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Coverdell: GOP has mandate for reform
This was no ordinary election
Nov. 5, and these are no ordinary
times. The fact is that the
American people ratified the
reform agenda which the
Republicans proposed in 1994,
and they also re-elected a
President who largely, albeit
reluctantly, embraced that same
agenda.
In other words, there was
indeed a single mandate on Nov.
5 and we now have perhaps the
best opportunity in decades to
move this country forward.
In an important sense, this
election was set up to be a refer
endum on the Contract with
America because Republicans in
1994 had made specific promises
on which they expected to be
judged two years later.
We promised to cut the size of
government, reform the welfare
system, reduce taxes and regula
tion, curb illegal immigration and
pass common-sense health care
reform. We kept these promises
and kept faith with the American
peoplea fact reflected in the elec
tion results.
But those results represented
more than just a seal of approval
for the 104th Congress: they rep
resented a turning point in
American history. The conserva
tive agenda of smaller govern
ment, lower taxes and balanced
budgets can no longer be consid
ered a passing phenomenon but
instead the determining frame
w'ork of American politics today.
The last-ditch effort by the
proponents of “Big Government”
to reverse historyespecially the
millions spent by Big Labor to
defeat freshmen Republicans has
demonstrably failed. The mean
ing of the presidential race is fun
damentally the same, even if its
likely impact is less clear.
President Clinton is nothing if
not an astute politician. He under
stood the meaning of the 1994
elections and the need to tack to
the center.
This year, he abandoned the
vision of activist government
which he brought to the White
House in 1992 and sought to
implement during his first two
years in office.
The President signed the
Republican-sponsored welfare
reform bill, .claimed other
Republican initiatives as his
own,and committed himself in
principle to a balanced budget.
Significantly, he declared that
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Paul
Coverdell
U.S. Senator
“the era of big government is
over.”
Whether Bill Clinton’s conver
sion to conservatism was in fact
sincere is irrelevant, given the
clear verdict of the American peo
ple: they have chosen a President
and a Congress and given them a
single mandate to pursue com
mon-sense reform.
Both institutions and both
political parties must respect this
verdict and now endeavor to work
together to achieve the people’s
business. And with the partisan
election struggles behind us, we
now have a unique opportunity
and obligationto do just that.
Of course, no one can predict
which direction President Clinton
will attempt to lead the nation.
Will he revert to the discredited
liberal agenda of his first two
years in office, or continue with
the more conservative philosophy
which helped account for his re
election?
But lead he mustby offering
concrete proposals to lower the
burden of taxation on the
American people and achieve a
balanced budget, two difficult but
not impossible challenges.
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George R.Brahn, MD
Michael A. Hellwege, MD
Walid A. Khuri, MD
T. Kent Mcßride, MD
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Cardiology
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Juan M. Esnard, MD
Rahil Kazi, MD
Jose A. Rodriguez, MD
Otolaryngology (ENT)
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A. Daniel Toland, DO
Peter G- Ventura, MD
Kenneth J. Walker, MD
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Congress will also await the
President’s blueprint for address
ing the even more difficult chal
lenge posed by the looming
deficits in the major entitlement
programs, such as Medicare and
Social Security, which threaten
the well-being of today s work
force and tomorrow’s retirees.
I am confident that, if
President Clinton now governs as
he has just campaigned, he will
indeed find in the 105th Congress
a willing partner in the effort to
solve our nation’s most pressing
problems.
One final word on the elec
tions: although Republicans just
narrowly missed winning the
U.S. Senate race in Georgia, the
now 20-year trend toward the
consolidation of a genuine two
party system in our state contin
ued.
This was reflected in the victo
ry of eight of our 11 candidates
for the U.S. House of
Representatives, and significant
GOP gains in the Georgia
General Assembly. And of course
Bob Dole was victorious in
Georgia.
The people of Georgia have
spoken. The American people
have spoken. Now it is up to us
your elected leadership in
Washingtonto prove that we have
heard your message loud and
clear.
(Paul Coverdell is a U.S.
Senator from Georgia and a
Republican.)
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