Word: bill
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Moreover, the Senate tacked that demand onto a $40 billion weapons-procurement bill, making it more difficult for Carter to veto the package. Nonetheless, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance warned emphatically that the President would kill the measure, and White House aides were quick to point out that the 41 votes for the President's position were seven more than needed to sustain a veto...
...fact, Congress is unlikely to push the issue that far. The Administration's position has more support in the House, which will soon vote on a bill to let the President continue sanctions until he has determined that genuine majority rule exists in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. The measure has a good chance of passage. Even if that proposal is defeated, the House Armed Services Committee has proposed a weapons-procurement bill that says nothing about sanctions. Odds are that a HouseSenate conference called to reconcile the two versions of the arms bill would drop the Senate's rider, rather...
...movie's obligatory set piece, a reprise of Rocky's triumphal jog up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, now looks like a tableau out of Cecil B. De-Mille: as Bill Conti's musical theme reaches celestial heights, hundreds of young disciples gather to cheer Stallone on. One almost expects him to wrap himself in the flag; perhaps he is saving that pièce de résistance for Rocky...
...House Banking Committee has already approved a less ambitious partnership plan of its own. Its bill, an amendment to the Defense Production Act of 1950, would permit the Government to become the buyer of last resort for up to 500,000 bbl. daily of oil from coal, shale and other alternative sources. That would amount to about 8% of current U.S. imports. For now, the synthetic fuel is too expensive to compete with OPEC crude, but the Government's guaranteed market for the product would encourage companies to invest and get the new industry off the ground...
...would also help set a free-market ceiling price for oil in the U.S. itself. Reason: If OPEC tried to sell crude at a higher price, customers would turn to the synthetic fuel instead, and rising demand would encourage companies to boost output and build more plants. Says the bill's author, Pennsylvania Democrat William Moorhead: "The need for this approach is clearly established, and private enterprise is just not powerful enough to go it alone." Adds Irving Shapiro, chairman of Du Pont chemicals: "During war we declare a national emergency, pass a war powers act and give...