Word: enacted
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...attempt to prevent the proposal from becoming a rule, Dukakis will "write to his fellow governors to ask them for support," said Akey. Dukakis will also "work with the congressional delegation from Massachusetts to have the congress enact legislation to prohibit the rule change...
...another measure the Administration wants to enact might make things tougher for American rather than foreign industries. Under current U.S. laws American firms can apply to Washington's International Trade Commission for protection against foreign imports, whether those imports are fairly traded or not. The ITC investigates those claims to determine if such industries have been seriously injured. The new White House proposal would require the ITC to determine whether protectionist remedies would make a given U.S. industry more competitive in the future. Only then would the ITC be able to recommend such cures...
...form of government limitation. Now the total is 40% and, observes Aho, the "tendency is definitely for more." On the other hand, Claude Barfield, coordinator of trade policy at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, lauds the Administration for its continuing antiprotectionist restraint in the face of pressure to enact much more sweeping measures. The latest White House trade initiative, he points out, is a "balancing act between politics and economics. They've played this game with a fair amount of success...
...frustrated and overburdened parents of these young people must have the opportunity to establish some sort of normal and reliable lifestyle for their children. The time to enact change is now, before the young homeless become the old homeless...
Shall the Commonwealth of Massachusetts urge the United States Congress to enact a national health program which: provides high quality, comprehensive, personal health care including preventive, curative and occupational health services; is universal in coverage, community controlled, rationally organized, equitably financed, with no out-of-pocket charges, is sensitive to the particular health needs of all, and is efficient in containing its cost; and whose yearly expenditure does not exceed the proportion of the Gross National Product spent on health care in the immediately preceding fiscal year...