Word: overhauled
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...overwhelming vote of 87 to 12, the Senate approved the Republican-propelled plan to overhaul welfare--a sweeping about-face on 60 years of social policy. The bill eliminates federal guarantees of assistance to the needy and relies instead on capped block grants, mostly to be administered as each statehouse decides. President Clinton indicated he would sign the measure unless a House-Senate conference reinstates "extremist" provisions, such as banning aid to unwed teenage mothers, earlier adopted by the House. Dispirited liberal Democrats assailed the overhaul as a catastrophe for the nation's poor and criticized the President...
House Republicans formally unveiled their long-awaited and politically risky proposal to overhaul Medicare--a sketchy blueprint full of wiggle room that provides few details of where the G.O.P.'s $270 billion in desired savings will be realized. The proposal would allow seniors to opt for HMOS and private insurance plans (with the government footing the presumably cheaper bill) or to stay with the traditional fee-for-service program and face increasing premiums (including even bigger increases for affluent seniors). The unveiling of the proposal didn't stop Democrats from renewing some familiar criticisms--namely that the Medicare cuts...
Amid scattered flurries of harsh rhetoric and pre-campaign posturing, the Senate spent the week hammering out the details of a sweeping overhaul of the nation's welfare system and stood poised to pass the bill this coming week. The historic measure would convert existing entitlement programs into capped block grants to the states with virtually no strings attached. The legislation, which its authors hope will save $70 billion over seven years, also contains a five-year limit on benefits, as well as work requirements. Democrats and moderate Republicans succeeded in increasing child-care funding and stripping provisions that would...
...which slashed rates 25% across the board, Roth says he is determined to stage an encore performance, planning to cut estate and capital-gains taxes and provide tax relief by expanding individual retirement accounts and creating a new tax credit for families with children. He also wants to overhaul the federal income tax. His chief aims are simplification and increased incentives for saving and investment. Says he: "I can't tell you how many times Congress has said it would simplify the income tax, and then added 500 pages of complexity that nobody understands." In pursuit of simplification, his Governmental...
While President Clinton pledged to veto the sort of Medicare cuts the GOP is promising, House Minority leader Dick Gephardt blasted Republicans for releasing sparse details about their plan to overhaul the health program, and for scheduling only one day of hearings on changes in the plan. Gingrich did not immediately respond to Gephardt's challenge. Although broad details of the Gingrich plan have been made public, congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty reports that no detailed numbers have been provided to show just how the proposal would save $270 billion over the next seven years. "Gingrich's office says they haven...