Word: congression
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...issue will not be settled by last week's resolution or by a dozen like it, and the debate promises to continue long after peace comes in Viet Nam. As a result of Viet Nam, many in Congress are distrustful of any President's wisdom and determined to deny him even the military means, let alone the authority, to intervene unilaterally. One thing is certain: Richard Nixon will be watched more closely by Congress than have been any of his predecessors of the past few decades...
Chairman Celler, while not opposed to voting-law reform, felt that the Administration's bill was ill-timed. He argued that the existing law should be extended until a more comprehensive -and perhaps controversial-bill like the Administration's could be maneuvered through Congress. The committee's senior Republican, William McCulloch of Ohio, also favors a five-year extension of the 1965 act. So does the N.A.A.C.P.'s Mitchell, who described the Administration's proposal as a "sophisticated, calculated and incredible effort by the chief lawyer of the United States to make it impossible...
...correct malapportionment in voting districts. Proclaiming that for one man's vote to carry more weight than another's is a denial of equal protection of the law, the court ruled in subsequent cases that voting districts of unequal population were illegal for Congress (Wesberry v. Sanders, 1964), and for legislative bodies in the states (Reynolds v. Sims, 1964), and in local government (Avery v. Midland County, 1968) as well...
...signs are unmistakably clear that inflation has been reversed. The latest readings of the consumer price index and the leading indicators suggest that what the Federal Reserve and the Nixon Administration have done so far is right. Now the Administration can demonstrate political courage by continuing on course, and Congress can do the same by maintaining the surtax...
Such candor is required by Federal Reserve Board Regulation "Z," which takes effect July 1. The 59-page regulation tells what stores, banks, finance companies, auto dealers and other cred itors must do to comply with the Truth in Lending Act that Congress passed last year. Among other things, the consumer must be informed in advance of the exact amount of any loan or credit, including insurance premiums, any excess of an installment price over a cash price and the exact length of time he has to pay. He must also be told the precise annual interest charge. In most...