-Caveat Lector- http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/reuters20010125_4332.html Sen. Clinton Challenges Bush's Tax, Health Policies WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In her first major policy speech as a U.S. senator, former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday lashed out at President George W. Bush"s tax cut plans and warned him against rolling back abortion rights. Less than a week after leaving the White House, Sen. Clinton drew battle lines with the new Republican administration on tax and health care policy. She blasted Bush"s $1.6 trillion tax cut package, saying it would "lead us back to a deficit position," warned the new administration against banning the abortion pill RU-486 on "political grounds," and promised to lobby for passage of a "universal, affordable and comprehensive" prescription drug benefit for seniors. Clinton made history in the November election, becoming the first president"s wife to win public office. As New York"s new senator, Clinton promised to focus on nitty gritty, constituent-oriented policies, and to work alongside the Republican leaders who spearheaded her husband"s impeachment and pushed Democrats out of the White House. Addressing a health care forum in Washington, Sen. Clinton sharply criticized Bush for imposing a ban on federal funds for international family planning groups that "perform or actively promote" abortions. "I would hope that this order, which penalizes family planning ... would be rethought and reversed," she said, adding that her supporters must "remain vigilant so that the progress we"ve made thus far is not rolled back." Clinton said Bush"s secretary of health and human services, Tommy Thompson, should not politicize his proposed review of the abortion pill RU-486. The pill won Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval last year, giving women a nonsurgical option for ending early-term pregnancies. "I think the evidence of the efficacy and safety of RU-486 is convincing and I would be very concerned if a decision were made on political grounds instead of on medical or scientific grounds," Clinton told reporters. Reviled by some conservative Republicans for heading efforts in President Clinton"s first term to overhaul the health care system, the former first lady said she would continue the fight in the Senate. Clinton threw her support behind Democratic bills that would provide prescription coverage to Medicare recipients, expand health care coverage to the uninsured and safeguard patients" rights. And she warned Congress against abandoning "balanced" fiscal policies in favor of massive tax cuts. "In striking that balance between tax cuts and investments, paying down the debt and having a reserve fund, we have to recognize that health care must get the attention it deserves," Clinton said. But given that Republicans, for the first time since 1953, simultaneously control the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives, she conceded: "The road ahead is one that"s difficult." ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
