Word: contract
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Protesters' signs bore slogans such as "Acontract we never signed is a contract on America"and "Don't balance the budget on the backs ofstudents...
...When the Contract comes after you, there willbe no one left to help you," Ogletree said. "It isessential that we be there now for all the peoplevictimized by the Contract...
Rather than supporting the Contract withAmerica, Ogletree said, "We want a contract withfair wages, health care and free education forall...
Cheng was encouraged by the success ofyesterday's rally. She said she expected toorganize more multicultural events this spring,starting with a forum after spring break on howthe Contract will affect students of color...
Republicans muscled theirsweeping welfare reform packagethrough the House in a charged 234-199 partisan vote. The bill, which would scrap 45 programs for the poor in favor of few-strings-attached grants to the states, proposes the most fundamental change in the American social contract sinceFDR. "We are sweeping away a destructive system and we are putting in a system that can work," said Rep. Clay Shaw (R-Fla.). Among the basics to go: school lunches, foster care support and child care to the country's neediest women and children. Parents would be required to work after two years...