It is an approach that ignores the reality that more often than not. it has been the Congress rather than the Executive that has taken the initiative and forged the legislative agenda of the Nation. The achievements of the last few yearstax reformthe idea having been first promulgated by Senator BRADLEY. who just spoke a moment ago. and Mr. GEPHARDT. the refunding of Superfund. reform of our immigration laws. reauthorization of the Clean Water Act. responding to the AIDS crisis. reform of the Pentagonour current efforts to reform our Nations trade policyall these and more are strong indications of congressional initiative. This initiative. fostered by a spirit of responsibility and seriousness of purposeon both sides of the aislemay be in jeopardy of being lost because of the continuing desire of the White House to polarize the political process. Yet. the agenda and the creativity of the Congress remain unabated.
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