Premium
The White House and Congress on Child Care and Family Leave Policy: From Carter to Clinton
Author(s) -
Wisensale Steven K.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1997.tb00007.x
Subject(s) - executive order , white (mutation) , politics , house of representatives , public administration , political science , order (exchange) , george (robot) , law , history , business , biochemistry , chemistry , finance , gene , art history
Over the last two decades four presidents produced a variety of family policy initiatives with mixed results. Carter issued his nine‐point plan on the family and convened the first White House Conference on Families in American history. Reagan created the White House Working Group on the Family and issued Executive Order 12606, which established family impact statements. George Bush continued many of Reagan's policies and pushed family values to near the top of the political agenda by 1992, and Bill Clinton set forth his eight‐point plan on the family and moved quickly to reverse many of the policies of the Reagan‐Bush era. Discussed is the role of the White House and Congress in shaping two family policy initiatives in particular: The Child Care and Development Block Grant of 1990 and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.