Exam 10: Reluctance Illustrated: Policy Uncertainty During the Clinton Administration

The Clinton years were marked by struggles to

In 1996, legislation was enacted that required private health insurance companies to not discriminate against mental health-related problems. This movement was led by

When Republicans opposed national health insurance legislation in 1994, Democrats charged that Republicans opposition was an effort to appease the National Rifle Association.

During his two terms in office, Clinton and Congress

Bill Clinton helped found the Democratic Leadership Conference in 1985 to

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Act of 1996 sought to end welfare as an entitlement and replace it with a federal block grant.

Proposition 209, introduced and enacted in California in 1997, allowed for more aggressive affirmative action in the University of California System and in state government jobs.

The American system of financing political campaigns biases social policy toward preferences of corporations and wealthy individuals.

Clinton's stimulus package, introduced in mid-February of 1993, was easily passed by both houses and contained little pork, large spending and prioritized spending cuts.

Clinton deserves credit for defeating or diminishing some Republican cuts in social spending, as well as the downsizing of several proposed Republican tax cuts.

The contract with America was

The presidency of Bill Clinton provides today's advocates with lessons in the importance of the budget process in federal, state, and local jurisdictions.

In terms of federal budget, Clinton encountered in 1993

Clinton's proposal for national health insurance

In the 1995 budget battle Republicans sought to cut taxes, make huge cuts in social spending, add billions to military spending, and decrease deficits.

The Republican leader most responsible for the Republican take-over of congress in 1994 was

The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of leave to care for a new baby or to care for an ill family member at full pay.

The Adoption and Safe Families Act aimed to reduce the number of children in foster care by

Clinton had to retreat from which of the following in his first year in office?

Welfare rolls declined by 50% in many states in the decade following the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Act of 1996. However, for most single heads of households, this policy was not a success because they remained under or near official poverty lines.