Word: billings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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House and Senate leaders now must redraft a compromise bill, which is expected to be voted on this week...
...against raising the ceiling on the national debt by nearly $100 billion, to $929 billion. The rejection underscored the anger of many Congressmen over the Administration's bud get and economic policies. But the defeat was more symbolic than real. When the House votes on the bill a second time, it is expected to pass. The alternative would be unthinkable even to conservatives: the Government would have to stop borrowing within a few weeks...
...dinner for Democratic Congress men late in the week, Carter vented his frustration with the House, particularly over its rejection of the canal bill. He warned that campaign help, patronage appointments and even White House dinner invitations would henceforth go only to members who back his policies. Said the President: "We keep your voting records in my desk drawer in the Oval Office. We believe in rewarding our friends and punishing our enemies." That may or may not influence Congress...
...Supreme Court ruling in 1963 that banned prayer from public schools. Opponents argued that public spending on the platforms constructed for the Pope's Masses, or even the use of public land, would violate the Constitution's separation of church and state. Complained Boston Plaintiff Bill Baird: "What do you think would happen if the Ayatullah Khomeini were coming to Boston Common to conduct a Muslim service? Do you think there would be a rush to provide $2 million in public funds for that...
...Boston is an international city. This isn't Toledo." Although the archdiocese is now footing the $160,000 bill for the altar and platform on Boston Common, the nine-member city council, which is unanimously Catholic, has appropriated $750,000 for the ceremony, including the cost of security, traffic and crowd control. Insisted Ways and Means Committee Chairman Frederick Langone: "This is not a church function. It is a visit from a head of state...