Word: amends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whether to join the Moscow Games. Yes, in theory the committee was independent of the Government. But, Carter's assistants suggested, the President could ask Congress to change all that. For one thing, the committee is incorporated under a federal charter granted by Congress, and Congress could amend the charter to forbid participation in Moscow. For another, $16 million in federal funds has been appropriated this year to cover some of the committee's operating expenses, and none of it has yet been paid...