Posted on 03/27/2002 9:22:46 AM PST by Miss Marple
I think it would be nice to collect a list of all of the things President Bush has accomplished thus far in his term. In an effort to provide FAIR and BALANCED coverage to President Bush's administration, I thought interested Freepers could post accomplishments, both large and small, which they appreciate.
Please do not hesitate to list EO's, roll-backs of EO's, regulation changes with which you are familiar, etc.
All positive accomplishments are welcome. If you have negative comments, please post them on the other thread. Thank you.
D1
The Bush administration is backing Ohio's effort to revive a state law forbidding a controversial late-term abortion procedure. In an unusual move, the Justice Department filed arguments this week urging the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the case as soon as possible. The Justice Department rarely files arguments in circuit court cases when it isn't directly involved or invited to weigh in.
In a deft political move that steals thunder from the left -- even as it pleases the right -- the Bush administration said yesterday that it will classify fetuses as "unborn children," making them eligible for government health care.
The United States on Tuesday [February 26, 2002] proposed a "global and comprehensive ban" on human cloning and all experimentation involving human embryos. The announcement marked an expansion in the Bush administration's campaign to restrict the uses of human embryos for scientific and medical purposes.
Family groups on Thursday welcomed reports that President Bush has appointed former Republican Rep. Tom Coburn from Oklahoma to co-chair the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.
During his time in Congress, Coburn voted for the Defense of Marriage Act and against homosexual adoptions, affirmative action and partial birth abortion. In 2000, he endorsed Alan Keyes for president, saying Keyes was the one candidate who had the vision and the courage to fix the country.
Tens of thousands of pro-lifers from across the nation converged on the nation's capital Tuesday to participate in the 29th March for Life, observing the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion in the U.S. For the first time since the administration of his father, President George W. Bush addressed the crowd gathered within sight of the White House, thanking them for what he called their "hard work and dedication to the cause of human life."
Despite the religious nature of the majority of crisis pregnancy centers, several are among the recipients of abstinence education grants awarded in July by Tommy G. Thompson, U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services, under a new $17.1 million community-based abstinence education program.
One of George W. Bush's first acts as president -- literally on his first full day in office -- was to delight conservative supporters by reinstating the Global Gag Rule. The rule prohibits U.S. foreign aid money from flowing to overseas family planning organizations that provide abortion services or even talk favorably about abortion to their patients or the public...Also, Bush has proposed in his fiscal year 2002 budget to eliminate the guarantee that all federal employees' health insurance cover contraceptives...On the international front, Bush is going even further. The Washington Post reported in mid-May that the American Medical Association and other professional health organizations were left off the list of the U.S. delegation to the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Instead, a seat was given to Jeanne Head, the International Right to Life Federation's lobbyist at the United Nations.
When the Bush administration launched a campaign to remove language it believes could support abortion counseling for teens from the draft document for an upcoming U.N. children's summit, its efforts seemed aimed at Latin America.
As most abortion rights activists anticipated, the Bush administration officially announced that the government will apply the same restrictions on Medicaid funding for mifepristone as it has for surgical abortions. The Department of Health and Human Services, led by anti-choice Secretary Tommy Thompson, sent a letter to state Medicaid directors last week announcing that the government would provide funds for low income women to take the early abortion pill only in cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment
But it is clear from Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson's statements and the Bush Administration's immediate dismissal of FDA Commissioner Jane Henney, under whose tenure mifepristone [RU-486] was approved, that mifepristone is in jeopardy.
President George W. Bush brought a crowd of Catholic religious leaders and laymen to their feet on Thursday when he praised Pope John Paul's stance against abortion. In a ceremony to inaugurate the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in northeast Washington, Bush lauded the Pontiff and his support for a "culture of life."
"The culture of life is a welcoming culture, never excluding, never dividing, never despairing and always affirming the goodness of life in all its seasons," Bush said before an audience of cardinals, bishops, clergy and laymen. "In the culture of life we must make room for the stranger.
"We must defend in love the innocent child waiting to be born," he said in a defense of the Catholic Church's pro-life stance. Bush, a Methodist, praised the pope as "never more eloquent than when he speaks for a culture of life."
Jan. 20 was national Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, a proclamation issued by President George W. Bush on Jan. 18, when he called upon all Americans to reflect upon the sanctity of life in our homes and places of worship. President Bush reflected upon Thomas Jefferson's principles in the Declaration of Independence, stating, ".... (W)e should peacefully commit ourselves to seeking a society that values life - from its very beginnings to its natural end. Unborn children should be welcomed in life and protected in law."
On a campaign swing late last year through gently rolling Iowa farmlands ripe with corn and votes, George W. Bush dropped in at a Dubuque crisis pregnancy center. Heralding the "beauty of adoption," Mr. Bush said that, if elected, he would use the power of the White House to bring attention to crisis pregnancy centers: "I think we ought to fund the programs [that] are trying to help" pregnant women in need.
102 posted on 3/1/02 9:22 AM Central by ravingnutter
I'm not a Bush basher, but I'll say that I voted for Keyes in the Primary and Harry Browne in the election. Since I'm in Texas, it was safe to use my vote to show what direction I wanted the center to move.
However, if the 2004 election was today, I would be voting for Bush. He is better than any other realistically electable alternative. I don't need perfect, I just want things to get better incrementally, the way things got worse.
I wonder how many arm-chair generals and arm-chair politicians actually are getting off their butts and doing anything to make this a better, more conservative country? I know I hosted a party in my house this weekend to support a local city council candidate.
/john
Getting out of the ABM treaty and moving on the missile defense.
The tax cut was pitiful.
Bite me dems, the adults are back!
A great tribute to George W. Bush's success is here:
Nominations Confirmed (Civilian)
"The following civilian Executive Nominations were confirmed by the Senate during the current congress. Nominations flagged with an asterisk were approved subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate. The nominations are listed to reverse chronological order based on the date of confirmation."
Some great names are there- instead of the brain-dead partisan socialists Gore would have appointed.
I am extremely disappointed and angry that President Bush signed the CFR bill. Having said that I shall let it be known that I still support him, haven't removed my "I SUPPORT PRESIDENT BUSH" bumper sticker from my car :-)
BTTT for Military Spouses. Thank you for loving him and supporting him.
Senator John McCain was not notified until after the President signed the CFR Bill. And he learned it from a junior aide in his office. Can you say sucker punch? ;-)
Hey guys. Check out post #246. :)
Thanks for the post.
Once again in our Government we have a Congress that makes the laws (even if some are bad). We have a President in George W. Bush that signs the laws instead of making them. The Supreme Court now gets to rule on the constitutionality of a law instead of the President using his veto pen and making himself part of the Judicial Branch when "he" says a law passed by Congress is unconstitutional.
The Executive Orders and Veto Pen should only be used on rare occasions IMHO!
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