1. Computer Exports: Vote on an amendment to a defense authorization bill that would ease restrictions on exports of high-performance computers.
"This decision reflects my commitment to a control system that will enhance United States national security by implementing controls on computer exports that are effective and enforceable," Mr. Clinton said in a statement.
Bush promised tax cuts, tax credits for research and development, tort reform, an easing of restrictions on computer exports and more visas for foreign scientists and engineers.
In a mid-December report, the General Accounting Office criticized Mr. Clinton's previous computer-export relaxation, which raised the top allowable speed to 28 billion operations a second from 12.5.
You can then transfer the data onto your computer and export it into Photoshop or Illustrator or wherever for further editing.
To no one's surprise, Democratic and Republican campaign advisers said that on a wide range of issues -- from easing restrictions on computer technology exports to reshaping the nation's tort laws and making corporations more difficult to sue in product liability cases -- a Bush administration would be far friendlier to business than a Gore administration.
Gross domestic product grew at a 2.4percentt annual pace in the quarter, revised from a previously reported 2.7percentt, as businesses built up fewer goods in inventory, invested less in computers and exported fewer items, the Commerce Department said.
Fourteen out of the eighteen manufacturing industries reported growth, with new orders and production making significant gains".The recovery in autos, computers, and exports [were seen] as key drivers of this growth," explained Ore.
California's cotton- and computer-related exports help make it a $6.8 billion gateway for U.S. trade to China, venerated at a time when China is selling more goods to America than America is to China.
