Word: doornail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...controversy the Senate will face now is whether to accept King's campaign pledge to repeal the 7.5 percent income tax surtax. House leaders have said that insufficient funds exist, but King insists he still supports the tax. Bachrach said that the tax repeal plan is "dead as a doornail," but LoPresti said he hoped some sort of tax cut would go through...
Percy said he convinced Brezhnev and Gromyko that the unratified SALT II accord was "as dead as a doornail." Percy suggested instead that representatives from both nations meet informally to decide what was worth salvaging from SALT II. Once they reached "reasonable agreement" on at least some principles, it might be possible to begin a new set of negotiations, Percy told the Soviets. "I would be surprised if both sides do not agree to sit down at an early date to discuss arms control," said Percy...