Many 'tentacles' to race-based federal policies; curbing affirmative-action programs will take more than a stroke of a pen

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Federal set-asides for minorities in general or for specific groups take a variety of forms and ultimately affect many US companies to some degree. A list that the Library of Congress prepared for Sen Robert Dole suggested that there are about 200 provisions in federal law and regulation that consider race, with anything from encouraging permission to requirements. More fall under education than any other province of federal activity. Executive Order 11246, which calls for most federal contracts to include an affirmative action clause, may be the most wide-reaching of all such programs.

Race discrimination, Federal aid to minority business enterprises, Government aid to minority businesses

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Race referenda may influence Lee's prospects; nominee to run civil rights at Justice is challenged for opposing Prop. 209

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Late Nov 1997 saw much activity on the civil rights front in the federal government. The Supreme Court blocked a petition for certiorari from opponents of California Proposition 209. Democrats succeeded in effectively killing the Civil Rights Act of 1997, which would end preferences in federal employment and contracting. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee refused to back Bill Lann Lee's nomination for the directorship of the Justice Dept's Civil Rights Division unless the Clinton administration stops arguing that Proposition 209 is unconstitutional.

Legal Counsel and Prosecution, Civil Rights Division, Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Lee, Bill Lann, United States. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division

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Clinton report makes case for affirmative action

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A report prepared for President Bill Clinton by senior advisor George Stephanopoulos and special counsel Christopher Edley, Jr endorses federal preferences and policies regarding race and gender. The 96-page report, released on July 19, 1995, offers many statistics and substantial analysis to support the idea that such policies, enacted with care to minimize impact on the non-preferred, bring great benefit at little cost. It also noted the chief compliance complaints cited by contractors falling under such programs.

Racial quotas

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