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<text id=91TT0371>
<title>
Feb. 18, 1991: Democratic Homework
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Feb. 18, 1991 The War Comes Home
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
GRAPEVINE, Page 13
Democratic Homework
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<p>By David Ellis/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
</p>
<p> Washington may be focusing on the war, but Democrats are
planning a campaign on social issues. Their prospects:
</p>
<p> Civil Rights. Calling it a "quota bill," Bush vetoed last
year's legislation, a broad anti-discrimination act. This year
the Democrats plan to avoid racial overtones by recasting the
measure to focus on the rights of working women. Debate will
be fierce, but passage is near certain.
</p>
<p> Family Leave. Another veto victim in '90. Bush supports the
concept of unpaid leave for employees but feels the government
should not compel businesses to provide it. Passage, which is
likely, may force the President's hand again.
</p>
<p> Taxes. The G.O.P. wants a cut in capital-gains taxes but
won't fight very hard for it. Democrats aim to counterattack
by proposing a cut in Social Security payroll taxes for the
middle class. Passage is probable, with some Republican
support.
</p>
<p> Medicare. The Democrats agree privately with Bush's plan to
make affluent retirees pay higher premiums for Medicare
coverage. But the Dems will hesitate because any such "means
testing" could turn Medicare into a "welfare-type" program that
would lose support among the middle and upper classes. Chance
of passage: slight.
</p>
<p> Education. The Democrats would love to upstage the
"education President." They dream of everything from an
overhaul of the student-loan system to an upgrading of teacher
training. But since there's no money, there's no chance for
major legislation.
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