Word: congressmen
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Treasury officials insist that the two schemes would have imposed tax liability on nearly all of the 155 taxpayers who paid nothing in 1967 despite incomes that exceeded $200,000. Even so, Mills and other Congressmen criticized the Administration for proposing no curbs on big incomes derived from lightly taxed capital gains or tax-free interest on state and local bonds. Walker defended the omissions. Higher taxes on capital gains might cripple private investment and so require more study, he said; and there are constitutional questions about Washington's right to tax municipal securities...
Opposition to cigarettes has grown appreciably on Capitol Hill since 1965. About the only staunch supporters of the industry left are Congressmen from the big tobacco states, notably the Carolinas, Kentucky and Virginia. Many other Congressmen are worried about the health dangers, and sensitive to the growing movement to protect consumers -a major new trend in American life...
...immediate task of Congress is to determine what to do when the cigarette-labeling law's pre-emptive clause runs out in June. Congressmen can take any one of three courses...
...further action by the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission. One measure of the industry's diminished power on Capitol Hill is that the best it can hope for is a continuation of what it fought so adamantly in 1965. In the House of Representatives, 29 Congressmen have sponsored bills to extend...
...difficulty of achieving the court's ideal is obvious. At least 30 states still have population discrepancies from district to district that are greater than Missouri's. Even in states where the variations are smaller, Congressmen-and officials at the state and local levels as well-may find their districts under reapportionment attack before the 1970 census...