Word: lawton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...congressional budget process, which was instituted in 1974, requires that members pass such a resolution, putting spending ceilings on government programs and setting overall tax levels. A breakdown of this system could lead to uncontrolled spending, with each appropriations subcommittee voting to spend whatever it wanted. Democratic Senator Lawton Chiles of Florida said that if the budget process breaks down, "I think that we shall have chaos...
...time of budget whittling, this kind of outlay irks Democratic Senator Lawton Chiles of Florida and 15 colleagues who are co-sponsoring legislation to curb benefits for ex-Presidents and their families. Over the past three decades, the cost to taxpayers for what Chiles dubs "the imperial former presidency" has quietly spiraled from $64,000 to $27 million this fiscal year. The Federal Government picks up the tab for pensions, offices, staffs, round-the-clock Secret Service protection, maintenance for lavish presidential libraries and a gamut of other expenses ranging from car washes to cable-TV rentals to joke writers...
...entire budget process would be imperiled if his committee did not quickly reach a decision. He sent word through aides to Howard Baker, who was briefly hospitalized for treatment of an ulcer, that he could wait no longer. Baker agreed. The budget chairman next lunched with Florida Senator Lawton Chiles, ranking Democrat on the committee. Domenici told Chiles that the White House was seeking yet another delay in the vote. Domenici said he would present the Administration's revenue proposals to the committee; if they lost, as he expected, Chiles should offer the Democratic alternative...
...reversed the aging process," says Florida Senator Lawton Chiles. "He has more political power than ever...
...while PPD personnel director Donald Lawton says the fee charge is assessed as a "standard practice" to any group wishing to obtain police records, the Rake charges stonewalling...