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...state legislature to go ahead with plans to raise the drinking age to 21. So far, the governor has implemented his drunk driving measures with caution, making sure he consulted with those involved first. His public announcement last week that he would not fight against or vote the hike even though he doesn't support it could reverse all that constructive work...
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Dukakis said that while he did not approve of a move in the legislature to hike the drinking age from 20 to 21, he would not veto the proposal if it reached him because "there is considerable public sentiment to raise it again." But he added that it was not part of his strategy to reduce automobile fatalities...
...drive to slash spending or raise taxes. Predictably, the House voted last week to authorize an additional $1.6 billion for ten education and health programs in an effort to reverse some spending cuts made early in the Reagan Administration. House Speaker Tip O'Neill declared that any tax-hike initiative would have to come from the President or the Republican Party...
...Congress has so far refused to enact a tax increase that will not take effect for three years, while the President has ruled out a quicker hike. Moreover, many lawmakers want less defense spending, and more for social programs, than the White House proposed. The result: a budget gridlock. Observed Alice Rivlin, who left her post as director of the Congressional Budget Office last month and is now the head of economic studies for the Brookings Institution: "Congress believes the White House is not serious about raising taxes." Added Heller: "Congress cannot move until the President does...