Without the specter of an election hanging over Congress, these next few months may be the last chance for the GOP to regain some credibility and fight for real reform.
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, the President announced that Vice President Joe Biden will lead a new initiative that has been tasked with identifying concrete proposals for real reform by January.
Push for real tax reform by lowering tax rates and curtailing tax distortions.
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But it will waste an extraordinary opportunity for real entitlement reform.
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Whether it encourages Yeltsin's continuation in a figurehead status or not, such aid will do little to advance the prospects for real and swift structural reform.
And I'm going to keep on fighting for real, meaningful health insurance reform. (Applause.) We expanded the Children's Health Insurance Program to include four million kids -- we already did that.
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Republicans have called for a quick, temporary across-the-board extension for all tax cuts until real tax reform can be undertaken.
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The first principal of real reform is that Americans should pay only for quality.
Real tax reform means reducing rates in return for closing loopholes.
Thus, both the Republicans and Democrats are at fault for the lack of a real plan to take on entitlement reform and deficit reduction thus far.
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Indeed, the 1986 tax reform ended special big depreciation deductions for highly leveraged real estate.
And for years, politicians of both parties promised one thing: real reform.
We know that real reform means providing a responsible pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants who are currently living in the shadows -- a pathway that includes passing a background check and paying taxes and a penalty, and learning English and then, going to the back of the line behind everyone else who is trying to come here legally.
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In spite of isolation on the rebate, a real opportunity is emerging for consensus and progress on EU economic and social reform.
Moody's says (and many Indian businessmen agree) that the fundamental problem is not sanctions imposed by America and others in retaliation for the nuclear tests, but unstable politics, insufficient commitment to real economic reform and continuing obstruction of foreign investment in infrastructure.
Real Social Security reform could lead to the greatest expansion of wealth for working families that America has ever seen.
The budget process was criticized for continuing Albany's tradition of closed-door negotiations among top leaders with little if any real role for rank-and-file lawmakers, who under a budget reform law were supposed to hash out spending agreements in public.
These pro-growth solutions, such as Paul Ryan's sound plan to deal with the deficit, include tax relief for individuals, families and small businesses, a comprehensive American energy bill and real health-care reform that lowers costs and improves care.
But if his past dozen years in Washington is prologue to the Heritage Foundation of tomorrow, it could be disastrous for the GOP, leading to a further narrowing of its appeal and the road to real fiscal reform.
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