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Last week Pendleton set off the loudest uproar yet. On the basis of a commission staff report, he proposed that the Federal Government suspend programs aiding businesses owned by women and minorities. Known as set-asides, the programs require federal agencies to earmark part of their spending for companies qualifying for the special treatment. Set-aside contracts now exceed $8.5 billion annually. Like affirmative action programs, they are an ideological red flag to many conservatives, who regard them as a form of reverse discrimination. "I am against set-asides, period," says Pendleton. "The basic principles are offensive...
Swapping nongame animals is an outgrowth of a voluntary income tax "checkoff" program that began in Colorado in 1977. The provision allows citizens to earmark as much of their annual state tax refund as they like for wildlife conservation programs, which include transporting and monitoring animals that have been acquired from other states. Ecology-minded citizens have responded enthusiastically. For example, Michigan took in $490,000 last year, up from $272,000 when it began its program in 1983. Wisconsin collected $472,000, compared with $291,000 in 1983. "State agencies realize they have another constituency besides hunters and fishermen...
...whether those countries would simply pass along U.S. money or use their own funds to help the contras. Congress might forbid any rerouting of support meant for such friendly nations as Thailand and Taiwan, but a country could, of course, use the U.S. funds for internal purposes and then earmark an equal amount from its own budget for the contras. Congress would then have the option of cutting off or restricting aid to the offending country...
...left an impression that was unfair to one of the artists. It is not true that the former President "never did like" the painting by Alexander Clayton. When J. Anthony Wills' canvas was completed, the Nixons decided to designate it the White House portrait and to earmark Mr. Clayton's for the library now planned at San Clemente...
...sellers, and a politically safe way for legislators to raise revenue without raising taxes. In most states, lottery proceeds are channeled directly into the general fund. Typically, the largest share goes for education. Ohio's Democratic Governor, Richard Celeste, for example, last week endorsed a bill that would earmark lottery profits for schools...