Word: reforms
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From the beginning of the 2000 presidential campaign, much of the political discussion has been focused around campaign finance reform. Throughout this important debate, Texas Gov. George W. Bush has been dedicated to eliminating powerful corporate directors and union bosses and increasing the role of the individual in the political process. Consistent with his overall opinions on government, Bush trusts the people to wisely dictate appropriate campaign expenditures on an individual level, while his opponent trusts the government to manage campaign money. While Vice President Al Gore '69 would like to paint Bush as deaf to the campaign finance cause...
...main debate on campaign finance reform is over the banning of so-called "soft money" contributions. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) defines soft money as money raised by national parties and other groups for everything other than advocating the election or defeat of a particular candidate for federal office. It is considered "soft" because it is exempt from FEC limits, although party soft money is reported to the FEC and regulated by states. Bush proposes to ban all soft money used in federal campaigns. While many try to paint Republicans as being the party of soft money, actual figures show...
...many ways, the credits proposed by Gore represent spending programs under a different name. But the aims of the programs are admirable: we are very glad to see Gore's proposal to expand the EITC, a program which rewards the working poor and softens the blow of welfare reform, and we support government encouragement of personal savings and of investment in education and environmental protection...
...says the program's current efforts at internal reform will further the group's goals of raising more funds, recruiting more volunteers and establishing a more prominent community presence...
Cambridge is not the only city trying to update its school department policies. The Education Reform Act of 1993 redefined the role of school committees in Massachusetts and assigned new responsibilities to superintendents. That meant existing policies on everything from personnel to procurement were outdated...