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...reduced them again in each of the past three years; this year's reduction came to $100 million. New Jersey in just six months has reduced income taxes 15%, half of what once seemed a pie-in-the-sky promise by new Governor Christine Todd Whitman to enact a 30% slash over three years. The reductions have made Whitman not only highly popular locally but also a rising star in national Republican circles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fever for Tax Cuts | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

...court ruled that a rent control ben is not simply a local issue. In its nine page decision, the court noted that it is "within the power of a municipality to enact a rent control program only when the [State] Legislature has explicitly delegated that power to the municipality...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: While You Were Away... | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

...crime bill. Majority Leader Richard Gephardt said the health care debate will begin by Sept. 8 at the latest, when they return from a held-over summer recess. The scheduling may leave Democrats in the soup: the longer the bill is delayed, the harder it will be to enact reforms considered essential to Democratic prospects in November's congressional elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEALTH CARE . . . SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER | 8/17/1994 | See Source »

...plan would enact a series of taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and gasoline...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Tsongas Speaks at K-School | 7/29/1994 | See Source »

...book, it's possible to see Elliott as the archetypical Roosevelt. During Prohibition, two of Theodore's sons, Theodore Jr. and Kermit, helped found a club called "the Room" so they could booze in private. They dabbled in politics and traveled the globe trying, with ( disastrous results, to re-enact their father's adventures. Theodore Jr. did end up as a hero of the D-day landings, but Kermit's story was tragic: his heavy drinking persisted, and he eventually killed himself. The maliciously funny Alice Roosevelt Longworth was the real original of the group, but as a woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Growing Up Roosevelt | 7/25/1994 | See Source »

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