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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President Clinton signed the "unfunded mandates" bill into law. The measure prevents Congress from imposing costly newrequirements on the stateswithout providing adequate funding. Addressing a bipartisan crowd of lawmakers and 125 state and local officials, the president said that the law "shows that Republicans and Democrats can come together andbreak gridlock." He added: "This bill is another acknowledgment that Washington doesn't necessarily have all the answers." The law -- which allows states and localities to ignore most federal regulations that cost them more than $50 million a year -- is the second part of the GOP "Contract With America...
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