the bill stating that the problem had become a national problem.More recently, the cornerstone of President Bushs education plan is setting high standards and holding states, school districts, and individual schools to those standards. States will be required to develop their own strategy for rewarding schools that succeed and penalizing those that fail to teach. Assessments run by the states will measure school progress. Bushs plan would also give states more latitude to decide which schools received extra subsidies, while Democrats would prefer to be more assertive in forcing states to steer such money to schools with the greatest share of low-income students. Another example of Republicans favoring states power would be The Welfare Reform Act of 1996. Although, Clintons welfare plan proposed limiting welfare recipients to two years of aid, while adding some $9.3 billion in new spending for community service jobs, the Republicans, who took control of Congress in 1994, were not interested in expanding Washingtons role. They wanted to put state government in charge of welfare policy. The Democrats thought that a bitter remedy and the President vetoed two billing containing Republican-written welfare provisions. Knowing the Republicans had enough votes to overturn a third veto, President Clinton later signed a revised bill. Liberals called it a shameful act of expediency. Social welfare is based on the premise that society has an obligation to provide for the basic needs of its citizens. While both parties agree that assistance is necessary in providing the minimum living conditions necessary for all people, the parties differ on their beliefs of strategies on how to assist those people in need. Republicans feel it is the role of government to provide a vibrant and growing economy so all people have the opportunity to provide for themselves. They believe government should be the last choice people look to for assistance. D...
