Word: dorgan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dorgan Task Force, a 10-member committee convened by North Dakota Congressman Byran L. Dorgan last spring to examine the merits of revenue enforcement plans, endorsed many of the policies Dukakis suggested in a report released...
Gearan said aides were trying to schedule a meeting between Dukakis and a group of congressmen headed by Rep. Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.), to discuss possible federal legislation on beefed up tax enforcement based on the commonwealth's tightened tax collecting policies under Dukakis...
...Capitol Hill, Democrats were gingerly trying to determine how to make the plan more palatable to themselves and their constituents. "Reagan is giving populism a bad name," said Byron Dorgan of North Dakota. "If I were making $400,000 a year, I'd be the biggest cheerleader for this in America." Missouri Democrat Richard Gephardt, co-sponsor of a Democratic tax-reform plan, said there was talk of adding either a fourth, higher rate, perhaps 40%, for the very rich, or providing a further break for the middle class. Said Gephardt: "We need to put our stamp on tax reform...
...Idaho, up for re-election next year, says he will "support" Reagan's plan but oppose the provisions that adversely affect his state: reduced tax breaks for the timber industry, mortgage deductions for vacation homes, mineral-depletion allowances and investment tax credits for farmers. Says North Dakota Congressman Byron Dorgan: "We're packaging 30 or 40 issues that each would be a major fight...
Harvard suffered a number of casualties during the game Former captain John Dorgan pulled out a halftime with a charley horse Sophomore Gus Spanos broke his leg tore ligaments in his ankle and now wears a cast from ankle to crotch...