The Republican Revolution 10 Years Later: Smaller Government Or Business as Usual?

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Chris R. Edwards, John Curtis Samples
Cato Institute, 2005 - Political Science - 256 pages
To mark the tenth anniversary, 18 experts--including two key leaders of the Republican revolution, Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey--reexamine the successes and failures of the Republican revolution.
 

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Contents

THE GOP REVOLUTION HOLDS POWERFUL LESSONS FOR CHANGING WASHING
1
REFLECTIONS ON THE REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION
5
THE REPUBLICAN
17
SAME AS THE OLD BOSS? CONGRESSIONAL REFORMS UNDER THE REPUBLICANS
23
SOCIAL POLICY SUPPLYSIDE AND FUNDAMENTAL REFORM REPUBLICAN TAX POLICY 19942004
37
THE FEDERAL BUDGET 10 YEARS LATER THE TRIUMPH OF BIG GOVERNMENT
59
A DECADE OF REPUBLICAN TRADE POLICY A MODEST RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
73
THE LONG WINDING ROAD TO SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
91
FEDERAL EDUCATION POLICY IN THE GOP CONGRESS
157
THE NONREVOLUTION IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
169
THE REVOLUTION SPINS TOWARD MORE REGULATION
195
THE GOPS ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD
205
A SMOOTH TRANSITION CRIME FEDERALISM AND THE GOP
213
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
223
CONTRIBUTORS
239
INDEX
241

WELFARE REFORM THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE REVOLUTION
99
HEALTH CARE THE REVOLUTIONS MITIGATED DISASTER
141

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