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Office of the First Lady OEOB RM: 100
MELANNE VERVEER
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"Putting Americans First"
The Accomplishments
of the 103rd Congress
DPC Staff Contact: Dave Corbin; Jennifer Smith (202-224-3232)
DPC Media Contacts: Debra Silimeo (202-224-3232); Diane Dewhirst (202-224-2939)
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Democratic Policy Committee
George J. Mitchell, Chairman
United States Senate
Thomas A. Daschle, Co-Chairman
Washington, D.C. 20510
President Bill Clinton
on Democratic Accomplishments
September 21, 1994
"If I had told you 20 months ago that by Labor Day we would have passed
an economic plan that cut spending by now over $300 billion; eliminated
100 government programs; increased investment in education and training
from Head Start to apprenticeship programs to college loans; that we would
reduce the deficit three years in a row for the first time since Truman was
President; reduce the size of the Federal government to its lowest level since
Kennedy was President; provoke an economic growth that would generate
now almost 4.5 million new jobs; make 20 million young people eligible to
refinance their college loans at lower interest rates at longer repayment
terms; pass a national service program that in its first year would have more
kids in a domestic peace corps than the Peace Corps did in its biggest year;
break the gridlock on the Brady Bill, family leave, motor voter, the crime
bill; finance the crime bill totally by reducing the size of the Federal
government; and pass a crime bill that would have the support of every single
law enforcement association in the entire United States of America."
"If I had told you that, and for good measure said that in a year and a half we
would expand trade by more than any period in our history in 35 years; that
for the first time in over two decades we'd actually have a policy to rebuild
automobiles, airplanes and ships and their international competitiveness;
that we would have worked with Russia to get all the nuclear weapons out
of all the other states of the former Soviet Union; that all the Russian troops
would be gone for the first time since World War II from Eastern Europe and
the Baltics; that we'd be actively involved in peace in the Middle East with
two-thirds of the job done; actively involved in peace in Northern Ireland;
actively involved in helping the election process in South Africa."
"If I told all that, I'd say, what do you think about that? You'd say, well, that
sounds pretty good, Bill, but you won't get that done. But we did. And that
ought to be what we're running on out there."
"To make America first by putting Americans first."
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
Agenda of 103rd Congress, 1/21/93
"PUTTING AMERICANS FIRST"
The Accomplishments of the 103rd Congress
On the opening day of the 103rd Congress, Senate Majority Leader George
Mitchell announced that the Democratic Agenda was "to make America first
by putting Americans first."1
"We want working Americans to prosper, their families to face a brighter
future," the Majority Leader declared. "We want our children equipped for the
challenges and opportunities that only America can provide."
The 103rd Congress was productive, with a proven record on issues of critical
importance to American families. It passed measures to:
spur economic growth;
create jobs;
expand trade;
restore tax fairness;
cut government spending;
reduce the Federal budget deficit;
expand educational opportunities from pre-school to college;
fight crime; and,
reform government.
As a result, America's working families now face a brighter future and
America's children will be better equipped for the challenges and opportuni-
ties that only America can provide.
DPC Special Report - Putting Americans First
p.3
"Soon we will receive the President's program for economic
growth, job creation and investment for our future. The agenda
of the 103rd Congress will be focused on those goals."
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
Agenda of 103rd Congress
January 21, 1993
The President's Program
for Economic Growth
One of the most important accomplishments of the 103rd Congress was
passage of the first phase of the President's program to put the American
economy "back on track."
At the time that President Clinton took office, years of Republican trickle-down
economics had resulted in a terrible recession, and the worst economic and
job growth since World War II. (Commerce Department, 8/4/92)
President Clinton and Congressional Democrats acted quickly to reverse
these trends, enacting an economic growth and deficit reduction plan that cut
spending, made sound economic investments and revived the American
economy. The Budget Reconciliation Act (P.L. 103-66,) established the
foundation for long-term economic growth, restored tax fairness and reduced
the Federal deficit. The plan:
locked in a half trillion ($500 billion) dollars for the sole purpose
of deficit reduction, making it the single largest deficit-cutting
plan in history; and,
restored tax fairness by reversing the trickle down policies of
the 1980s; reduced taxes on low-income working families; left
the tax rates of middle income families unchanged; and asked
the top 1.2 percent of America's wealthy to contribute their fair
share.
DPC Special Report - Putting Americans First
p. 4
Republicans tried to block this needed economic plan and attempted to scare
the American people with outrageous predictions about what would happen
if it were enacted. Every single Republican Senator voted against the bill.
Senator Phil Gramm, for example, charged that the plan was "a one-way
ticket to a recession."2
They were wrong.
The Democratic Economic Growth-Deficit Reduction plan has helped
reinvigorate America's economy and created millions of jobs. In fact, this
Administration has achieved a number of economic bests:
more than 4.6 million jobs have been created- the monthly job
growth is the best ever, and, at this rate, American job growth
in 1994 will exceed all other OECD countries combined (Na-
tional Economic Council, 10/7/94; BLS; Senate Budget Cte.;
Treasury Undersec. Larry Summers, testimony at Senate Bank-
ing Cte., 7/94);
the economy (real GDP) has grown at an annual rate of
3.67 percent- the highest since the Kennedy-Johnson Admin-
istrations (Commerce Department/Senate Budget Committee,
8/94);
real after-tax income has risen at an annual rate of 3.09 percent
- the highest since the Nixon Administration (Senate Budget
Committee, 8/94);
inflation has risen at the slowest rate since John F. Kennedy
was in office -growing at a mere 2.74 percent annual rate
(BLS/Senate Budget Committee, 8/94); and,
real business investment has increased at a 13.88 percent rate
— the highest rate for any administration since the end of World
War II (Commerce Dept./Senate Budget Committee, 8/94)
DPC Special Report — Putting Americans First
p.5
"Unless we control the deficit, we won't see more jobs and
higher incomes."
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
Agenda of 103rd Congress
January 21, 1993
Cutting the Deficit
Cutting the deficit is fundamental to solid economic growth and job creation.
Yet years of tough talk but no action by what Newsweek calls Clinton's
"hypocritical GOP predecessors,"⁵ had driven the Federal deficit to record
heights.
Congressional Democrats and the President moved beyond rhetoric and
made the tough choices necessary to cut the deficit and move our country
forward. Working together, the Administration and Congressional Democrats
enacted the single largest deficit cutting plan in history (P.L. 103-66, the
Budget Reconciliation Act). This package included:
$500 billion in real deficit reduction;
a five-year discretionary spending freeze;
nearly $100 billion in mandatory spending cuts;
a ratio of $1.05 spending cuts to $1.00 in revenue increases.
(DPC Background Brief #7, 9/94)
Republicans criticized the plan in partisan lock-step.
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Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole said "the plan does not
tackle the deficit head on."
DPC Special Report - - Putting Americans First
p.6
And again, they were wrong.
As a result of the Democratic Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Plan:
the deficit as a share of GDP will be cut in half- from 4.9 of GDP
in FY 1992 to 2.3 percent of GDP in FY 1995 (CBO/Senate
Budget Committee, 8/94);
in 1995, for the first time since the Truman Administration, the
deficit will fall for the third consecutive year (CBO/Senate
Budget Committee, 8/94); and,
discretionary spending as a share of the economy will drop to
its lowest level in nearly 50 years (CBO/Senate Budget Com-
mittee, 8/94).
Congressional Democrats and the Clinton Administration kept the country on
the deficit reduction path in the second session, by reducing the FY 1995
deficit to $175 billion and lowering discretionary spending below the levels in
last year's reconciliation bill by $13 billion more over a five-year period
(H. Con. Res. 218 [S. Con. Res. 63], the FY 1995 Concurrent Budget
Resolution).
DPC Special Report - Putting Americans First
p.7
"[James] Madison said that the purpose of government is the
well-being of the people. In six words with conciseness and
directness, he summed up our purpose and our agenda. We,
in this Congress, must join with the new president and the new
Administration to enhance the well-being of the people."
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
Agenda of 103rd Congress
January 21, 1993
The Well-Being of the People
The many laws and reforms enacted by this Democratic Congress will have
real, concrete results for Americans in their daily lives.
A columnist for Newsweek recently observed that the Clinton Administration
and Congressional Democratic lawmakers have accomplished much more
than the public realizes saying that "the standard for measuring results should
be
how actual lives are changed."6
Job Creation. As a result of the economic growth and deficit reduction
measures enacted by the 103rd Congress, 4.6 million jobs have been
created. People who were out of work, now have jobs. That is real progress
and the kind of results you won't get from empty rhetoric. (National Economic
Council, 10/7/94)
Democrats know that America's families are battling a tight financial squeeze.
The Democratic agenda for the future includes measures to improve the
employment situation and generate more jobs at higher wages to help
American families get ahead.
Family and Medical Leave. Congress provided much-needed job security
for millions of American workers by guaranteeing workers 12 weeks of unpaid
leave to respond to a new child or a serious family illness, without losing their
job. As a result, American workers no longer will be forced to make the
agonizing choice between caring for their families or keeping their jobs.
(P.L. 103-3, the Family and Medical Leave Act)
DPC Special Report - Putting Americans First
p.8
Easing the tax burden on lower-income, working families. The Demo-
cratic economic plan provided tax cuts - actual credits - for 20 million
American families and households by expanding the Earned Income Tax
Credit (EITC). In other words, more than 16 percent of all taxpayers who work
will receive a tax credit to reward work. This expansion helps working families
with low incomes get ahead and helps ensure that hardworking American
families do not have to raise their children in poverty.
It means, according to Newsweek, that Congress and the Administration are
"in the process of pulling 14 million more working poor families (mostly under
$20,000 a year) out of poverty."⁷
A return to tax fairness. Congress and the Clinton Administration began to
reestablish fairness in America's tax system after a decade of Republican tax
breaks for the wealthy.
Only the most wealthy, top 1.2 percent of Americans face
higher income taxes because of the Democratic economic
program.⁸
tax rates are unchanged on middle incomes — 82.2 percent of
all tax payers."9
and one out of six (16.6 percent) taxpayers received a tax cut
in the form of the Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion."10
DPC Special Report — Putting Americans First
p.9
"We need education reform to equip our children to be their
best, and to give every student with the will to study a chance
to earn a college education."
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
Agenda of 103rd Congress
January 21, 1993
The Education Congress
From pre-school to college education, the 103rd Congress advanced so
many important education initiatives, it could be called the Education Con-
gress. This Congress advanced educational quality and opportunity in
America through:
Head Start. Democrats expanded Head Start eligibility so that an additional
130,000 children now can be prepared to learn at school. Head Start funding
is projected to increase by 28 percent - from $2.77 billion to $3.54 billion in
FY 1995. In 1993, 713,903 children were enrolled in Head Start (P.L. 103-
252, the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1994). (Overview of Entitle-
ment Programs, House Committee on Ways and Means, 7/15/94)
Goals 2000. Congress enacted Goals 2000 legislation to improve educa-
tional facilities and expand educational opportunity for all Americans by
investing Federal funds to help local schools implement action plans, and
promote improved teacher training (P.L. 103-227, Goals 2000: Educate
America Act). The new law:
invests Federal funds to help local schools implement action
plans based on high academic standards;
makes the Federal government a partner with States and
communities in reforming our Nation's school systems;
provides $400 million to help States and local communities
initiate and implement their own reform measures to create
innovative schools;
DPC Special Report - Putting Americans First
p. 10
The 103rd Congress also took forceful action to protect the safety of women
and stop the increase in violence and/or threatening tactics against medical
facilities and health care personnel who provide abortion-related services
(P.L. 103-259), Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1993). This law:
prohibits violent and obstructive activity intended to interfere
with anyone seeking or providing reproductive health services
at a medical facility; and,
prohibits the intentional damaging or destruction of the property
of a facility because it provides abortion-related service.
DPC Special Report - Putting Americans First
p. 15
"The NIH bill is an important commitment to focus research on
women's health issues, a long-overdue realignment of our
nation's research priorities."
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
Agenda of 103rd Congress
January 21, 1993
America's Research Priorities
The 103rd Congress acted to improve the quality of America's health care
with a measure to preserve America's leadership in biomedical research by
revising and reauthorizing NIH programs, the National Institutes of Health
Authorization (P.L. 103-43).
The NIH Revitalization Act.
keeps America at the forefront of biomedical research in key
areas like cancer, heart disease, women's health, AIDS, and
fetal tissue transplantation; and,
promotes women's health through new investments into
women's health research and a new Office of Research on
Women's Health to develop an agenda for women's health
research; identify research that should be conducted and
supported by NIH; and issue biennial reports on the status of
women's health research as well as the professional status of
women doctors and scientists at NIH.
DPC Special Report - Putting Americans First
p. 16
"Last year's election proved that American's haven't yet lost
faith in their system of government. [But] they demand reform.
We owe it to them."
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
Agenda of 103rd Congress
January 21, 1993
Reforming Government
The 103rd Congress took important steps to provide the American people
with a Federal government that works better and costs less.
Reinventing government: The Clinton Administration and the Democratic
Congress have helped spur innovation and efficiency in the Federal work-
place (Federal Workforce Restructuring Act, P.L. 103-226).
Reducing the size of the bureaucracy. Reinventing government is about
creating a workplace culture that resembles the most efficient and most
innovative private sector workplaces. The Federal Workforce Restructuring
Act reduces the number of Federal employees by 252,000 by the year 1999.
Under the Clinton Administration:
the Federal workforce will be reduced from 2.16 million (1993)
to 1.88 million (1999) (When the level drops to 2.02 million in
1995, the number of Federal civilian personnel will be at its
lowest level in more than 30 years [OMB/DSG].); and,
the Federal workforce will drop below 2 million for the first time
(in 1999) since the Kennedy Administration.
Reducing the size of the Legislative Branch. As a result of legislation
passed during the 103rd Congress, the Legislative Branch workforce has
been reduced by more than 2,000 fulltime positions. (S. Rept. 103-283,
Senate Appropriations Committee; House Appropriations Committee)
DPC Special Report - Putting Americans First
p. 17
Procurement reform. Congress also moved to streamline the Federal
government's acquisition process in order to reduce paperwork, promote the
acquisition of commercial products, and enhance the use of simplified small
purchase procedures (Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act). According to
Newsweek,
"This bill totally overhauls the way government does business.
The era of the $500 hammer or toilet seat is over; now
bureaucrats are authorized to go buy them without the asinine
paperwork - a reform American have been demanding for
years."¹⁴
Making government more accountable. The 103rd Congress established
Social Security as an independent agency. This will make the agency more
visible and accountable while improving the administration of Social Security
programs (P.L. 103-296, Social Security Administration Independence Act of
1993).
DPC Special Report - Putting Americans First
p. 18
"Today's working families and young people deserve a chance
to register to vote conveniently."
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
Agenda of 103rd Congress
January 21, 1993
Expanding Participation in Our Democracy
The 103rd Congress enabled millions of additional Americans to participate
in the political process by making it easier to register to vote. This important
law permits individuals to register when they apply for a driver's license, by
mail, and at various government offices (P.L. 103-31, National Voter Regis-
tration Act ["Motor Voter"]).
The 103rd Congress restored the right of Federal civilian employees to
participate voluntarily as private citizens in America's political process with
the Hatch Act Reform Act. Congress first approved this measure in 1976, but
President Gerald Ford vetoed it. Congress again approved it in 1990, but
President Bush vetoed it. This year Congress passed it again and President
Clinton signed it into law (P.L. 103-94, Hatch Act Reform Act).
DPC Special Report- — Putting Americans First
p. 19
"We must tend first to our needs at home."
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
Agenda of 103rd Congress
January 21, 1993
Our Needs at Home
The 103rd Congress took swift action to help Americans in need - both the
victims of natural disasters and the victims of economic distress. Congress
acted to:
Extend unemployment benefits. With an unemployment rate of over seven
percent in early 1993, Congress extended unemployment benefits three
times for the victims of the Bush Recession who were having difficulty finding
new jobs. Without these extensions, 250,000 to 300,000 long-term unem-
ployed Americans would have fallen through the unemployment safety net
every week.
Help communities convert from a cold-war economy. To help communi-
ties hurt by the conversion from a defense economy, Congress approved
measures that:
improved the Federal government's response to communities
affected by defense base closures and defense industry reduc-
tions and gave communities a greater voice in the planning and
reuse process (Defense conversion initiatives in the FY 1994
Defense Authorization Act); and,
extended benefits, such as job training, vocational education,
and opportunities for higher education, to servicemen and
women and DOD civilians to assist in their transition to private
sector jobs (Defense conversion initiatives in the FY 1994
Defense Authorization Act).
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p. 20
Assist victims of natural disasters. The 103rd Congress came to the aid
of victims of natural disasters.
provided $5.7 billion in emergency assistance to the Midwest
States affected by the disastrous flooding in the summer of
1993, and $207 million in additional aid to hurricane disaster
areas (P.L. 103-75, Emergency Disaster Assistance)
eased lending regulations and restrictions to make it easier and
simpler for institutions to extend credit in Presidentially-
declared disaster areas or in the flood disaster areas of
the Midwest (P.L. 103-76, Disaster Assistance - Financial
Institutions):
provided more than $10 billion in assistance primarily to the
victims of the Los Angeles earthquake, as well as the 1993
Midwestern floods and the Loma Prieta earthquake. (P.L. 103-
211, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations)
Invest in children and families. This Congress put the Federal nutrition
program for women, infants and children (WIC) on a path to full funding.
Funding will increase by $610 million from 1993 to 1995 - a
21 percent gain. As a result, a million more women, infants, and children will
be reached through the program. (Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on
Agriculture, 10/7/94)
The 103rd Congress also moved to reauthorize the Community Services
Block Grant program and consolidated several existing programs to provide
coordinated services for children and families (P.L. 103-252, Human Services
Reauthorization Act of 1994).
DPC Special Report - Putting Americans First
p. 21
"All people want freedom; a world where trade and economic
growth improve the lives of all the world's people."
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
Agenda of 103rd Congress
January 21, 1993
Improving The Lives of All the World's People
Through Trade and Economic Growth
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
The 103rd Congress approved the most comprehensive free trade pact
ever negotiated. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
(P.L. 103-182) is a trade agreement among the governments of the United
States, Canada, and Mexico designed to reduce tariffs and open markets. It
creates the biggest market for goods and services in the world, with a
combined economy of $6.5 trillion and 370 million people. The NAFTA
agreement:
virtually eliminates all tariff and nontariff barriers between the
three countries;
improves access for trade in services;
establishes rights and obligations regarding investment;
provides protection for intellectual property rights;
promotes environmental and labor standards in all of the
involved countries as stipulated in the "side agreements";
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p. 22
establishes procedures for the resolution of trade disputes;
and,
maintains the right of countries to set health and safety
standards.
Studies are now showing the beneficial results of this trade agreement.
These studies show that in the first six months of NAFTA:
U.S. exports to Mexico have shot up 17 percent; and,
about 100,000 new jobs are being create this year to help fill
orders from Mexico and Canada.¹⁵
The Uruguay Round of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
On April 15, 1994 in Marrakesh, Morocco, 123 countries signed one of the
broadest, most comprehensive global trade agreements in history. This
bipartisan global trade agreement soon will be considered by the 103rd
Congress.
The accord, produced by the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT), will open markets, lower foreign tariffs on American-
made products, strengthen protections on intellectual property rights in the
international marketplace, and expand free-trade rules to cover industries not
covered previously, such as agriculture and services. Most importantly, it will
create more high-wage jobs, and improve standards of living for millions of
American families.
The big winners are American businesses and American workers.
Because of the agreement's ability to create high-paying jobs by expanding
trade and business opportunities, the agreement is a key component of
President Clinton's economic strategy.
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The agreement, negotiated over a seven-year period, and through three
Presidents — begun in the Reagan Administration, advanced by the Bush
Administration, and completed by the Clinton Administration - has drawn
enthusiastic support from both sides of the political aisle and strong support
from the business community. The agreement will:
result in a worldwide tax cut. Tariffs around the world will be cut
by more than a third — an estimated $750 billion over the next
decade. As a result of this tax cut, American consumers will pay
lower prices for merchandise and services.
lower permanently or eliminate tariff and nontariff barriers in
sectors important to the United States, such as construction
equipment, medical equipment, steel, pharmaceuticals, and
paper, to name a few.
provide American families with more high-paying jobs and
more buying power. Workers will gain from new employment
opportunities as production of goods for export increases to
meet the demands of the expanded foreign markets. As
consumers, families will benefit from lower prices, and from
more competitively priced, higher quality merchandise and
services.
- Conservative Administration estimates are that from 300,000
to 700,000 jobs will be created as a result of GATT imple-
mentation in 2004.¹⁷
- A Treasury study estimated that the agreement will result in
a $1,700 a year pay raise for American families over the
next decade.¹⁸
provide a needed boost to the economy. In the 1994 Economic
Report of the President, the Council of Economic Advisors
concluded that implementing the agreement would increase
annual U.S. income between $100 billion and $200 billion over
ten years — a cumulative increase of between 1.5 to 3 percent
of current Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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Improving the Efficiency
of the Banking System
Historically, U.S. banks have been subject to State law restrictions on their
ability to establish new branches. These restrictions have resulted in a
fragmented system of thousands of independently chartered banks that
contrasts sharply with the highly concentrated banking systems which exist
in Europe, Japan, and Canada. As regions have overlapped and States have
opted for a more open approach to interstate banking and branching, these
restrictions have become less important.
To respond to these changes, the 103rd Congress enacted the Interstate
Banking and Efficiency Act, to bring more rationality to the banking system.
The new law lifts prohibitions which prevent banks from expanding across
State borders, except where expressly authorized by the State. As a result,
banks may acquire or establish banks in any State, and banks with subsid-
iaries located in more than one State may combine the subsidiaries into
interstate banks.
Enactment of the new law will make banking more convenient for customers
and foster a leaner, stabler, and more profitable banking system.
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End Notes
1. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, Agenda of 103rd Congress,
January 21, 1993.
2. Congressional Record, August 5, 1994, p. S10520.
3. "New/Trends," Fortune, October 3, 1994.
4. Cite for jobs.
5. Jonathan Alter, "The Record Nobody Knows," Newsweek, October 3,
1994, p. 49.
6. ibid.
7. ibid.
8. "GOP Tax Issue May Fade Away: Only 1.2 percent of Filers will face
Increase, CBO Study Finds," Washington Post, January 13, 1994.
9. "H&R Block Analysis of the Income Tax Consequences of the Revenue
Reconciliation Bill of 1993."
10. ibid.
11. Jonathan Alter, "The Record Nobody Knows," Newsweek, October 3,
1994, p. 49.
12. ibid.
13. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, Press Release.
14. Jonathan Alter, "The Record Nobody Knows," Newsweek, October 3,
1994, p. 49.
15. "Free Trade and Good Times," Atlanta Journal and Constitution, August
22, 1994.
16. Congressional Record, 10/3/94, p. S 13900.
17. U.S. Trade Representative, 4/94.
18. U.S. Department of the Treasury, 6/23/94.
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