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After boycotting Kohl's formal reinstatement by President Karl Carstens, the Greens soon made their presence felt in the Bundestag. The original seating plan called for them to be placed on the left-hand edge of the chamber, well out of range of television cameras. The Greens demurred, claiming they were not a left-wing party, and threatened to camp in the middle of the floor until their seats were changed. In the end, they got what they wanted: a central strip of 27 seats between the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats. Then came the new session...
...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...
...taxes to raise and which military programs to cut will have to be resolved in the Ways and Means, Appropriations, and Armed Services committees. Nor will the Republican-controlled Senate be an easy sell: despite G.O.P. sentiment to scale back Reagan's defense increases, leaders in the upper chamber bowed to Administration pressure and delayed consideration of the budget until after Easter...
...sure what all of this is going to cost, but they think it was worth it. Says Spokesman Redmond Tyler: "The campaign has brought more nationwide attention than ad dollars can buy." And places like Dothan are seeing more strangers in town than even the most energetic Chamber of Commerce could rustle...
...Last year some 25 or 30 charities made about 14 or 15 million dollars." explains Don Quandt of the Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce. "It's a pretty unique...