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...Gramm-Rudman bill! This simplistic cure-all had been lying around since last summer, gaining a modest amount of support. Now, as an amendment to the bill increasing the debt limit, it became what Co-Sponsor Rudman wryly called "a bad idea whose time has come." There was no time for committee hearings; many members never read the measure that gave away their responsibilities, but they overwhelmingly voted for it; final approval came at 10:15 p.m. on the eve of the prospective default, and then it was soon time to go home for Christmas. Yes, Virginia, there...
...Ways," though, shows the 39-year-old Young at his most self-assured since 1979's "Live Rust," arguably the finest live record in rock history. As the leitmotif cut "Get Back to the Country" (not the same as "Are You Ready for . . .") suggests, Young, the co-sponsor of last Sunday's 14-hour FarmAid extravaganza, has found what he says he wants to do with the rest of his life. And he's found the right people to do it with: those old outlaws, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, are on hand for several duets...
...determine how to make the plan more palatable to themselves and their constituents. "Reagan is giving populism a bad name," said Byron Dorgan of North Dakota. "If I were making $400,000 a year, I'd be the biggest cheerleader for this in America." Missouri Democrat Richard Gephardt, co-sponsor of a Democratic tax-reform plan, said there was talk of adding either a fourth, higher rate, perhaps 40%, for the very rich, or providing a further break for the middle class. Said Gephardt: "We need to put our stamp on tax reform...
...high population density of Cambridge, coupled with the massive volume of hazardous materials which currently travel through the city, a major accident could spell disaster," the bill's co-sponsor, Sen. Michael LoPresti Jr. (D-Boston), stated in testimony before the Public Safety Committee, which is considering the bill...
...aide to Sen. George Bachrach (D. Watertown), a co-sponsor of the bill, called the legislation groundbreaking because so little regulation of the industry exists...