Executive Council Statement
The Federal Budget Agreement
… Washington, DC The budget plan agreed to by the Clinton Administration and the Republican congressional leadership makes the wrong choices for working families, … -- took priority over the needs of working families. The Administration and Republican congressional leaders chose to cut programs working families will depend upon most over the next decade -- Medicare, Medicaid, public safety and the … care, workplace health and safety, crumbling roads and waterways, protection of the environment and housing. They were right, and as the budget debate takes place over the next six months, the AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions will honor that …