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...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...
...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...
First, they threatened to withhold federal highway funds from states which failed to enact and enforce a 55 m.p.h. speed limit. The purpose of this act was to save fuel and reduce highway fatalities...
...dozen amendments on matters ranging from the use of U.S. military trainers to funding for Nicaragua's closed opposition newspaper La Prensa. Nearly all of them were defeated. Finally, after two stormy days of debate, the Senate last week voted by the expected margin of 53 to 47 to enact the package. The measure provides $70 million in military help and $30 million in "humanitarian" aid for the contras, plus $300 million in assistance to Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala. It now faces a House-Senate conference committee, where Speaker Tip O'Neill may again attempt to stall...