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...sponsored by the Bipartisan Budget Appeal, a coalition of public officials and private sector leaders committed to reducing the 1985 federal budget deficit, currently estimated at about $175 billion. The ad had more than 300 signers...
...sides recognize the real possibility that the leftists may not truly want to negotiate at all and that the U.S. cannot force the Salvadoran government to do so. State Department Spokesman John Hughes took an upbeat view of last week's congressional skirmishing. Said he: "This demonstrates a bipartisan consensus that the route to peace in Central America is through democracy and reforms behind a shield of military security." - By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Johanna McGeary and Evan Thomas/Washington
...almost did not get done, even though nearly everyone agreed on the urgency of the problem. Without substantial reform, the Social Security system was projected to go broke by July 1. Its estimated deficit over the next 75 years was $1.8 trillion. After a year of debate, the bipartisan National Commission on Social Security Reform weighed in with its solutions on Jan. 15. Though the commission package remained largely intact in the version approved by the House on March 9, the Senate tripped up over two snags that embroiled the chamber in nearly a week of filibustering and feuding...
Hoisting high their glasses of Harp Lager, Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill hailed St. Patrick's Day at a luncheon in the Speaker's lair on Capitol Hill. But the tableau of bipartisan spirits, which reflected the compromises that have been attained so far on Social Security and a $5 billion jobs program, may be the last symbolic display of unity for a while. Beneath the blarney was brewing what could turn out to be a bloody partisan battle. After the lunch was over, the House Budget Committee passed a plan designed by the Democratic leadership...
...years ago, Reagan won passage of his program for cuts in domestic spending and taxes by rolling over the House leadership with the help of a handful of dissident conservative Democrats. Last year a strained bipartisan budget compromise was reached that left the foundations of the Reagan approach in place. But after the Democrats won 26 additional seats in the November elections, Speaker O'Neill passed the word to fellow Democrats that they would attempt to roll back Reaganomics with a budget plan of their own this year...