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1997
DECEMBER
December 23, 1997
Homeless
For The Holidays
Paul Solman, of WGBH-Boston, reports on what Massachusetts
is doing to fight homelessness.
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December 17, 1997
A
New Hope
An organization helps inner-city residents learn high-tech skills.
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NOVEMBER
November 18, 1997
Disabling
Benefits
Welfare reform is affecting disabled children, and threatening
their eligibility for supplemental security income.
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OCTOBER
October 22, 1997
Newsmaker:
Bill Archer
The Senate Finance Committee has been investigating the IRS which
has sparked public interest, and some members of Congress are proposing solutions.
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October 13, 1997
Re-Writing
The Rules
Two states struggle to replace food stamp benefits to
legal immigrants.
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October 10, 1997
America
Works
NewsHour Economics Correspondent Paul Solman looks at a different
way to welfare reform.
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October 10, 1997
IRS
Reform
President Clinton proposed changes that would make the IRS more taxpayer-friendly.
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October 8, 1997
A
New Partnership
Elizabeth Brackett reports on a partnership that saved a
Chicago neighborhood.
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October 1, 1997
Forum: Freshmen Forums
What should the federal transportation policy look like? |
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SEPTEMBER
September 25, 1997
Auditing
The IRS
The Senate Finance Committee continued their investigation of the
IRS and unidentified IRS employees gave their testimony. |
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September
24, 1997
Taxing
Questions
The Senate hears from Americans who say they were harassed by the
IRS.
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September 2, 1997
The
State Of Workfare
Wisconsin has introduced state-wide workfare. Will it
work?
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AUGUST
August 29, 1997
Power To Recall
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman requested for more legal
authority over meat processing plants. This request comes after the recall of
25 million pounds of hamburger produced by Hudson Foods. |
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August 27, 1997
The
Diet Debate
Are controversial weight loss drugs bad for your health?
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August 25, 1997
Welfare
Reform: Imperial Valley
A look at how welfare reform is affecting
people in California's Imperial Valley.
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August
21, 1997
Capital
In Crisis
In an attempt to improve the finances of the District of Columbia,
the federal government has placed day-to-day operations in the hands of an appointed
control board.
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August 13, 1997
Working
Welfare?
It's been a year since President Clinton signed the welfare
reform bill, and recipients are pleased with the results.
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August 8, 1997
Forum: Why Balance the Budget?
Does the U.S. really need a balanced budget? |
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August 7, 1997
A Healthy Budget?
Signed earlier this week, the budget bill is expected
to carve $115 million from federal health care spending. Under such cuts, what's
the prognosis for Medicare?
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August 6, 1997
Forum: Is Workfare Moral?
Is workfare modern slavery, or the answer to welfare's woes? |
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JULY
July 31, 1997
Doctoring
The Books
Three Columbia/HCA executives were charged with defrauding medicare
programs for more than a decade, underscoring the government's growing investigation
into health care fraud.
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July 23, 1997
The
Arts: A Congress Divided
To fund or not to fund? That is the question. The
debate: the House has voted to halt additional funding for the NEA; the Senate
wants to maintain current spending. |
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July 16, 1997
Not
An "Other"
Increasingly, many Americans find they don't easily fit into any
racial group. But will adding a new "multiracial" category on the census take
away the effectiveness of the count?
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July 15, 1997
Condition
Critical
Congress has worked out two competing versions of Medicare reform.
The Senate's sweeping changes have provoked sharp criticism. Which will improve
the entitlement?
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July 9, 1997
Forum: Freshmen Forums
Reps. Granger & Johnson debate the proposed tax cuts. |
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July 4, 1997
Remembering
World War II
How Washington, D.C. plans to mark another key moment in American
history--World War II. |
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July 3, 1997
Rethinking
Public Housing
A report on how Chicago is changing the face of public housing.
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July 1, 1997
Welfare
Reform: First Inning
The deadline for states to file outlines for new ways
to run welfare programs has passed. How are states and welfare recipients coping?
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JUNE
June 11, 1997
From Welfare
To Work
Lee Hochberg reports on the transition made by of hundreds
of people nationwide who've moved from welfare to work as part of corporate
programs to hire people on assistance.
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June 11, 1997
Regulating
Online Privacy
Netscape and Microsoft said they would work to limit personal
information available to Net users. Their announcement comes on the second day
of FTC hearings on Internet privacy.
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MAY
May 7, 1997
Lower
Long Distance Rates
The FCC has lowered how much long distance carriers
must pay local phone companies for access to their lines. Consumers with one
line could save $2/month or more on long distance.
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May 7, 1997
Forum: Freshmen Forums
Reps. Jim Gibbons (R-NV) and Julia Carson (D-IN) on the proposed budget deal. |
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APRIL
April 16, 1997
FBI:
Troubled House
Experts reflect on negative evaluations of Director Louis Freeh,
numerous incidents of mishandled cases, and plummeting morale at one of the nation's
chief law enforcement agencies. |
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April 16, 1997
Forum: Freshmen Forums
Representatives Mike Pappas (R-NJ) and Ellen Taucher (D-CA) discuss how Congress should change the tax system. |
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April 15, 1997
FBI:
Feeling The Heat
A Justice Dept. report concludes the FBI's crime lab provided
flawed evidence in the Oklahoma City bombing and other cases, and endorsed an
effort to get an outside review of the lab.
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April 14, 1997
Food
Stamps
A look at the impact of the new welfare reform law: How it
will affect people who receive food stamps?
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April 11, 1997
Auditing
The IRS
Experts discuss why the GAO is calling the IRS a "high risk" agency,
rife with waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. What's more, employees have
been caught snooping through files. |
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April 10, 1997
Newsmaker:
Robert Rubin
The Treasury Secretary's recent trip to Vietnam made him the
highest ranking U.S. official to visit that country since it fell to Communist forces
in 1975. He discusses his impressions of Asia's newest economic tiger, as well
as his trade talks in Japan and the Clinton administration's fiscal policy.
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April 1, 1997
Newsmaker
With Doris Meissner
New and stricter immigration laws took effect despite
efforts to delay their enactment. Doris Meissner, Commissioner of the INS, explains
the new regulations.
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MARCH
March 18, 1997
Process Of Elimination
In a letter to the President withdrawing his nomination as
CIA director, Anthony Lake took shots at a confirmation system that, he said,
is too concerned with "partisanship" and "gotcha." For a closer look at Lake's
withdrawal, NewsHour correspondents are joined by:
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March
18, 1997
Advise
And Consent
Last December an enthusiastic President Clinton announced his
choice of Alexis Herman to replace Robert Reisch as Secretary of Labor. |
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March
12, 1997
Anthony Lake Confirmation Hearings: Part Two
Kwame Holman covers day two of the Senate
confirmation hearings for the nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency.
Anthony Lake's second day of public hearings went much like the previous day. |
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March 11, 1997
Newsmaker
With William Cohen
A month and a half into the job as Secretary of Defense,
former Republican Senator William Cohen discusses his vision for the U.S. military.
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March 11, 1997
Anthony
Lake Confirmation Hearings
After weeks of delay the Senate Intelligence Committee
took up the nomination of Anthony Lake as director of Central Intelligence.
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March 6, 1997
Newsmaker
With Madeleine Albright
In her first interview since returning from a whirlwind
trip, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks about Mexico and the drug
war, riots in Albania, and how she likes her new job, among other topics.
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FEBRUARY
February 12, 1997
Forum: Freshmen Forums
John Sununu (R-NH) & Mike McIntyre (D-NC) discuss Clinton's 1998 federal budget. |
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February 11, 1997
Tightening The Welfare Trampoline
According to California Governor Pete Wilson "Any legal job is better than subsidized idleness." Jeffrey Kaye looks at Wilson's commitment to reform welfare. |
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February
10, 1997
Parting
Interview With David Kessler
The FDA's authority to regulate tobacco was argued in a federal court in North Carolina, and the issue may well end up in the
Supreme Court. Those regulations were adopted under the watch of Food & Drug Administration
Commissioner David Kessler, who has announced he will leave the agency later this
month.
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February 6, 1997
Welfare/Daycare
Dilemma
Welfare reform plans around the country are requiring those
on public assistance to find a job or lose benefits. The catch: finding
affordable daycare as state and local subsidies are cut.
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February 4, 1997
Working
On Welfare
A look at the new welfare law's impact on state governments.
President Clinton is expected to address the issue in the State of the Union
speech later this evening.
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JANUARY
January 30, 1997
State
Of Human Rights
The U.S. State Department has just released its 20th annual
survey of human rights practices in 193 nations, and there's bad news. Despite
the spread of democracy, abuses appear on the rise.
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January 29, 1997
Cabinet
Work
The Senate moved ahead on several fronts in an effort to complete
the confirmation work for President Clinton's second term cabinet. |
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January
22, 1997
Cohen
At Defense
Kwame Holman reports on the Senate confirmation of William Cohen,
President Clinton's nominee for secretary of defense.
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January 14, 1997
Farewell:
Warren Christopher
In this, his thirtieth and farewell appearance, Sec.
of State Warren Christopher says that America is a safer place than it was four
years ago. But he warns that the U.S. must be vigilant.
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January 13, 1997
Reforming
Social Security
Last week a bipartisan commission offered three alternatives
for redesigning the Social Security system so it will be able to cover the retirement
needs of Baby Boomers. |
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January 8, 1997
Madame
Secretary
Kwame Holman reports on Madeleine Albright's hearings before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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January 6, 1997
Securing
The Future
A federal advisory council formed to examine the Social Security
system failed to rally around a single course of action. Instead, council members
split into three groups, each backing different proposals. |
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GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
