THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release January 19, 1995 PRESIDENT CLINTON'S RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ON THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS INAUGURATION (Part 1) As our country approaches the two year anniversary of President Clinton's inauguration and the mid-point of the President's first term, Americans can feel proud of the progress we have made under President Clinton. These accomplishments are a direct result of the President's commitment to carry through on the ambitious agenda he presented to the American people during the 1992 Presidential campaign. In response to press inquiries to the White House about the progress of the Administration in meeting commitments proposed during the campaign, we have prepared materials that we hope will be helpful in analyzing the Administration's record to date. We have analyzed two existing written documents: 1) the 162 campaign promises listed by The Washington Post on January 20, 1993, and 2) the 58 major policies proposed in the June 22, 1992 campaign pamphlet Putting People First. Of the 162 promises from The Washington Post list, action was taken on 155 (96%) of the promises, with 123 (76%) of the policy pledges either substantially or partially accomplished. Of the 58 major policies mentioned in Putting People First, action was taken on 57 (98%) of the promises, while there has been substantial or partial accomplishment on 45 (78%) of the policies. "When President Clinton campaigned for office he laid out an ambitious agenda to improve the lives of hard-working Americans. He has kept those commitments with a vigilance unequalled by any President in recent memory," said White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta. "This is not just a list. This is an unrivaled record of accomplishment with substantial benefits for millions of American families." The first materials attached are short summaries of the major domestic and national security accomplishments, as well as the top legislative victories, of the President's first two years. Following that are summary tables and charts of the progress the Administration has made in accomplishing the promises contained in both the Washington Post list and Putting People First. -30-30-30- CLINTON ADMINISTRATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS ECONOMY: * Signed the Economic Package, August 10, 1993. * The economy created 5.6 million new jobs in the first 23 months of this Administration. * Passed the largest deficit-cutting plan in history -- resulting in over $700 billion over five years. * On track for three consecutive years of deficit reduction -- for the first time since Harry Truman. * Cut federal spending by $255 billion. * Made new tax cuts available to over 90% of small businesses. * Lowest unemployment in over 4 years. * Lowest "misery index" in 20 years. EDUCATION: * Signed the Student Loan Reform Act, August 10, 1993. * Signed the National Service Act, September 21, 1993. * Signed the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. * Signed the School-to-Work Opportunities Act on May 4, 1994. * Signed the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act. * Increased Head Start funding by $760 million. * Introduced the Reemployment Act. CRIME: * Signed a tough $30 billion Crime Bill, September 13, 1994 * Signed the Brady Bill, November 30, 1993. * Signed the Assault Weapons Ban as part of the Crime Bill. * On the way to putting 100,000 new police on the street -- $1.5 billion has been awarded already. * Signed the Violence Against Women Act as part of the Crime Bill. * Expanded funding for the SAFE Schools Initiative. * Introduced Operation Safe Home. REINVENTING GOVERNMENT: * Conducted a National Performance Review of the Federal Government. * Already cut the Federal Workforce by 100,000 -- on the way to lowest level in 30 years. * Signed the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. * Appointed the most diverse Cabinet and Administration in history. * Signed the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994. * Eliminated 284 federal advisory committees. * Initiated thorough review of human radiation experiments. * Reformed Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation to protect 8.5 million pensions. COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: * Created nine Economic Empowerment Zones and 95 Enterprise Communities. * Signed the Community Development Banking Bill, September 23, 1994. * Signed the Interstate Banking Bill. * Introduced the Housing and Community Development Act of 1993. * Instituted the Defense Reinvestment and Conversion Initiative. * Delivered over $11.1 billion in Federal aid for California earthquake relief. ENVIRONMENT: * Developed a Northwest Forest Plan to put people back to work and protect old-growth forests. * Signed environmental executive orders to ensure a "green" federal government. * Signed the Biodiversity Convention. * Issued an Executive Order on environmental justice. * Introduced a Climate Change Action Plan. * Signed the California Desert Protection Act. * Developed 'Common Sense' reforms to make health and environmental protection cleaner and cheaper. * Introduced comprehensive Safe Drinking Water and Superfund reforms. * Developed a plan to restore Florida's Everglades. * Developed a plan to allow logging and preserve old-growth forests in the Northwest. * Developed a consensus plan for the allocation of California water. HEALTH CARE: * Introduced the Health Care Security Act, November 20, 1993. * Signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, February 5, 1993. * Signed a comprehensive Child Immunization Plan. * Revoked the Reagan/Bush restrictions on abortion counseling ("the gag rule"), abortions in military hospitals, "Mexico City" policy and RU-486 imports. * Increased Ryan White CARE Act funding for outpatient AIDS care by $231 million. * Put the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC) on a full-funding path. FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: * Expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit by $21 billion over five years. * Introduced the Work and Responsibility Act - comprehensive welfare reform. * Passed the Family Support and Preservation Program. * Issued the Federal Plan to End Homelessness. * Passed major funding increases for homeless programs in both Houses. * Approved 24 waivers to states permitting comprehensive welfare reform demonstrations. * Signed the Social Security Independent Agency Act. POLITICAL REFORM: * Signed the National Voter Registration Act (Motor-Voter), May 20, 1993. * Eliminated the tax deduction for lobbying expenses. * Imposed strictest Administration ethics guidelines in history. * Fought for passage of Campaign Finance Reform. * Fought for passage of Lobbying Disclosure Bill. FREE TRADE: * Signed NAFTA into law, December 8, 1993, which will create hundreds of thousands of US jobs. * Signed GATT into law, December 8, 1994, the largest trade agreement in history. * Secured free-trade commitments from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders. * Hosted Summit of the Americas and agreed to negotiate a Free Trade Area of the Americas by 2005 * Developed National Export Strategy, eliminating export controls on $35 billion in exports. * Reinstituted Super 301 in order to eliminate major trade barriers around the world. * Opened Japan's cellular telephone, construction and apple markets. SECURITY CHALLENGES/PROMOTING PEACE * Eliminating nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan; in 1994 brokered agreement with Russia and Ukraine that opened way to elimination of nuclear weapons in Ukraine. * Reached agreement with Russia to detarget missiles trained on U.S. citizens and cities. * Worked with Kiev to bring Ukraine into Nonproliferation Treaty, which permitted START I entry-into-force, which will reduce by over 9,000 (40%) U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear weapons. * Facilitated agreement between Russia and the Baltics allowing the complete withdrawal of Russian troops. All Russian troops are out of Central and Eastern Europe for the first time since World War II. * Proposed and helped create Partnership for Peace and orderly NATO expansion process. * Maintained strong commitments to military readiness, including a $25 billion increase over 6 years. * Prepared a "Bottom-Up-Review" strategy for our armed forces to fight two major regional conflicts nearly simultaneously. * Achieved agreement with North Korea that halts and leads to the eventual elimination of the of North Korea's threatening nuclear program. * Reversed Iraqi military threat against Kuwait. * Pursued and convicted terrorists, including World Trade Center bombers. * Helped Israel and Jordan achieve a historic peace treaty and Israel and the Palestinians fulfill their historic accord. * Contributed to an historic cease-fire in Northern Ireland. * Carried out a massive humanitarian operation in Rwanda. * Undertook, with NATO allies and UN, actions to alleviate the suffering and end the conflict in Bosnia. * Reached an agreement with Cuba to normalize immigration and avert a mass influx of boat people. * Signed into law the most comprehensive counterintelligence legislation since 1976. * Worked to safely dispose of nuclear materials from the former Soviet republics and took steps to prevent smuggling. PROMOTING DEMOCRACY: * Assisted states, such as Russia and Ukraine, make progress toward democracy and market reforms. * Assisted in South Africa's transition to democracy providing support for elections and development. * Restored democratically elected Haitian President Aristide to power October 15, 1994; created a secure and stable environment which will enable UN to takeover the operation. * Hosted White House Conference on Africa. * Made promotion of democracy a foreign aid priority especially in NIS, Russia, Central Europe and South Africa. ##### CLINTON ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS MAJOR LEGISLATIVE VICTORIES: Below is a list of some of the most important legislation the Clinton Administration has passed: * Family and Medical Leave Act, February 5, 1993. This is an historic effort to allow working Americans unpaid time off work to care for themselves, a sick family member or a new child. Over 42 million workers are covered by the new law and it is estimated that as many as 2.5 million workers will take advantage of it annually. * Economic Package, August 10, 1993. Evenly balanced between spending cuts and revenue increases, the President's five-year deficit reduction plan is largely responsible for reducing the deficit by $708.4 billion -- $500 billion from policy changes and the rest from strengthening the economy and technical improvements. The greater economic security has caused interest rates to drop, stimulating the economic recovery. One of the largest deficit reduction plans ever, the Clinton deficit reduction will halve the deficit as a percentage of GDP by 1995. * Student Loan Reform Act, August 10, 1993. The new direct student loan program will enable 20 million borrowers to consolidate their guaranteed loans into direct loans. Borrowers will benefit from lower fees and the option of income contingent repayment -- taxpayers will save at least $4.3 billion over five years. * Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, August 10, 1993. After a decade of failed attempts, President Clinton championed the passage of this legislation, which uses tax incentives and flexible grants to promote economic empowerment and private-sector job creation in 104 distressed communities across America. Over 500 communities took up the "EZ" challenge, developing comprehensive strategies and forging unprecedented partnerships for community renewal that made all applicants winners. * National Service Act, September 21, 1993. In 1994, 20,000 AmeriCorps members (more than served during the largest year of the Peace Corps) tutored students, immunized children, reclaimed parks and patrolled streets -- and in return received education awards that make college or job training more affordable. AmeriCorps is scheduled to increase to 33,000 members in FY1995, with a total over the first three years of 100,000 Americans serving our country. * Assistance for the New Independent States (NIS), September 30, 1993 and August 23, 1994. The Administration secured $3.3 billion in the FY1994 and FY1995 foreign operations appropriations bills for the denuclearization and marketization process in the NIS. * Reduced Military/Nuclear Threat from Russia and NIS, November 11, 1993 and September 30, 1994. The Administration included $800 million for denuclearization of NIS in the Department of Defense appropriations bills for FY1994 and FY1995. * The Brady Act, November 30, 1993. After stalling for several years in Congress, the Brady Bill became law under the leadership of President Clinton. The Act requires a five-day waiting period during which all potential handgun purchasers are required to submit to a background check. $100 million has been appropriated for implementation in FY1995 and another $25 million is authorized for the next fiscal year. * NAFTA, December 8, 1993. The Administration forged a bipartisan coalition to pass NAFTA, after concluding tough negotiations on side agreements covering workers' rights, the environment and import surges. Exports to Mexico rose 23% in the first 11 months of 1994. * Federal Workforce Restructuring Act, March 30, 1994. As a component of the National Performance Review, this act is part of a process that will help streamline the federal government and improve the quality of federal government services. When the President and Vice President's plan to reinvent government is fully implemented, the federal workforce will have been reduced by over 272,000 workers and will be at its lowest level since the Kennedy Administration. * Goals 2000: Educate America Act, March 31, 1994. The Goals 2000 bill codifies the National Education Goals and offers grants to states that commit themselves to specific plans for systemic reform of K-12 education. Already 41 states and territories have received federal grants. Funding for Goals 2000 in FY1995 will be $403 million. * School-to-Work Act Opportunities, May 4, 1994. A crucial element of the Administration's lifelong learning agenda, this landmark legislation is providing venture capital to spark a nationwide system for moving America's young people smoothly from the classroom to a job with a future. In 1994, all states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, received funds for planning their school-to-work programs, and eight states, 15 localities and 21 urban/rural high poverty areas won competitive grants to implement their programs. * The Crime Bill, September 13, 1994. The Crime Bill attacks crime by adding 100,000 police officers, funding comprehensive prevention programs and building more prisons. The legislation also includes strong punishment for criminals by expanding the number of offenses eligible for the death penalty and implementing "three-strikes-and-you're-out" for repeat violent offenders. * Assault Weapons Ban, September 13, 1994. President Clinton successfully challenged gun interests to ban 19 specific types of deadly assault weapons while simultaneously protecting hunters rights by exempting over 650 hunting rifles. * Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act, September 23, 1994. The legislation creates a national network of non-traditional grassroots community lending institutions and will inject $4.8 billion of capital into economically distressed urban and rural areas. * Interstate Banking Act, September 29, 1994. This legislation, which had been languishing in Congress for more than a decade before the Clinton Administration made it a priority, will eliminate most of the remaining barriers to efficient nationwide banking. By allowing banks to locate branches across state boundaries, it will make banking more efficient and increase the convenience of banking for private consumers. * The Uruguay Round of GATT, December 8, 1994. President Clinton forged a bi-partisan coalition to pass this agreement, which lowers tariffs worldwide by $744 billion over ten years -- the largest international tax cut in history. It also cuts foreign tariffs on manufactured products by more than one-third overall and eliminates tariffs in major markets in a number of sectors in which the U.S. is particularly competitive. When fully implemented in 2004, the Uruguay Round agreement will add $100 to $200 billion per year to the U.S. GDP. ##### CLINTON CAMPAIGN PROMISES PROGRESS REPORT Promises from the Washington Post Of the 162 Total Promises: Action taken: 96% No Action: 4% Substantial or Partial Accomplishment: 76% Action Pending: 7% Action Proposed: 12% No Action: 4% Promises from Putting People First Of the 58 Total Promises: Action Taken: 98% No Action: 2% Substantial or Partial Accomplishment: 78% Action Pending: 5% Action Proposed: 12% No Action: 2% ##### CLINTON CAMPAIGN PROMISES FROM THE WASHINGTON POST The Clinton campaign promises below were printed by the Washington Post on President Clinton's inauguration day, January 20, 1993. ***PROMISE: ABORTION - Pass the Freedom of Choice Act that protects abortion rights but allows some state restrictions, such as parental notification. STATUS: PROPOSED LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Freedom of Choice Act did not pass in Congress. ***PROMISE: ABORTION - Overturn laws prohibiting federal abortion funding. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Federal law requires Medicaid to pay for abortions for poor women in cases of rape or incest. Congress added rape and incest authorization to life of the woman abortion funding. ***PROMISE: ABORTION - Repeal Bush administration rules restricting abortion counseling in clinics that receive federal funds. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Repealed by Presidential Memorandum January 22, 1993. ***PROMISE: ABORTION - Protect women seeking abortions and health care workers from antiabortion protesters. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Signed and enforcing Clinic Access Law. ***PROMISE: ABORTION - Reauthorize federal family planning programs. STATUS: PROPOSED LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Reauthorization is up for consideration in 1995. ***PROMISE: ABORTION - Allow testing of RU-486 abortion pill. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Clinical testing of RU-486 is now in progress in the U.S. ***PROMISE: AGRICULTURE - Open new markets for U.S. products, particularly in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * Enacted Freedom Support Act which authorized expanded Food for Peace program in the Former Soviet Union. * Opened up Japanese and Korean rice markets. Opened apple markets in Japan and China to US producers. * Passed and signed NAFTA. * Passed and signed GATT. ***PROMISE: AGRICULTURE - Expand international food aid programs. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * Announced $800 million Food for Progress program expanding U.S. agricultural exports to Russia. * Food aid extended to countries including Angola, Ethiopia, Congo, Croatia, Macedonia and Mozambique. Increased program size in most cases. ***PROMISE: AIDS - Increase funding for research, treatment and prevention. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * Increased Ryan White CARE Act funding for outpatient AIDS care by $231 million to $579 million for FY94 * Proposed a 20% increase in NIH spending for AIDS research. Received $633 million for FY95, an 83% percent increase. ***PROMISE: AIDS - Appoint a policy coordinator to enact recommendations of the National Commission on AIDS. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * Appointed first ever AIDS czar to focus on consolidating federal resources and funds to find a cure and address issues surrounding AIDS. ***PROMISE: AIDS - Speed up federal drug approval process. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * Set up the National Task Force on AIDS Drug Development to Create a public-private sector partnership to speed AIDS drugs to market. * The FDA has approved or provided new labeling indications for six products for HIV and related condition. ***PROMISE: AIDS - Fully fund the Ryan White CARE Act. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * Increased Ryan White CARE Act funding for outpatient AIDS care by $231 million to $579 million for FY94. * Proposed a 20% increase in NIH spending for AIDS research. Received $633 million for FY95, an 83% percent increase. ***PROMISE: AIDS - Launch education and prevention program and support local awareness and prevention efforts to distribute condoms in schools. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * Instituted community prevention planning for greater local control over HIV education efforts. * Began Prevention Marketing Initiative aimed at young adults to change HIV risk behaviors, including ads promoting both abstinence and consistent use of latex condoms. * Issued memorandum to heads of executive departments and agencies instructing them to implement ongoing HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs and to develop nondiscriminatory workplace policies for employees with HIV/AIDS. * Began National AIDS Awareness Advertising Campaign in January 1994. ***PROMISE: AIDS - End AIDS-related immigration and travel restrictions. STATUS:NO ACTION LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Congress has mandated continuation of this policy. ***PROMISE: ARMS CONTROL - Ratify START I and START II treaties. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * START I entered into force on December 5, 1994. * START II hearings will begin in late January or early February in the Senate. ***PROMISE: ARMS CONTROL - Use sanctions to seek stronger export controls from countries with technologies for nuclear and other arms. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * Sanctioned China and Pakistan for missile sales and Thailand for chemical weapons-related exports to Libya. Sanctioning Russia for Arms sales to Iran. * Provided export-control assistance to numerous countries, including Russia and the NIS and Central European States. ***PROMISE: ARMS CONTROL - Prevent foreign governments from using agricultural and other non-military aid on weapons. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Vigorously enforced prohibition on using non-military aid for military purposes. No pending non-compliance cases. ***PROMISE: ARMS CONTROL - Enable the International Atomic Energy Agency to conduct more inspections to stop nuclear proliferation. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * Increased IAEA funding $10 million, a 33% increase in U.S. contribution to safeguards. * Reached an Agreed Framework with North Korea that halts and will eventually eliminate its dangerous nuclear weapons program and that eases full IAEA access to nuclear sites. ***PROMISE: ARMS CONTROL - Press countries to join the Missile Technology Control Regime. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Concluded agreements with Russia,Ukraine, and China to abide by MTCR guidelines. Hungary and Argentina have joined the MTCR and Brazil has committed itself publicly to adhere to the MTCR guidelines. ***PROMISE: ARMS CONTROL - Seek Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and an international agreement banning chemical weapons. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Suspended nuclear testing and began work with other governments to achieve a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by 1996. Obtained Senate approval for Open Skies Treaty and sent to Senate the Chemical Weapons Convention, which would ban an entire class of weapons of mass destruction. ***PROMISE: ARTS - Oppose restrictions on grants from the National Endowment for the Arts based on content. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: No content restrictions on NEA grants have been imposed. ***PROMISE: BUDGET - Halve the annual federal budget deficit in four years, from the $323 billion gap first projected by the Congressional Budget Office for 1993 to $141 billion in 1996. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: President Clinton signed into law the largest deficit reduction plan in history August 10, 1993. Under the plan: * the deficit, as a percentage of GDP, will be cut by more than one- half from 4.9% in 1992 to 2.4% in 1995; * the deficit will drop by more than $700 billion dollars over 5 years; and * the deficit will drop 3 years in a row for the first time since Harry Truman was President. ***PROMISE: BUDGET - Seek a line-item veto to cut wasteful spending. STATUS: PENDING LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * In the 104th Congress, President Clinton is supporting the strongest version of the line item veto, with the broadest scope and effective immediately. * In the 103rd Congress, President Clinton supported expedited rescission authority, which was adopted in the House but never reached the full Senate for consideration. ***PROMISE: CITIES - Offer tax and regulatory incentives to businesses that create jobs in urban enterprise zones. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: President Clinton proposed and signed into law legislation for empowerment zones in August 1993 that will award $3.5 billion to 104 empowerment zones and enterprise communities. President Clinton announced in December 1994 which communities will be designated Empowerment Zones in 1995: (1) 6 urban communities will each receive $100 million in block grants and business tax breaks; and (2) 3 rural communities will receive $40 million in assistance and block grants. ***PROMISE: CITIES - Provide funding and block grants to improve infrastructure. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * $300 million has been appropriated for the new Economic Development Initiative (EDI) of the FY 95 budget which will provide grants to assist financing of economic development projects. * FY 96 budget calls for reinventing HUD, which will involve creating new flexible block grants for community economic development and consolidating a number of current formula-based and competitive programs. ***PROMISE: CITIES - Create a network of 100 community development banks to aid low-income entrepreneurs and homeowners. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: President Clinton proposed and signed into law the Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act in August 1994 which authorizes $500 million to encourage a network of new and existing Community Development Banks and Financial Institutions (CDFIs) across the country. The Treasury Department projects that the act will: * lead to approximately $5 billion in new credit for economically distressed communities; * provide financial and technical support for as many as 75 new insured community development banks; and * support as many as 916 new well- capitalized community development corporations and over 4,000 community development loan funds. ***PROMISE: CITIES - Revise local reinvestment requirements for commercial banks. STATUS: PENDING LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The federal banking regulatory agencies, at the request of the Clinton Administration, are in the process of approving final regulations which will: * provide clearer and more objective evaluation standards; * eliminate unnecessary documentation requirements; and * improve the consistency of the Community Reinvestment Act examinations and enforcement efforts. ***PROMISE: CITIES - Allow cities to spend 15 percent of their federal aid on local priorities. STATUS: PENDING LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The Reinventing Government plan would give local governments more flexibility in how they spend federal aid. ***PROMISE: CIVIL RIGHTS - Oppose racial quotas STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Continue to oppose racial quotas. ***PROMISE: CIVIL RIGHTS - Support and seek passage of an Equal Rights Amendment and federal civil rights laws for homosexuals that exempts religious organizations. STATUS: PROPOSED LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Testified on behalf of Senate legislation in the 103rd Congress. ***PROMISE: CIVIL RIGHTS - Raise caps on damages in workplace discrimination cases. STATUS: PROPOSED LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Endorsed House and Senate bills in the 103rd Congress. ***PROMISE: CRIME AND DRUGS - Put 100,000 new police officers to work and expand community policing. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The President proposed and signed the Crime Bill, which will: * Put 100,000 new police officers on the street. More than 1,200 communities have already received grants to hire nearly 10,000 cops. * Promote community policing. $1.3 billion was appropriated for cities in FY95 to hire new police, if cities agree to establish a community policing plan. As much as 15% of the funds can be used to promote community policing in other ways, such as, redeploying other officers, developing new technologies, and offering specialized training to officers. ***PROMISE: CRIME AND DRUGS - Create a National Police Corps to put military personnel and unemployed veterans to work in law enforcement. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The Crime Bill created a police corps to give young people money for college and train them in community policing. A total of $100 million has been authorized for the Police Corps program and $100 million has been authorized for in-service law enforcement scholarships. ***PROMISE: CRIME AND DRUGS - Have first-time, nonviolent offenders serve out their sentences in community boot camps. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The Crime Bill includes a grant program for state corrections agencies to build correctional facilities, including boot camps to insure that additional space will be available to put - and keep - violent offenders incarcerated. ***PROMISE: CRIME AND DRUGS - Enact tough penalties for assaults against women and children to deter domestic violence. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The Crime Bill includes formula and competitive grant programs which will: * Support police and prosecutor efforts to strengthen enforcement and provide services to victims in such cases; * Authorize $325 million for battered women's shelters and other domestic violence prevention activities; * Establish a National Domestic Violence Hotline. The Crime Bill also provides for: * Prohibiting firearms sales to and possession by persons subject to family violence restraining orders; * Enhancing penalties for interstate domestic violence. ***PROMISE: CRIME AND DRUGS - Increase federal funding for school- based and community drug education programs and treatment clinics. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The Crime Bill authorizes funding for: * Education prevention and treatment programs for at-risk juveniles; * Drug Courts program ; * Enhancing the education, providing substance abuse treatment and funding job programs to prevent crimes. ***PROMISE: CRIME AND DRUGS - Provide federal matching funds for crime prevention in hard-hit communities. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The Crime Bill authorizes funding for: * The President's Prevention Council; * Rural anti-crime and drug efforts; * Local Crime Prevention Block Grant program to be distributed to local governments; * Model crime prevention programs targeted at high-crime neighborhoods; up to 15 cities will be selected. ***PROMISE: CRIME AND DRUGS - Impose a five-day waiting period on handgun purchases,ban assault weapons with no legitimate hunting purpose, and limit access to multiple-round clips. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Signed the Brady Bill into law on November 30, 1993. The Crime Bill also provides for the following: * Banning the manufacture of 19 military-style assault weapons, assault weapons with specific combat features, "copy-cat" models, and certain high-capacity ammunition magazines of more than ten rounds; * Banning imports of foreign assault pistols, such as the Uzi; * Strengthening Federal licensing standards for firearms dealers; * Increasing penalties for interstate firearms trafficking; firearms theft and smuggling and use of semi-automatic weapons; * Prohibiting the sale or transfer of a firearm to or possession of certain firearms by juveniles. CRIME AND DRUGS: Seek jail terms for serious white-collar criminals in "real prisons, not high-tech summer camps." STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The Crime Bill prohibits favoritism for white-collar criminals when making prison assignments. ***PROMISE: CRIME AND DRUGS - Crack down on hate crimes. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The Crime Bill includes an increase of tough penalties for federal hate crimes. Hate crime violators will now be sentenced to an additional 12 to 15 months in prison. ***PROMISE: DEFENSE - Save $100 billion in defense spending over 5 years, or $60 billion more than the Bush administration proposed. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The $1.241 trillion military spending plan for FY94-98 matched this pledge, as measured against the revised $1.365 trillion Bush defense budget for the same years. ***PROMISE: DEFENSE - Cut military personnel by offering voluntary early retirement and pro-rated pensions for those who have served 15 to 20 years. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Offered such benefits to certain personnel classes. ***PROMISE: DEFENSE - Pay retiring personnel for a year of retraining. 3 STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Several retraining programs have been implemented since January 1993. ***PROMISE: DEFENSE - Build fleet of C-17 cargo planes to expand sea- and air-lift capabilities and enhance rapid-deployment forces. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT:Worked to ensure that C-17 manufacturers address all outstanding business issues and performance specifications; requested funds for 6 aircraft in FY95. 26 C-17S now under contract. ***PROMISE: DEFENSE - Reduce U.S. forces in Europe to 75,000-100,000 troops but maintain commitment to NATO. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * On target to reduce to 100,000 level. * Proposed and won Allied approval for process of NATO s gradual expansion to Europe s new democracies. * Led way in NATO and with Central and Eastern European countries to set up Partnership for Peace (PFP), offering former Soviet republics and CEE nations practical military ties with NATO. * Held PFP first military exercise in Poland in September. * Intensified military relations with CEE, including offer of $10 million Baltic Battalion, offer of $100 million for military cooperation with new PFP Partners, including $25 million for Poland. ***PROMISE: DEFENSE - Maintain U.S. military presence in Korea. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: 37,000 American troops remain in Korean theater. Patriot missiles were sent in 1994 when crisis loomed. ***PROMISE: DEFENSE - Maintain 10 carrier battlegroups instead of 12. STATUS: NO ACTION LATEST POLICY/RESULT: As a result of Bottom-Up Review, decided 11.5 carriers were required. ***PROMISE: DEFENSE - Develop short- and medium-range missile defenses and continue research on limited long-range missile defenses. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Requesting over $2 billion in FY95 funds to continue research on national missile defense and to develop highly effective theater missile defenses. ***PROMISE: DEFENSE - Cut spending on large, space-based missile defenses. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Reduced funding for space-based lasers and missiles. Eliminated SDIO and created Ballistic Missile Defense Organizations in its place. ***PROMISE: DEFENSE - Reverse ban on homosexuals in the military. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: New, more tolerant policy took effect February 28, 1994. ***PROMISE: ECONOMY AND JOBS - Create a National Economic Council. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Executive Order 12835 established the NEC on January 25, 1993. ***PROMISE: ECONOMY AND JOBS - End tax incentives that encourage companies to export plants and jobs. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: Two Clinton Administration initiatives have advanced this pledge: * President Clinton's Economic Plan 1993 added a provision in the Internal Revenue Code that imposes a current tax on U.S. shareholders of controlled foreign corporations that invest their earnings in an excessive amount of passive assets abroad. By reducing the opportunities for unlimited deferral, the incentive to shift plants overseas is significantly reduced; and * transfer pricing initiatives have reduced the opportunity to shift income to foreign tax havens. ***PROMISE: ECONOMY AND JOBS - Provide investment tax credits to companies that invest in U.S.- based plant sand American-made equipment. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * Proposed incremental investment tax credit in 1993, but did not pass in Congress. * The President's Economic Plan increased the small business expensing limit to $17,500 from $10,000 (an increase to $25,000 was proposed). The change allows small business owners to expense 75% more of their purchases of depreciable assets, a measure that small business had sought unsuccessfully for years. The Treasury Department estimates that 1.3 million small businesses will benefit from the provision this year. ***PROMISE: ECONOMY AND JOBS - Make foreign companies with businesses in the United States pay the same taxes as U.S. companies. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: July 1994 the Treasury issued final regulations governing transfer pricing. These rules, backed by severe penalties, are expected to ensure that an accurate amount of multinational company profits are subject to tax in the United States.In addition: * President Clinton's Economic Plan 1993 included a provision that will make it more difficult for multinational companies to strip earnings out of the U.S. through deductible payments such as interest; and * the Clinton Administration has budgeted significant resources to the enforcement of these rules governing transfer pricing. ***PROMISE: ECONOMY AND JOBS - Offer a 50 percent tax exclusion to those who make long-term investments in new businesses. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The Administration enacted, as part of its Economic Plan 1993, a 50% capital gains tax exclusion targeted at investments in small businesses. The provision allows investors who buy newly issued stock in small businesses and hold that stock for more than 5 years to receive a 50 percent cut in the capital gains tax on the profit from the sale of the stock. ***PROMISE: ECONOMY AND JOBS - Create a $20 billion-a-year fund for spending on transportation and roads, communications and information networks, and environmental technology. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: * President Clinton announced a five-year $20 billion Defense Reinvestment initiative in March 1993 that is centered on four major areas of new investment: (1) worker training and adjustment; (2) community reinvestment; (3) "dual-use" technologies with both commercial and military applications; and (4) new civilian technology investments that provide diversification opportunities * EPA's enacted budget for environmental technology doubled over the FY1993-FY1995 period, to $139 million. Other new funding for private sector technology partnerships are 1) U.S. Climate Change Action Program -- $232 million FY1995 enacted -- and 2) Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (Clean Car) -- $269 million FY1995 enacted. * The President's FY 1996 budget will propose establishing a network of State Infrastructure Banks that will allow states to leverage federal funding, thereby achieving a greater level of investment from a given level of federal resources. ***PROMISE: ECONOMY AND JOBS - Make business tax credits for research and development permanent. STATUS: PARTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The Administration secured a three-year extension of the Research & Development tax credit, retroactive to June 30, 1992 and effective through June 30, 1995. ***PROMISE: ECONOMY AND JOBS - Develop new commercial technologies through a new civilian research and development agency. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT:The President has refocused defense R&D on "dual-use" technologies: * Removed the word Defense from DARPA's name (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to reflect a new commercial focus. * Launched the Technology Reinvestment Project, the largest multi-agency technology program ever, to stimulate dual-use technology. * Increased budgetary support of civilian R&D. Funding for the Advanced Technology Program has increased from $68 million in FY93 to $431 million in FY95. * Created the National Science and Technology Council to help define and achieve science and technology goals. * Government-industry partnerships have been launched in critical technologies such as flat-panel displays, the "Clean Car", semiconductors, and environmental technologies necessary for sustainable economic development. ***PROMISE: ECONOMY AND JOBS - Raise the minimum wage to keep pace with inflation. STATUS: PENDING LATEST POLICY/RESULT: The National Economic Council is in the process of making a recommendation to the President. ***PROMISE: ECONOMY AND JOBS - Limit deductions for executive pay. STATUS: SUBSTANTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT LATEST POLICY/RESULT: As part of his Economic Plan, President Clinton signed legislation that denies a deduction to any publicly held corporation for compensation exceeding $1 million paid to CEOs or certain other high-ranked officers. Some forms of compensation, such as qualified retirement plan contributions and performance based awards approved by shareholders, is exempt from the cap. ***PROMISE: ECONOMY AND JOBS - Allow businesses to deduct bonus and severance packages for executives only if other employees are offered similar packages. STATUS: NO ACTION