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Whatever the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 turns out to be in history's eyes, it was not easy to achieve. Though it passed with bipartisan support in the waning hours of the lame-duck session and is scheduled for the President's signature this week, it required four years of tinkering in nine separate House and Senate committees to cobble together the 100-page bill. It authorizes the Department of Energy to find a permanent home for the 8,800 tons of toxic nuclear waste that have piled up since the dawn of nuclear power...
...bipartisan unit finds the issue laced with political arsenic...
Even safer were the lawmakers who pushed last week for both a 5? increase in the gasoline tax to fund a highway and mass-transit rebuilding program, which had bipartisan backing, and a larger public works bill proposed by Democrats. The poll shows that 30% of Americans want only the highway-transit program, while 40% want both the road repairs and a larger jobs-creation program. One-fourth of the respondents rejected both of the proposals, while 5% cannot decide...
...that sort of solution." The latest poll for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White (see following story) discloses the extent of public opposition to such painful steps. Respondents were 56% to 39% against slowing increases in Social Security benefits, and 65% to 28% against raising Social Security taxes. If a bipartisan agreement cannot be achieved by the commission, the prospects of reaching one later, as the presidential campaign gets under way in earnest, are anything but bright...
...most worrisome part of the budget is the gargantuan Social Security program, which accounts for more than 25% of federal spending. Projections show that the trust funds from which benefits are paid will run out of cash in early 1984. For nearly a year a special 15-member bipartisan commission appointed by President Reagan and Congress has been studying ways to ensure the solvency of the Social Security system, and the group is expected to issue a final report soon...