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Bush and Cheney on Fatherhood
Fathers' Issues

By Wayne Parker, About.com

Education

  • Supported and signed the "No Child Left Behind" law
  • Supports enhanced accountability for educators
  • Supports early childhood literacy programs
  • Supports faith-based initiatives to assist with public and private education
  • Supports tuition tax credits for families with college students
  • Supports school choice and tuition voucher programs

Children and Families

  • Support abstinence based sex education
  • Bush supports the Marriage Amendment
  • Supports tax cuts for middle income families
  • Promotes adoption programs
  • Supports Fathers' Registries in the states to protect paternity claims

Health Care

  • Supports medical liability reform to reduce health care costs
  • Helped create the Health Savings Account (HAS) program
  • Opposes national health care plan
  • Supports broader access to seniors for prescription drugs
  • Proposes income tax deductions for long-term care insurance premiums
  • Supports Patient Bills of Rights

Jobs

  • Supports change in labor laws to allow greater access to comp time
  • Supports flex time and family friendly federal policies
  • Has supported extension of unemployment benefits
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