Word: enactments
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...policy for W.'s father before being named to the Federal Reserve Board, is the favorite to take over the Economic Policy Council. Lindsey is the father of Bush's $1.3 trillion tax-cut plan; Bush must soon decide whether to try to pass it, toss it out or enact it piece by piece...
...conservative judicial saint Robert Bork who once said that the morality of the law is framed by the legislators who make it, not the judges who interpret it. But what is the morality of Florida legislators who are rushing to enact a law so that the brother of their governor wins their state regardless of who really won the vote...
...Bush's record into question, noting that many of Texas' touted gains may have been the result of widespread test cramming, not actual learning. But Bush stands by his record (a Rand study earlier this year showed that by several measures Texas leads the nation) and pledges to enact the Texas testing and accountability program on a national scale. Bush also proposes a $26.6 billion increase in education spending over 10 years--a dramatic departure for a Republican...
Here is a choice between an apparently amiable fellow who talks about bringing people together and a man with 24 years' experience in national government and international affairs who is extraordinarily competent, clear-headed, fair-minded, egalitarian to the bones; who will enact policies that retain and make the best use of our astonishing prosperity; and who is--as I know personally--big-hearted, honest, loyal, devoted to his wife, children and friends and (does one really need to say this?) likable...
...appeal of Sen. John S. McCain (R-Ariz.) and former Sen. Bill Bradley was their almost idealistic commitment to take special interests out of politics. As McCain has noted, without campaign finance reform, it is difficult to expect that a Congress beholden to special interests will enact any of the other necessary legislation that Americans support. Gore has vowed to make campaign finance reform a top priority and has said the McCain-Feingold would be the first piece of legislation passed under his administration. Bush has been thus far unwilling to make this commitment...