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...after such intense and almost single-minded concentration, many Americans seemed to want a respite from national and world affairs. Last week neither Cuba nor a somewhat shaky Common Market, neither the laggard 88th Congress nor the problems of the Atlantic Alliance, sparked much interest. Said former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton Minow: "Like most people, I haven't fully comprehended that the President is gone. I think the general mood is very mixed-one of sorrow and of comfort. Luckily, there is no international crisis at the moment." But there was some talk about the health...
...action to meet an urgent problem. The bill he presented then has not reached the floor of either House, and there is little evidence that any more progress will be made before a few more months have elapsed. Civil rights, and a host of other important problems, offered the 88th Congress a splendid chance to rebut the charges that America's legislature is no longer a fit place for the transaction of America's business. But as bill after bill has become mired in committees and in subcommittees, in party wrangling or in intra-party politics, Congress has missed...
...other important administration programs; now it seems likely that civil rights, as well, will not be voted upon. In fact Congress will have a difficult time simply passing the appropriations bills or the other necessary housekeeping measures it must enact annually. The performance of the first session of the 88th Congress to date is one of the best arguments ever for immediate and effective Congressional reform...
Moving with uncommon dispatch, the 88th Congress last week...
...long, long last, the 88th Congress seemed to be getting off its haunches. The House Ways and Means Committee was ready to present its anxiously awaited version of a tax revision bill that could certainly help shape the course of the U.S. economy for quite a while to come. The bill, barring some last-minute hitch, will offer a cut in two steps over a two-year period beginning next Jan. 1 of about $10 billion a year in personal and corporate taxes. It would lower the rate range for individuals from the present...