PRINCIPLE OVER POLITICS?

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1 A PRINCIPLE OVER POLITICS? / The Domestic Policy of the George H. W. Bush Presidency Edited by Richard Himelfarb and Rosanna Perotti Prepared under the auspices of Hofstra University Contributions in Political Science, Number 396 Westport, Connecticut London

2 Contents PREFACE INTRODUCTION Richard Himelfarb xi xv Part I. Budget and Deficits 1 1. Governance versus Politics: The Budget Policy Legacy of the Bush Administration 3 Dennis S. Ippolito 2. The 1990 Deficit Reduction Deal 25 Duane Windsor MODERATOR: Neil D. Levin \ 48 James W. Cicconi 49 Karen Hosier 52 Daniel L. Ostrander 55 Richard M. Pious 59 Michael J. Boskin 64 Roger B. Porter 67

3 vi Contents QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 70 Part II. The Economy The Bush Stagnation, Its Etiology, and a Keynesian Prescription 77 Timothy A. Canova and E. Lynn Turgeon 4. Antitrust in Transiton: The Bush Years - 89 Theodore P. Kovaleff 5. The Burden of the Reagan Legacy on the Bush Presidency 105 John W. Sloan Thomas S. Foley 119 Frank Murray 123 Michael J. Boskin 128 Roger B. Porter 130 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: 133 Robert Sobel, Moderator Part III. Americans with Disabilities Act George Bush and the Americans with Disabilities Act 143 Edward D. Berkowitz Justin Dart, Jr. 156 C.BoydenGray 159 Frank G.Bowe 162 Paul Hearne. 164 Joseph P. Shapiro 167 Lucy Wong-Hernandez 172 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: 175 James R. Johnson, Moderator PRESENTATION OF DISABLED PEOPLES' INTERNATIONAL AWARD TO PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH 177 Part IV. Civil Rights, Drugs, Housing, and Education Symbolic Politics Revisited: The Bush Administration and the Civil Rights Act of W. Gary Fowler, Donald W. Jackson, and James W. Riddlesperger, Jr.

4 Contents. vii 8. Beyond Saying No: Domestic Drug Policy and Its Effects during the Bush Administration, Charles F. Levinthal 9. America 2000, Goals 2000: Educational Reform for the Next Century? 209 Martin W. Sharp Antonio C. Amador 219 Alvin Bessent 221 Phillip D. Brady 224 Alfred A. DelliBovi 228 C. Boyden Gray 230 B. Robert Okun 233 PANELIST DISCUSSION: 236 Robert C. Vogt, Moderator Part V. Health Issues and Problems Major Initiatives of the Department of Health and Human Services during the Bush Years 243 Louis W. Sullivan 11. Presidential Transition and Public Policy: The Repeal of Medicare Catastrophic Coverage 247 Carolyn Rinkus Thompson 12. Opportunity of a Generation Lost: Abortion Policy in the Bush Administration 255 Steven R. Valentine 13. Family Values and Public Policy during the Bush Years: The Case of the Family and Medical Leave Act 263 Steven K. Wisensale Marie Cocco \ 278 Edward J. Derwinski ' 280 Bill Green 282 Burton J. Lee III 285 William Roper 287 Gail R. Wilensky 290 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: 293 Antonia Novello, Moderator

5 viii Contents Part VI. Volunteerism: A Kinder Gentler Society George Bush and the New Deal Order 301 Donald K. Pickens 15. George Bush and the Last Whig Presidency 311 Michael P. Riccards MODERATOR: 322 Ronald H. Silverman Richard Benedetto 327 Dante Brown 330 William C. Powanda 332 C. Gregg Petersmeyer 335 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 339 Part VII. Science and Technology 345 Charles M. Herzfeld 346 J. Thomas Ratchford 350 Albert H. Teich 356 Ralph Vartabedian 361 Deborah L. Wince-Smith 365 Kenneth P. Yale 371 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: 374 Howard E. Negrin, Moderator Part VIII. Energy and Environment Crisis and Opportunity: American Energy Policy during the Bush Years and Beyond 377 Larry Michlin ^ Martin L. Allday 406 Michael R. Deland 409 C. Boyden Gray 413 William K. Reilly 416 Robert L. January 421

6 Contents. ix QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: 424 Joan Hoff, Moderator INDEX 431 ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS 443