She would approach a Congress with more Democrats from a position of good faith and strength to enact programs of pay equity for women, higher wages for all, more jobs for Americans, voting rights for citizens and Supreme Court nominees to bring equal justice under law back to the center of American life.
But it was also clear in private remarks among those attending the session that few were sure how to overcome criticism that the Democrats themselves had helped enact programs that many blamed for the nation's farm problems.
The company has also enacted programs to listen to employee feedback about strategies for continual improvement.
America in the 1960s enacted programs to rebuild poor communities, to fight air and water pollution, and to ensure healthcare for the elderly.
The options, Democrats say, could include Mrs. Clinton's staying in the Senate and taking a lead there in helping Mr. Obama enact a program for universal health care, the issue that both senators emphasized — with some differences — in their respective campaigns.
In Sacramento, Brown and the Legislature quickly took advantage of President Johnson's newly enacted Medicaid program for the poor and created their own version, naming it Medi-Cal.
Ms. Feldman explained that The ENACT Program has a reputation for reaching and empowering troubled youth students.
News that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will allow Medicare Advantage programs to enact "step therapy" programs for drugs under Part B as part of an effort to combat rising drug prices has been making rounds in the health policy world recently.
Previously, the state and most local governments, including municipalities, counties and most cities, were banned from enacting public financing programs for elections.
States also accuse Washington of forcing them to enact expensive programs, like Mr. Bush's No Child Left Behind education act, without providing the money to pay for them.
What has been equally pervasive but received less buzz and more muted pushback, according to Education Week, is a spate of other K-12 reform laws that have enacted voucher programs, allowed for the expansion of charter schools and altered academic standards.
