Word: bradleys
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...scent of reform is in the air on Capitol Hill as well. The leaders of the movement span the political spectrum. They include Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Congressman Richard Gephardt of Missouri, both moderate Democrats, Senator Bob Kasten of Wisconsin and Congressman Jack Kemp of New York, both conservative Republicans. In the Senate last week, Finance Committee Chairman Bob Packwood began hearings on at least three different taxreform packages, predicting flatly, "There will be a tax-reform bill this year." If there is not, declared Delaware Republican William Roth, the committee's first witness, "we will have...
...drive toward ever greater protection, the Geneva-based General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade last week issued a long-awaited study on ways to help lift trade barriers. The 60-page report was put together by a group of seven public and private officials who included Democratic Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Pehr Gyllenhammar, chairman of Volvo. If global commerce were allowed to flow freely, they argue, the world as a whole could regain the vigor that it showed from 1950 to 1973, an era the report describes as "the most dynamic single generation of widespread growth...
Another issue which received attention at the meeting was the need for revisions in federal tax laws. Leonard Golder, of the Chelsea Democratic City Committee, said the platform should support the "implementation of the [Sen. Bill] Bradley [(D-N.J.)] fair tax plan...
...taxes or silence Cap Weinberger's endless pleas for more funds. Experts estimate that the various versions of a tax reform bill which closes loopholes in the current system could bring in as much as a $100 billion, half the current deficit, without increasing tax rates. The tax bills-Bradley/Gephardt for the Democrats, Kemp/Kasten for the Republicans, and the Treasury's as yet unapproved one for the Administration-have added attractiveness in that they are generally equitable and do not cater to any special interest group. Indeed, they are so similar in their fundamentals that the resulting legislation...
...seven weeks, starting with Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard," which opened last night. The season's offerings include more notable "firsts," such as a weekend of staged readings of original student works and the combination of two shorter plays--Shepard's "Savage Love" and "Touch and Cage Games" by Bradley K. Marshall '85 which address similar themes...