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  1. From @lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu:hes@REAGAN.AI.MIT.EDU Mon Apr 26 00:33:55 1993
  2. Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 22:21-0400
  3. From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
  4. Subject: Clinton Administration Table of Accomplishments - 100 Days
  5. To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org
  6.  
  7. CLINTON ADMINISTRATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND 
  8.                   ACTIONS
  9.  
  10.                FIRST 100 DAYS
  11.  
  12.             POLICY 
  13.  
  14.                                            ACTION
  15.                                 
  16.  BUDGET: REVERSE TRICKLE     
  17.  DOWN ECONOMICS
  18.  
  19.                                 Congress adopts sweeping 
  20.                                 investment and deficit 
  21.                                 reduction package
  22.                                 
  23.  BUDGET CUTS: BUREAUCRACY
  24.  "We will cut 100,000 federal 
  25.  government positions through 
  26.  attrition." 
  27.  
  28.                                 Executive Order 12839 signed 
  29.                                 2/10/93.
  30.  
  31.  BUDGET CUTS
  32.  Cut administrative costs by 3 
  33.  percent
  34.  
  35.                                 Executive Order 12837 signed 
  36.                                 2/10/93 -- Creates a 14 
  37.                                 percent reduction in 
  38.                                 administrative costs by '97. 
  39.  
  40.                                 
  41.  
  42.  EDUCATION
  43.  Achieve 1989 Education 
  44.  Summit's "National Education 
  45.  Goals" by the year 2000.
  46.  
  47.                                 Introduced Goals 2000: 
  48.                                 Education America Act.
  49.                                 Will improve learning and 
  50.                                 teaching by providing a 
  51.                                 national framework for 
  52.                                 education reform.
  53.  
  54.  ECONOMY: ECONOMIC COUNCIL
  55.  Create an Economic Security 
  56.  Council to coordinate 
  57.  America's international 
  58.  economic policy. 
  59.  
  60.                                 Established National 
  61.                                 Economic Council, 1/25/93.  
  62.                                 Executive Order 12835.
  63.  
  64.  ENVIRONMENT: COMPETITIVENESS 
  65.  COUNCIL
  66.  End back door for polluters 
  67.  at White House.
  68.  
  69.                                 Abolished by Presidential 
  70.                                 Memorandum, 01/21/93. 
  71.  
  72.  
  73.  
  74.  ENVIRONMENT: LEADERSHIP
  75.  "I want to give you a real 
  76.  environmental presidency."
  77.  
  78.                                 Created Office of 
  79.                                 Environmental Policy, which 
  80.                                 has broader influence and 
  81.                                 more focused mandate to 
  82.                                 coordinate policy than 
  83.                                 Council on Environmental 
  84.                                 Quality, 2/8/93.
  85.  
  86.  ENVIRONMENT: OZONE DEPLETION
  87.  
  88.                                 Issued Executive Order to 
  89.                                 reduce ozone depletion.  
  90.                                 Requires Federal Govenment 
  91.                                 procurement to restrict use 
  92.                                 of substances that cause 
  93.                                 stratospheric ozone 
  94.                                 depletion.
  95.  
  96.  ENVIRONMENT: END FALSE CHOICE
  97.  Shatter the false choice 
  98.  between environmental 
  99.  protection and economic 
  100.  growth. 
  101.  
  102.                                 Babbitt announces compromise 
  103.                                 naming California 
  104.                                 Gnatcatcher a "threatened" 
  105.                                 species, calls for 
  106.                                 preservation of ecosystem 
  107.                                 with allowance for limited 
  108.                                 development,  3/25/93
  109.  
  110.  ENVIRONMENT: FOREST SUMMIT
  111.  Early in my administration I 
  112.  will convene a Pacific 
  113.  Northwest Forest Summit to 
  114.  work out a legislative 
  115.  solution. 
  116.  
  117.                                 Forest conference convened 
  118.                                 in Portland, OR, 4/2/93.  
  119.                                 Orders cabinet officials to 
  120.                                 draft immediate responses 
  121.                                 and recommendations.
  122.  
  123.  FAMILIES: IMMUNIZE CHILDREN
  124.  
  125.                                 Sent the Child Immunization 
  126.                                 Act to Congress on April 1, 
  127.                                 1993.
  128.  
  129.  FAMILIES: FAMILY AND MEDICAL 
  130.  LEAVE ACT
  131.  Promised to get the bill on 
  132.  his desk quickly and sign it. 
  133.  
  134.                                 Signed two weeks after 
  135.                                 taking office, 2/5/93.
  136.  
  137.  FETAL TISSUE RESEARCH
  138.  Lift the ban on fetal tissue 
  139.  testing. 
  140.  
  141.                                 Repealed by Presidential 
  142.                                 Memorandum, 1/22/93.
  143.  
  144.  GOVERNMENT WASTE
  145.  
  146.                                 Limits the use of government 
  147.                                 aircraft by government 
  148.                                 employees, Memorandum on 
  149.                                 Restriction of Government 
  150.                                 Aircraft, 2/10/93.
  151.  
  152.  GOVERNMENT WASTE
  153.  
  154.                                 Reduces and restricts use of 
  155.                                 government vehicles, 
  156.                                 Memorandum, 2/10/93.
  157.  
  158.  
  159.  
  160.  HEALTH CARE 
  161.  Will form a health care task 
  162.  force to research and draft 
  163.  health care reform plan.
  164.  
  165.                                 Forms health care task force 
  166.                                 with First Lady Hillary 
  167.                                 Rodham Cliton as chair, 
  168.                                 1/25/93.
  169.  
  170.  JOBS: RE-EMPLOYMENT HELP
  171.  
  172.                                 Extended unemployment 
  173.                                 insurance and includes 
  174.                                 reforms to provide 
  175.                                 reemployment assistance to 
  176.                                 beneficiaries.
  177.  
  178.  MIDDLE EAST: PEACE TALKS
  179.  
  180.                                 Sent Secretary Christopher 
  181.                                 to region to re-start talks, 
  182.                                 2/4/93.
  183.  
  184.  REFORM OFFICE OF U.S. TRADE 
  185.  REPRESENTATIVE
  186.  Prevent trade negotiators 
  187.  from cashing in on their 
  188.  positions by serving as 
  189.  representatives of foreign 
  190.  corporations or governments.
  191.  
  192.                                 Issued Executive Order 
  193.                                 banning senior staff and 
  194.                                 trade reprentatives from 
  195.                                 representing foreign 
  196.                                 governments.
  197.  
  198.  REINVENTING GOVERNMENT    
  199.  "We will reduce the White 
  200.  House Staff by 25 percent."
  201.  
  202.                                 Announced reduction and 
  203.                                 reorganization of White 
  204.                                 House staff. Cut staff by 
  205.                                 25%, or 350 positions
  206.  
  207.  REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: GAG RULE
  208.  "Repeal President Bush's 
  209.  'gag' rule" which prohibits 
  210.  doctors from sharing 
  211.  information with patients.         
  212.       
  213.    
  214.  
  215.                                 Repealed by Presidential 
  216.                                 Memorandum, 1/22/93.
  217.  
  218.  REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: MEXICO 
  219.  CITY POLICY    "Protect ... 
  220.  right to choose." 
  221.  
  222.                                 Repealed by Presidential 
  223.                                 Memorandum, 1/22/93. 
  224.  
  225.  REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: MILITARY 
  226.  HOSPITALS
  227.  "Protect women's rights in 
  228.  the workplace."
  229.  
  230.                                 Repealed by Presidential 
  231.                                 Memorandum,      1/22/93.  
  232.                                 Granted legal rights to 
  233.                                 privately funded abortions 
  234.                                 at military hospitals.
  235.  
  236.  REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
  237.  "Support testing of RU-486."
  238.  
  239.                                 Repealed by Presidential 
  240.                                 Memorandum, 1/22/93.  
  241.                                 Rescinded import ban of RU-
  242.                                 486, pending routine testing 
  243.                                 and approval process.
  244.  
  245.  
  246.  
  247.  TOWN HALL MEETINGS
  248.  Will continue as President.
  249.  
  250.                                 First town hall meeting - 
  251.                                 2/10/93.
  252.  
  253.  UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
  254.  Extend benefits to jobless 
  255.  workers in the event of a 
  256.  recession. 
  257.  
  258.                                 $5.8 Billion extension 
  259.                                 signed 3/4/93 when 
  260.                                 unemployment remains above 
  261.                                 level where it was when 
  262.                                 unemployment insurance was 
  263.                                 first granted in current 
  264.                                 recession.
  265.  
  266.  WELFARE REFORM: BREAK CYCLE 
  267.  OF DEPENDENCY
  268.  Make welfare a second chance, 
  269.  not a way of life. 
  270.  
  271.                                 Established task force on 
  272.                                 welfare reform policy with 
  273.                                 National Governors' 
  274.                                 Association.
  275.  
  276.          
  277.  
  278.