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1996
DECEMBER
December 5, 1996
Madeleine
Albright, Chief
President Clinton has chosen U.N. Ambassador Madeleine Albright
to replace outgoing Secretary of State, Warren Christopher.
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December
5, 1996
...And
the Rest Of The Security Team
In addition to nominating a new Secretary of
State, President Clinton announced three other nominations for his national security
team.
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December 5, 1996
Gergen
Dialogue
David Gergen engages Pete Peterson, a founding president of the
Concord Coalition and author of "Will America Grow Up Before It Grows Old: How
the Coming Social Security Crisis Threatens You, Your Family, and Your Country."
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December 2, 1996
The
Business Of Welfare
While other states are still drafting new plans, Wisconsin
was ready to launch new welfare programs October 1, the date new landmark welfare
reform took effect. But Wisconsin, and several other states, are considering
even more dramatic reforms by turning welfare programs over to private corporations.
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OCTOBER
October 30, 1996
Forum: Budgeting For the Future
Two top ranking Senators on the Senate Budget Committee answered your questions on the future of the budget debate and what Congress learned from the 104th. |
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October 22, 1996
Forum: Welfare Reform
After months of wrangling and three attempts, the 104th Congress finally sent a Welfare Reform package that survived the President's veto. |
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October 1, 1996
Day
One
Reforms, signed into law in August ending federal welfare guarantees,
are now in effect. The NewsHour looks at how states, who must now devise their
own plans, will cope.
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AUGUST
August 1, 1996
Paradigm
Shift
President Clinton will soon sign a bill that removes the safety net
initiated by Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal of the 1930s.
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JULY
July 31, 1996
Politics
Of Reform
The House passed a controversial welfare reform
bill--already approved by the Senate--that in effect ends welfare entitlements
as we know them.
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July 24, 1996
Welfare
Reform: End of "Guarantees"?
The Senate joined the House in passing
historic legislation to end the federal guarantee to welfare and return
most assistance programs to the states.
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July 16, 1996
Newsmaker:
Ross Perot
Reform Party presidential candidate Ross Perot talks to Jim Lehrer
about a broken Social Security system.
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JUNE
June 6, 1996
Sick
Days
House Republicans called for the creation of medical savings accounts
[MSAs] in recently-passed health insurance reform legislation, saying that these
tax-exempt accounts to help Americans help pay for health care.
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MAY
May 21, 1996
Wisconsin
Works?
The Clinton administration approved last weekend a controversial
Wisconsin welfare reform plan that requires recipients to work for their
benefits.
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May 15, 1996
Medicare Fraud
This week, the Department of Health & Human Services announced
that a year-old pilot project to crack down on Medicare fraud is proving successful.
Florida is one of five states included in that project.
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APRIL
April 15, 1996
Forum: Restructuring the Federal Tax System
The Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation examines proposals to change the tax system. |
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FEBRUARY
February 23, 1996
Moving
Out
Many low-income Americans rely on government help to find and
keep a roof over their heads. Spencer Michels reports on what happens
to tenants when public housing projects fail.
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February 20, 1996
The
Governors' Plan
The nation's governors assembled on Capitol Hill
to defend the welfare plan they formulated earlier this month at the
National Governors' Association conference.
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February 20, 1996
Controversial
Options
One of the biggest fights in this year's budget battle has been
over welfare reform. In the latest round, two of the nation's governors, a Republican
and a Democrat, went to Capitol Hill to try and sell their proposed bipartisan
solution. |
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JANUARY
January 18, 1996
Forum: Questions on the Budget
Norman Ornstein on who's winning the Budget Battle? |
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GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
