Word: exempt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meet the law's deficit targets ($144 billion for fiscal 1987, which begins Oct. 1, vs. an expected $202.8 billion this fiscal year), Congress by Aug. 15 would still have to calculate equal percentage cuts in the 50% or so of all federal spending that is not exempt. If a Supreme Court decision prevents those cuts from being put into effect automatically, they would have to be embodied in a joint resolution brought up for a straight yes-or-no vote within one week. Congress could reject the resolution, or the President could veto it, but they would still...
...city's stringent rent control laws apply to about 17,000 units built before 1970. Affiliated housing is exempt from rent control...
...military. In December, 14 dissident officers planned to overthrow the government. Their plot was uncovered, but it underlined the fragility of Babangida's regime. As army Chief of Staff, his confident, wisecracking style won him the backing of the officers' corps. As President, however, he refused to exempt the army from wage cuts of up to 20% that he ordered for all workers. Said one Western diplomat: "Babangida is reaching outside the military, trying to create new political forces to sustain him. As long as Nigerians feel that the screws are tightening on everybody, they will feel better about...
...enough. One element would be a tax increase, perhaps taking advantage of the drop in oil prices to impose an oil-import fee and gasoline tax. The rest of the savings would come from cuts spread more evenly across the board--including defense and even Social Security, which is exempt from the automatic reductions required by Gramm-Rudman...
Vehicles manufactured without seat belts are unaffected by the law, and a certified medical reasons could exempt certain people from the law. School buses are also unaffected...