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CLINTON ADMINISTRATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND

ACTIONS

FIRST 100 DAYS

POLICY

ACTION

BUDGET: REVERSE TRICKLE
DOWN ECONOMICS

                                Congress adopts sweeping 
                                investment and deficit 
                                reduction package

BUDGET CUTS: BUREAUCRACY
"We will cut 100,000 federal
government positions through
attrition."

                                Executive Order 12839 signed 
                                2/10/93.

BUDGET CUTS
Cut administrative costs by 3
percent

                                Executive Order 12837 signed 
                                2/10/93 -- Creates a 14 
                                percent reduction in 
                                administrative costs by '97. 

EDUCATION
Achieve 1989 Education
Summit's "National Education
Goals" by the year 2000.

                                Introduced Goals 2000: 
                                Education America Act.
                                Will improve learning and 
                                teaching by providing a 
                                national framework for 
                                education reform.

ECONOMY: ECONOMIC COUNCIL
Create an Economic Security
Council to coordinate
America's international
economic policy.

                                Established National 
                                Economic Council, 1/25/93.  
                                Executive Order 12835.

ENVIRONMENT: COMPETITIVENESS
COUNCIL
End back door for polluters
at White House.

                                Abolished by Presidential 
                                Memorandum, 01/21/93. 

ENVIRONMENT: LEADERSHIP
"I want to give you a real
environmental presidency."

                                Created Office of 
                                Environmental Policy, which 
                                has broader influence and 
                                more focused mandate to 
                                coordinate policy than 
                                Council on Environmental 
                                Quality, 2/8/93.

ENVIRONMENT: OZONE DEPLETION

                                Issued Executive Order to 
                                reduce ozone depletion.  
                                Requires Federal Govenment 
                                procurement to restrict use 
                                of substances that cause 
                                stratospheric ozone 
                                depletion.

ENVIRONMENT: END FALSE CHOICE
Shatter the false choice
between environmental
protection and economic
growth.

                                Babbitt announces compromise 
                                naming California 
                                Gnatcatcher a "threatened" 
                                species, calls for 
                                preservation of ecosystem 
                                with allowance for limited 
                                development,  3/25/93

ENVIRONMENT: FOREST SUMMIT
Early in my administration I
will convene a Pacific
Northwest Forest Summit to
work out a legislative
solution.

                                Forest conference convened 
                                in Portland, OR, 4/2/93.  
                                Orders cabinet officials to 
                                draft immediate responses 
                                and recommendations.

FAMILIES: IMMUNIZE CHILDREN

                                Sent the Child Immunization 
                                Act to Congress on April 1, 
                                1993.

FAMILIES: FAMILY AND MEDICAL
LEAVE ACT
Promised to get the bill on
his desk quickly and sign it.

                                Signed two weeks after 
                                taking office, 2/5/93.

FETAL TISSUE RESEARCH
Lift the ban on fetal tissue
testing.

                                Repealed by Presidential 
                                Memorandum, 1/22/93.

GOVERNMENT WASTE

                                Limits the use of government 
                                aircraft by government 
                                employees, Memorandum on 
                                Restriction of Government 
                                Aircraft, 2/10/93.

GOVERNMENT WASTE

                                Reduces and restricts use of 
                                government vehicles, 
                                Memorandum, 2/10/93.

HEALTH CARE
Will form a health care task
force to research and draft
health care reform plan.

                                Forms health care task force 
                                with First Lady Hillary 
                                Rodham Cliton as chair, 
                                1/25/93.

JOBS: RE-EMPLOYMENT HELP

                                Extended unemployment 
                                insurance and includes 
                                reforms to provide 
                                reemployment assistance to 
                                beneficiaries.

MIDDLE EAST: PEACE TALKS

                                Sent Secretary Christopher 
                                to region to re-start talks, 
                                2/4/93.

REFORM OFFICE OF U.S. TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE
Prevent trade negotiators
from cashing in on their
positions by serving as
representatives of foreign
corporations or governments.

                                Issued Executive Order 
                                banning senior staff and 
                                trade reprentatives from 
                                representing foreign 
                                governments.

REINVENTING GOVERNMENT
"We will reduce the White
House Staff by 25 percent."

                                Announced reduction and 
                                reorganization of White 
                                House staff. Cut staff by 
                                25%, or 350 positions

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: GAG RULE
"Repeal President Bush's
'gag' rule" which prohibits
doctors from sharing
information with patients.

                                Repealed by Presidential 
                                Memorandum, 1/22/93.

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: MEXICO
CITY POLICY "Protect ...
right to choose."

                                Repealed by Presidential 
                                Memorandum, 1/22/93. 

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: MILITARY
HOSPITALS
"Protect women's rights in
the workplace."

                                Repealed by Presidential 
                                Memorandum,      1/22/93.  
                                Granted legal rights to 
                                privately funded abortions 
                                at military hospitals.

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
"Support testing of RU-486."

                                Repealed by Presidential 
                                Memorandum, 1/22/93.  
                                Rescinded import ban of RU-
                                486, pending routine testing 
                                and approval process.

TOWN HALL MEETINGS
Will continue as President.

                                First town hall meeting - 
                                2/10/93.

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Extend benefits to jobless
workers in the event of a
recession.

                                $5.8 Billion extension 
                                signed 3/4/93 when 
                                unemployment remains above 
                                level where it was when 
                                unemployment insurance was 
                                first granted in current 
                                recession.

WELFARE REFORM: BREAK CYCLE
OF DEPENDENCY
Make welfare a second chance,
not a way of life.

                                Established task force on 
                                welfare reform policy with 
                                National Governors' 
                                Association.