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Article: ... as his national agenda - and power - weakens; Stymied by Congress and fighting the lame-duck image, Clinton has begungoverning by executive order.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 2, 1999
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One way to look at the ongoing budget debate is as an example of President Clinton's incredible shrinking agenda - and his diminishing power in Washington.
Even if he gets everything he wants - 100,000 new teachers, 50,000 cops, more foreign aid, and more environmental protections - this is just a remnant of his original wish list.
That list included a more substantial set of priorities: Social Security reform, a prescription-drug plan for Medicare, and a middle-class tax cut in the form of federally subsidized retirement accounts for Americans. The only life left in these ideas now may be as campaign issues for the 2000 election.
"It's ...