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
