Word: dodd
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dodd's proposal will encounter difficulty in reaching the floor of the Senate. As is tax measure it must pass through the Finance Committee, chaired by Sen. Harry Byrd (D-Va.), a staunch foe of both tax cuts and aid to education...
...Thomas J. Dodd (D-Conn.) called for a $1200 tax exemption for anyone paying college or graduate school tuition bills in a speech to the Senate Monday. Both parents paying their children's tuition and students financing their own education would be eligible for the exemption...
...Dodd said in his speech that his plan would be of assistance chiefly "to persons of moderate means who want to send their children to college...
Fiscal legislation must originate in the House, but James Boyd, administrative assistant to Dodd, told the CRIMSON yesterday that the Senator plans to introduce the proposal as an amendment to another measure, rather than ask a Representative to co-sponsor the plan...
...Dodd's proposed amendment conflicts with President Kennedy's proposals for aid to higher education introduced last month. The President called for a $45 million increase in scholarship loans to colleges under the National Defense Education Act, and for a study of the need for direct federal scholarships to needy students in certain fields...