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...that much," said Dole on NBC's Today show. "It's a small step forward. It's not a big step." Complained Florida's Lawton Chiles, ranking Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee: "Our problem is not the budget process. It's the absence of will." Congress, said Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts, had gone "from winking to blinking to nod." For his part, Reagan promised to keep up the fight against letting new taxes creep into the budget. "You didn't send us to Washington to feed the alligators," he said in his Saturday radio broadcast. "You sent...
...study is sure to become a tool in the hands of politicians wrangling over plans to reform the federal tax system. "If anyone had any doubt about the unfairness of our present tax code," said Democratic Congressman J.J. Pickle of Texas, "these figures should convince them." Pickle, who requested the report, is advocating a minimum-tax provision on personal income. The study, said a White House spokesman, "shows that fat cats pay little or no money. It's a perfect example of why the President wants tax reform." But tax-reform experts point out that many of the major loopholes...
...This isn't a conference report," protested Oregon's Democratic Congressman Les AuCoin. "It's a surrender document." His House colleague, California Democrat Don Edwards, agreed. "The House was skunked," he complained. Their anger was directed at the outcome of a House-Senate conference committee to resolve differences between the two chambers on next year's defense spending. The Senate had prevailed so overwhelmingly, with the unexpected concurrence of House Armed Services Committee Chairman Les Aspin, that House leaders decided to delay until after the recess a vote on the compromise military-spending package. Most galling of all, but perhaps...
...Congressman's desire to protect his home turf often saves weapons that ought to fade away. Neither the Air Force nor the Army asked for money for the C-12 personnel-carrying aircraft, and the Navy requested only twelve, presumably because all the services knew the politics involved would guarantee them the funds anyway. The transport plane is made by Beech Aircraft, which is owned by Raytheon Co., which happens to be in Massachusetts, the home state of House Speaker Tip O'Neill. He reportedly told Aspin "not to come back" from the conference without funds for the aircraft...
Responding to the criticism, Secretary Heckler last month announced a request for a 47% increase in research funds. She insists that "the important research into education, treatment and vaccines is being funded," but Congressman Henry Waxman of California disagrees. "The new request for more money is helpful, but very inadequate," he says. "The Administration should be putting together a Manhattan Project to push research as fast as possible...