Word: reforms
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...debaters discussed issues from the economy and campaign finance reform to issues that hit closer to home...
Dukakis, a former governor of Massachusetts who was the Democratic nominee for president in 1988, touched on several key issues in the upcoming election, including the federal budget surplus, the minimum wage, health care and campaign finance reform...
...criticized both candidates for not taking a more aggressive approach to health care reform...
...Clinton-Gore record. He will push the argument that the Administration has presided over an "education recession," and he will try to pick apart the details of Gore's prescription-drug plan in an attempt to show it is as onerous as Hillary Clinton's failed health-care reform. The Bush people are also girding to defend their turf. "He will misrepresent the Governor's record in Texas and his proposals for the nation," says Bush spokeswoman Karen Hughes. "But we look forward to explaining the truth." By the time they are finished with three debates, the two candidates will...
After the conventions, though, I was a little worried. Our kids may be gung-ho, but the older ones haven't got a clue about campaign-finance reform, and the youngest wouldn't know George W. from George of the Jungle. How could we translate their interest into a true political education? The numbers don't look good: according to the Federal Election Commission, less than one-third of 18-to-24-year-olds voted in the 1996 presidential election. If we want our oldest to go to the polls in '08, we have to get busy...