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From:         The Integral Differential <DEMON@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU>
Subject:      Promises, promises
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        Courtesy of Emil Chuck:

        I'll be marking these with a B or K for Broken or Kept.  Ones that
could go either way will be marked with a /.
--Brett'

THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY
PROMISES PROMISES: What Clinton told Voters
The Charlotte OBSERVER
Sun Jan 10 1993 <<< MY BIRTHDAY!!! >>>, p 10A

Now comes the hard part. During the Presidential campaign, Bill Clinton
made dozens of promises and offered scores of proposals. Starting
January 20 -- Inauguration Day -- he'll be expected to deliver. Here's
a list of Clinton's major promises and proposals:

Compiled by Charles Green, Observer Washington Bureau
This material was assembled from President-elect Bill Clinton's speeches,
positions taken in presidential debates and from his book, _Putting People
First_.

1. Abortion
        A. End the "gag" order that restricts abortion counseling in
federally funded clinics.
        B. Permit federal medical research using aborted fetal tissues.
        C. Nominate abortion-rights supporters to the Supreme Court.
        D. Work to enact a Freedom of Choice Act ensuring the legality
of abortions.
        E. Support testing of RU-486, the French birth control pill.
        F. Allow self-paid abortions to be performed in military medical
facilities overseas.
        G. Work to repeal the ban on federally funded abortions.
        H. Oppose federal attempts to limit abortions through parental
consent requirements and mandatory waiting periods.

2. Agriculture
        A. Expand agricultural research and development.
        B. Streamline Agricultural Department field offices.
        C. End taxpayer subsidies for honey producers.
        D. Consolidate USDA forms.
[?]     E. Appoint a Sect. of Agriculture respected by farmers.

3. AIDS
        A. Appoint an AIDS policy coordinator to oversee federal policies.
        B. Lift the ban on travel and immigration to the United Sates for
those with the AIDS virus.
        C. Increase funding for AIDS research, prevention, and treatment.
        D. Speed up the approval process for AIDS-related drugs.
        E. Promote a national AIDS education and prevention initiative to
inform children about the disease.
        F. Support efforts to make condoms available in schools.
        G. Provide health care coverage to all Americans with HIV as a
part of a national health care program.
        H. Oppose mandatory HIV testing in federal programs such as the
Peace Corps, Foreign Service, and Job Corps.
        I. Provide drug treatment on demand to stop the spread of HIV by
intravenous drug users.
        J. Increase funding to better understand the behaviors that put
people at risk for HIV.
        K. Improve access to experimental therapies.
        L. Provide voluntary, confidential or anonymous testing for AIDS
and HIV for every American who wants it.
        M. Provide counseling on AIDS and HIV for every American who wants
it.
        N. Establish formal dissemination of state-of-the-art information
about AIDS to health professionals and people with HIV.
        O. Raise the level of underrepresented populations in clinical and
community-based research.
        P. Prohibit health plans from providing lower coverage for AIDS
than for any other life-threatening illnesses.
        Q. Fully fund the Ryan White Care Act to provide $275M to cities for
AIDS treatment.

4. Arms Control
        A. Ratify the START treaty and subsequent agreement of June 1992.
        B. Try to achieve a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty through a phased
approach.
        C. Conclude a chemical weapons convention banning the production,
stockpiling, or use of chemical weapons.
        D. Support research on a limited missile defense system to protect
the United States.
        E. Improve the Atomic Energy Agency's capacity to inspect suspect
facilities through surprise inspections.
        F. Demand that other countries tighten their export laws regarding
nuclear weapons.

5. Arts
        A. End content restrictions on federally subsidized art projects.
        B. Continue federal funding for the arts.
        C. Help the arts become an integral part of education in every
community.

6. Budget deficit
[B]     A. Reduce the budget deficit by more than half in four years.
        B. Enact a line-item veto to allow Presidents the authority to
strike specific projects from spending bills.

7. Bureaucracy
        A. Cut 100,000 federal workers.
[B]     B. Cut White House and congressional staffs by 25%.
        C. Freeze spending on federal consultants.
        D. Create an Economic Security Council to coordinate international
economic policy.
        E. Require federal managers to achieve 3% administrative savings.
        F. Save $17.1B over four years through management reforms at the
Resolution Trust Corp., the S&L bailout agency.
[/]     G. Have a cabinet that "looks like America".

8. Children
        A. Establish a children's tax credit.
        B. Fully fund Head Start and other preschool programs.
        C. Provide more health care services for low-income women and
children.
        D. Fully fund the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program.
        E. Establish more rigorous standards for licensing child-care
facilities.
        F. Crack down on deadbeat parents by using the Internal Revenue
Service to collect child suport and start a national deadbeat data bank.
        G. Create a childcare network as complete as the public school network.

9. Cities
        A. Require a nationwide network of community development banks to
provide small loans to low-income entrepreneurs and homeowners in inner cities.
        B. Require companies with federal construction contracts in low-income
areas to set up a portion of their operations in the neighborhoods and employ
local residents.
        C. Create urban enterprise zones in inner cities that would give
businesses and regulatory breaks to firms locating there.
        D. Require financial institutions to invest in their communities.
        E. Allow cities to redirect 15% of their federal aid to meet
community needs.

10. Civil Rights and Diversity
[B]     A. End the ban on gays and lesbians in the military
        B. Support federal civil rights legislation for gays and lesbians
but exempt religious organizations.
        C. Lift damage caps for women, people with disabilities and religious
minorities in workplace discrimination cases.
        D. Crack down on violence against women in the workplace, college
campuses, and homes.
[K]     E. Increase the number of women and minorities in the top levels of
government.

11. Crime and drugs
        A. Put 100,000 new police officers on the streets through the national
service plan.
        B. Establish community "boot camps" to discipline first-time nonviolent
offenders.
        C. Enact the Brady bill requiring a five-day waiting period for
potential handgun purchases.
        D. Make schools eligible for federal assistance for metal detectors
and security personnel
        E. Encourage states to give school officials greater authority to
conduct locker and automobile searches.
        F. Make high-crime communities eligible for federal aid for proven
anti-crime measures.
        G. Ban assault rifles and limit access to multiple-round clips.
        H. Stiffen criminal penalties for white-collar crimes, including
environmental crimes.
        I. Require criminals to serve prison sentences in "real prisons," not
"high tech summer camps."

12. Defense
        A. Reduce Pentagon spending by $100B through 1997.
        B. Reduce US troop levels in Europe to between 75K and 100K troops.
        C. Reduce the number of Navy aircraft carriers from 12 to 10.
        D. Prohibit deployment of a massive space-based defense program
such as Brilliant Pebbles.

13. Defense conversion
        A. Offer early retirement and a prorated pension for military personnel
with 15-20 years experience.
        B. Expand the GI Bill to allow military personnel to take a one-year
educational leave of absence with pay before retirement.
        C. Create a national defense jobs inventory to match skills with
civilian jobs.
        D. Provide grants for professionals formerly engaged in defense work to
master civilian technologies.
        E. Increase investment in civilian high-tech research and development
with every dollar cut from defense R&D.
        F. Make special conversion loans and grants available to small-business
defense contractors.
        G. Create a civilian advanced technology agency.
        H. Permanently extend the R&D tax credit to stimulate private
investment.
        I. Encourage states that offer alternative certification programs for
military personnel who retire and take jobs in education, law enforcement,
health and other occupations.

14. Disabilities
        A. Expand long-term care choices for persons with disabilities.
        B. Provide children with disabilities an education alongside
classmates without disabilities.
        C. Increase special education, professional training and job training
for persons with disabilities.

15. District of Columbia: support statehood for DC

16. Education
        A. Give every American the opportunity to borrow money for
college.
        B. Replace the existing student loan program with a National
Service Trust Fund. Students could repay loans through community service
or a portion of their income.
        C. Give parents the right to choose the public school their
children attend.
        D. Create a national information network to link every home,
business, classroom, and library by the year 2015.
        E. Establish national standards and a national examination
system in core subjects.
        F. Give every adult a chance to get a high school diploma.
        G. Increase the high school graduation rate from 71% to 90% by
the year 2000.
        H. Increase Chapter One funding for schools with low-income
students.
        I. Encourage differential pay to attract and retain teachers
with needed specialties and teachers in inner-city and rural areas.
        J. Promote alternative certification for those who want to make
teaching a second career.

17. Election Reforms
        A. Sign a bill requiring states to register people to vote when
they apply for a driver's license.
        B. Place voluntary spending caps on House and Senate campaigns
and provide some public financing to candidates who abide by the caps.
        C. Cut maximum Political Action Committee contributions to a
candidate from $5K to $1K.
        D. Lower the cost of air time for candidates advertising on
radio and television.

18. Energy
        A. Work to increase corporate average fuel economy standards
from the current 27.5 mpg to 40 mpg by the year 2000 and 45 mpg by the
year 2015.
        B. Improve America's overall energy efficiency by 20% by the
year 2000.
        C. Oppose federal gas tax increases.
        D. Create a comprehensive federal agency energy conservation
program.
        E. Create a civilian advanced research agency to support
development of renewable technologies and fuel programs.
        F. Charge higher fees for nuclear waste disposal.
        G. Encourage carpooling and mass transit with federal aid.
        H. Strengthen federal programs to encourage energy-efficient
housing.
        I. Expand markets for natural gas in homes, businesses,
industry, electrical generation and transportation.
        J. Speed development and certification of new natural gas
pipelines.
        K. Oppose increased reliance on nuclear power.
        L. Convert the federal vehicle fleet to natural gas.

19. Environment
        A. Resolve the spotted owl controversy in the Pacific Northwest
by bringing environmentalists, loggers, and other interests together.
        B. Prohibit drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve.
        C. Reduce solid and toxic waste as well as air and water
pollution.
        D. Reduce American and worldwise use of fossil fuels and
airborne chemicals that destroy the ozone layer.
        E. Pass a new Clear Water Act with standards for runoff
pollution from farms and yards.
        F. Allow no net loss of wetlands acreage.
        G. Preserve ancient forests in the US.
        H. Acquire new federal park lands and recreation sites.
        I. Allow citizens to sue federal agencies that ignore
environmental laws.
        J. Mandate public reporting of toxic chemicals used and produced
by companies.
        K. Restore US funding for the United Nations' population
establishment efforts.

20. Ethics
        A. Require all top appointees to sign a pledge not to lobby
their government agencies for five years after leaving office.
        B. Bar senior administration officials from becoming lobbyists
for foreign governments.
        C. Require all special interest groups to register with the
Office of Government Ethics within 30 days of contacting a federal
official.
        D. Ban government trade negotiators from subsequently lobbying
for foreign corporations or governments.

21. Foreign Aid
        A. Provide more aid to Israel to help resettled Jews from the
former Soviet Union.
        B. Expand food aid overseas to assist emerging democracies and
developing nations.
        C. Save $2B in 1993 by reforming the foreign aid pipeline.

22. Foreign Policy
        A. Tighten the economic embargo of Haiti.
        B. Oppose the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
        C. Link the continuation of trade breaks for China with
political liberalization and human rights improvements.
        D. Establish a voluntary UN rapid deployment force to deter
aggression and provide humanitarian relief.
        E. Support Israel military advantage over Arab neighbors.
        F. Aid development of Israel's antimissile defense system.
        G. Insist on a full accounting of all POWs and MIAs before
normalizing relations with Vietnam.
        H. Start a Democracy Corps to send American volunteers to
countries that need their help.
        I. Establish a Radio Free Asia.

23. Health Care
        A. Require employers to provide health insurance for employees.
        B. Cap national spending to control health care costs.
        C. Guarantee a basic health benefits package that includes
ambulatory physician care, inpatient hospital care, prescription drugs,
and basic mental health services.
        D. Expand government spending on long-term care for the elderly
and disabled.
        E. Require businesses with more than 50 workers to provide up to
12 weeks of unpaid leave to employees to take care of a newborn or ill
relative.
        F. Prohibit insurance companies to spread risks among small
businesses in a community.
        G. Establish one claim form to be used by all insurance
companies.
        H. Work to provide everyone with "smart cards" coded with
personal information.
        I. Eliminate tax breaks for drug companies that raise their
prices faster than the income of Americans.

24. Housing
        A. Permanently extend the tax credit for developers who build
low-income housing.
        B. Strengthen the HOME program providing rental housing for
low-income Americans.
        C. Transfer 10% of government-controlled housing to community
groups to house the homeless.
        D. Increase the ceiling on Federal Housing Authority mortgage
insurance to 95% of the price of a home in an average metropolitan area.
        E. Support long-term housing buyout programs for low-income
residents.
        F. Use housing at closed military bases to house the homeless.
        G. Hold a Housing and Homelessness Summit with urban leaders.

25. Immigration
[B]     A. Reverse the Bush administration's policy of forced
repatriation of Haitian refugees to give them a chance to make a case
for political asylum in the United States.
        B. Permit 50,000 refugees from the former Soviet Union to be
resettled in the United States each year.
        C. Reduce backlogs for visa approvals for family members.
        D. Strengthen border controls.

26. Labor
        A. Increase the minimum wage to keep pace with inflation.
        B. Enact legislation forbidding companies from permanently
replacing striking workers.
        C. Provide extended unemployment benefits to workers during a
recession.

27. Medicare & Social Security
        A. Require recipients with incomes over $125K to pay more for
Medicare Part B premiums.
        B. Lift the Social Security earning test limitation.

28. Space
        A. Deemphasize defense-oriented space initiatives.
        B. Support completion of the space station Freedom.
        C. Direct NASA to give high priority to improving the American
civil aircraft industry.

29. Tax Cuts
[B]     A. Give middle-class taxpayers a choice between a children's tax
credit and a reduction in their income tax rate.
        B. Expand the earned income tax credit so no full-time worker
with a family is below the poverty level.
        C. Provide a targeted investment tax credit for businesses to
encourage investment in new plants and equipment.
        D. Provide a 50% capital gains exclusion for long-term
investments in new small businesses.
        E. Create greater tax incentives for renewable energy use.
        F. Reduce taxes for businesses that locate in urban enterprise
zones and hire local residents.

30. Tax Increases
        A. Create a 36% tax bracket beginning for families with adjusted
gross incomes above $200K.
        B. Increase the alternative minimum tax for individuals.
        C. Impose a 10% surtax on taxable income in excess of $1M.
        D. Cap corporate deduction for salaries of CEOs at $1M.
        E. End incentives for opening plants overseas.
        F. Increase taxes by $45B over four years for foreign
corporations with operations in the United States.
        G. Increase fines and taxes for corporate polluters by $10.1B
over four years.
        H. Raise $400M over four years by ending the tax deductio for
lobbying expenses.
        I. Restrict tax deductions for bonuses for top executives unless
bonuses are also given to other employees.
        J. Restrict deductions for "golden parachute" payments to top
executives.

31. Trade
        A. Support the free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, but
work to toughen environmental and worker retraining rules.
        B. Take a tougher stance against unfair trading practices by
foreign competitors.
        C. Move to open closed markets to US goods.

32. Job Training
        A. Require businesses to spend 1.5% of their payroll for
continuing education and training.
        B. Develop a national apprenticeship-style system to provide
teenagers who don't want to go to college with skills to find high-wage
jobs.
        C. Create a Youth Opportunity Corps to match teenagers who drop
out of school with adults to develop self-discipline and skills.
        D. Require any corporation receiving a multimillion-dollar
federal contract to create a mentorship or employment program for
disadvantaged youth.
        E. Establish national parenting programs to help disadvantaged
parents work with their children.

33. Transportation
        A. Create a Rebuild America fund to spend $20B/yr. on
transportation, a national information network, environmental technology
and defense conversion.
        B. Spend more money on "intelligent vehicle" and roadway
technology to reduce traffic.
        C. Allow a greater share of transportation money to go to mass
transit systems.
        D. Emphasize repairs of existing highways over the building of
more roads.

34. Veterans
        A. Oppose allowing nonveterans in VA hospitals.
        B. Fund mental health programs, such as post-traumatic stress
syndrome.
        C. Decrease waiting periods for VA outpatient services.

35. Welfare
        A. Require welfare recipients to take public or private jobs
after two years on the rolls.
        B. Enable low-income Americans to set up Individual Development
Accounts to save for education, home ownership, retirement, and other
purposes.
        C. Increase spending on education and training for welfare
recipients.
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Emil Thomas Chuck       eyc@acpub.duke.edu      BSE in BME in '93

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