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It's Lonely Out There on the Left
Kopkind, Andrew | February 22, 1993 issue

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The article focuses on various political and social issues in the United States. "I'm walking a tightrope," Donna Shalala said with more relish than regret, plumping down on the nubby beige sectional sofa in her vast Health and Human Services office, just a slingshot away from the Capitol. The family medical leave bill rushed through Congress by the Democratic leadership to demonstrate the end of U.S. President George W. Bush's era gridlock is also an illustration of timidity. Candidate Bill Clinton promised not to touch Social Security because, as he explained candidly, he had been warned that it was a political third rail.

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UNITED States -- Politics & government -- 1993-2001; UNITED States -- Social conditions; SHALALA, Donna E.; CLINTON, Bill, 1946-; MEDICAL care, Cost of; SOCIAL security; UNITED States
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