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The 104th Congress at Midpoint of Year One
Author(s) -
Stanley Sarah
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1995.tb00538.x
Subject(s) - block grant , public administration , government (linguistics) , politics , presidential election , state (computer science) , presidential system , deregulation , welfare reform , political science , legislation , welfare , economics , law , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science , macroeconomics
Some months ago I referred child psychiatric nurses and other reader of the column to your investment in the reality of the new landscape in Washington. While startling results took place with the election of 1994 in the composition of our U.S. Congress, the proposed agenda is even more alarming for advocates of vulnerable groups, such as children and youth. The new language centers on reinventing government, deregulation, public $ for limited public targets that clearly show impact, and balanced budget. While these are not necessarily negative goals in and of themselves, the difficulty comes with the underlying losses in accomplishing them. The House Republican “Contract With America” which calls for 354 billion in tax cuts has received more press coverage than the “New Deal” from its inception to present time. At midpoint of year one the new congress has achieved most of the minor agenda scheduled. There is still balanced budget, welfare reform, government reengineering and state block grant programs to be accomplished. Unfortunately, politics has one again taken the spotlight from action for the constituents. In the forefront are candidates positioning for the 1996 Presidential election.