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Winning enactment of the largest deficit-cutting plan in
history with his 1993 economic package. The President's policies have
cut the deficit by more than half and the economy has created 10.5
million new jobs. We have the lowest combined rate of unemployment,
inflation, and mortgage rates since 1968 and the highest level of home
ownership in 15 years. |
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Making it easier for Asian and Pacific Americans to start
their own businesses. The Clinton Administration has approved nearly
8,500 Small Business Administration (SBA) loans worth nearly $2
billion to businesses owned by Asian and Pacific Americans. We have
made new tax cuts available to 90 percent of small
businesses. |
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Funding a Small Business Administration program that
provides training and counseling to hundreds of Asian and Pacific
American women in New York City. |
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Appointing the most diverse Cabinet and Administration in
history. One hundred and ninety-five Asian and Pacific Americans serve
in the Clinton Administration -- three times more than the previous
Administration. |
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Nominating more Asian and Pacific Americans to the federal
bench than any other Administration. The Clinton Administration's
first Asian Pacific American nomination to a federal court was the
first in almost 15 years. |
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Making naturalization a top priority of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service in order to continue fostering legal
immigration while combating illegal immigration. |
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Launching Citizenship USA to ensure that by September
1996, eligible persons who apply for citizenship will be approved by
the Immigration and Naturalization Service within six months.
Citizenship USA has been implemented in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
New York, Miami and Chicago -- cities that represent more than 75
percent of all pending citizenship applications. |
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Increasing access to college by reforming student loans,
expanding work study and Pell Grants. By establishing AmeriCorps,
President Clinton is giving young people the opportunity to serve
their communities while earning money for college. |
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Increasing funding for Office of Bilingual Education and
Minority Language Affairs. The office is helping local schools to
establish programs in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean by restructuring
the Foreign Language Assistance Program. |
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Hosting two Asian Pacific American Education Forums to
address the needs of Asian and Pacific American students and their
teachers. |
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Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to provide
tax relief for 15 million working families so working parents do not
have to raise their children in poverty. |
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Signing the Family and Medical Leave Act so workers can
take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for an ill family members
without fear of losing their jobs. |
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Signing the Health Insurance Reform Act (Kassebaum-Kennedy
Bill) that expands and protects access to health insurance by limiting
exclusions for pre-existing conditions and allowing individuals to
take their health insurance with them when they change or lose their
jobs. |
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Fighting for and signing into law the first increase in
the minimum wage in five years to reward work and
responsibility. |
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Increasing adoption and foster care funds by nearly $600
million from 1994 to 1995.
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Making voting easier for more than 11 million Americans by
creating more accessible "motor-voter" registration
locations.
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Signing into law the toughest, most comprehensive Crime
Bill ever, putting 100,000 new police on the street and banning 19
different kinds of assault weapons. The Brady Bill has kept more than
60,000 fugitives, felons, and other criminals from buying
guns.
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Establishing the Office of Minority Health Research and
Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of
Health.
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Creating nine Economic Empowerment Zones and 95 Enterprise
Communities. The Clinton Administration is providing more grants and
tax incentives to urban and rural communities to spur economic growth,
attract businesses, and create jobs for millions of
Americans.
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Creating a network of community development banks and
financial institutions in low and moderate income communities which
leverages $10 of private investments for every $1 of federal
investment which will help help low-income families buy homes and
start their own businesses.
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Reforming the Community Reinvestment Act to focus on
performance -- actual lending, investments and basic banking services
-- rather than paperwork. The reforms will unleash billions in new
credit to low- to moderate-income
communities.
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