the recent attack by the Republican Congress on the Indian Child Welfare Act, Welfare Reform, cuts to Native American programs and his positive support for funding
- welfare reform. We are w o r k i n g on l o b b y i n g and campaign forms which, i f t h e Congress w i l l pass them, and I b e l i e v e t h e y w i l l , w i l l h e l p us t o change t h e c u l t u r e o f Washington i n a v e r y p o s i t i v e way
- unrealistic now, other issues more important. Almost six of ten Americans (59 percent) believe it unrealistic to propose federal tax cuts right now (LA Times. Mar. 15-19). A middle class tax cut (19 percent) runs well behind welfare reform (41 percent), health
Environment/Earth Day
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- own. And I i n t r o d u c e d t h e most sweeping w e l f a r e r e f o r m t h e c o u n t r y had ever seen. I want t o work w i t h t h e Congress t o get r e a l welfare reform. I n 1992, I was e l e c t e d t o s l a s h t h e d e f i c i t
- on crime, community, family, completing welfare reform, trade, etc. And, I'm delighted that you're going to expand the national service program. (My draft didn't include the section on social security and medicare.) But in a State of the Union Address
- risen to the No. 3 Democrat in the chamber, armed with a new public persona and backed by a Democratic president, he stands to be a legislative force on both health care and welfare reform as the chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee
- business interests and win support from liberal groups. In the House, Andrews won a seat on the Ways and Means Committee, where he got credit for repeal of the oil windfall profit tax and for a $500 million cut in the 1987 welfare reform bill; he also
- Finance Bruce Reed Donsia Strong Bruce Reed Donsia Strong 6515 2330 6515 2330 216 224 216 224 Reinventing Government Bruce Reed Paul Weinstein 6515 7930 216 224 Regulatory Review Paul Weinstein 7930 224 Welfare Reform Bruce Reed Kathi Way
[Reemployment Act]
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- requirements in a welfare reform bill, and let the states use the money to tailor programs to the individual needs of the states. This is why we plan to introduce a comprehensive alternative to Clinton's proposal. If you wish to leam more about our proposal
- . The welfare-to-work system and the enhanced JOBS program apparently envisioned for welfare reform is likely to be established under yet another separate delivery system for employment and training. I would urge this Committee to exercise leadership
Science/Biology Clips [1]
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- determinism can free victims and their families of guilt—or lock them in their suffering. On the political level, biological determinism now colors all sorts of public-policy debates on issues such as gay rights, health care, juvenile justice, and welfare
- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD —HOUSE WELFARE REFORM 3. ROYBAL-ALLARD asked and given permission to address the ie for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.). Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, as we struggle to find a balance between human needs and the desire
