Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...topic of Social Security cuts is such a hot item the negotiators refer to it as "the unmentionable." Asked who made the suggestion, Sen. Bob Packwood (R-Ore.) said, "I think the Senate chaplain left...
Dole said that in order to reduce the deficit, he would demand both a line-item veto and a balanced-budget amendment to the constitution. Dole said that as president he would call for a Constitutional Convention if the balanced-budget measure failed to win Congressional approval...
...There wasn't any real reason to have it as a formal item," Butler said, adding, "it would be easier" if overseers' remarks weren't recorded...
Nonetheless, some countries remain undeterred. Mediobanca, the leading Italian merchant bank, with assets of $130 million, is still expected to go on the block sometime next year. In Britain, despite the BP setback, Chancellor Lawson last week predicted that privatization would go "from strength to strength." The next item of government business is privatization of Britain's $76 billion worth of electrical utilities...
...cuts were accompanied by a substantial increase in federal spending, despite Reagan's campaign promises about reining in the Government. During the Administration's first term, total federal spending jumped 26%, to $852 billion in fiscal 1984. The biggest item was defense, reflecting the President's view that the military had suffered a decade of neglect in the 1970s. Reagan's buildup cost $1.2 trillion over the fiscal years 1981-'86, which boosted military spending 41% after adjustment for inflation. Among the new hardware: the B-1B bomber (cost: $280 billion) and the MX missile system ($20.7 billion...