Word: congress
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Reds' proposals for communizing Tibet probably will be announced at the Chinese people's congress Friday. But the Panchen Lama, the Communists' puppet ruler, apparently gave his approval in advance...
...objects to statehood (even if Congress were to agree to it) because it would undercut his successful Operation Bootstrap industrialization plan, which uses tax exemption to lure new industry. Under statehood, industry and individuals would have to pay U.S. income tax. Muñoz further fears that his Hispanic island would lose its cultural identity and its Spanish language-"would become only a whiff of vermouth in the martini instead of the olive." Statehood's proponents argue that it would give Puerto Rico six or seven Congressmen and two Senators, a voice in making federal laws and decisions that...
...consistently said that the commonwealth relationship could and should grow and change, and last month the island's Resident Commissioner in Washington, Antonio Fernós-Isern, sent Congress a bill aimed at modification of the compact. Concessions asked...
...Congress' right to impose a debt limit on the Puerto Rico government...
...rules that might further unbalance the budget. Yet Straus has strong support for his proposals both on Capitol Hill and at the White House. Louisiana Democrat Hale Boggs, author of a House bill to cut corporate taxes on foreign earnings from 52% to 38%, promised a "warm welcome" from Congress for the report. And from Administration officials came word that the White House will endorse much...