Word: limiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first big congressional showdown should come just before the August recess when three legislative issues may be resolved: an increase in the federal debt limit, the reconciliation of the authorizing bills with the budget committee's guidelines, and the need to redress problems in the Gramm- Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget law. The Democrats will be at a particular disadvantage when they begin earmarking their tax increases: proposals for excise taxes on cigarettes, liquor or gasoline are sure to outrage various constituencies. Says South Carolina Senator Fritz Hollings: "I don't know how ^ we're going to get the Democrats together...
...wildcat strikes had torn holes in the country's economy. Major trade unions were considered more powerful than the government, and labor unrest helped topple two Prime Ministers, Edward Heath in 1974 and James Callaghan in 1979. Thatcher changed all that. Starting in 1980 she pushed through legislation to limit picketing rights, ban secondary picketing and make national unions financially responsible for the actions of their members. She has taken on a number of the country's most powerful unions and crushed them: the steelworkers in 1980, the coal miners in 1985 after a bitter one-year strike...
...version that passed the House Labor Committee last week goes even further, requiring employers to consult with unions before making such decisions. "With advance notice, workers can begin to look for new jobs," says AFL-CIO Secretary- Treasurer Thomas Donahue. But critics charge that the bills would sharply limit management's flexibility. In an editorial, the Detroit News called the legislation "Metzen-bomb." Executives at Pittsburgh-based USX, which has , been in the throes of restructuring its steelmaking operations, contend that such a law would have forced them to consult with employee groups 28 times in the first half...
AILING. Paul Gann, 75, conservative tax crusader who in 1978 co-sponsored (with Howard Jarvis) California's property-tax-cutting Proposition 13 and in later years led ballot fights to limit state and local spending; with acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome, contracted from blood transfusions he received during open-heart surgery in 1982; in Carmichael, Calif...
...most observers, however, the Supreme Court ruling did seem to alter dramatically the delicate balance that goes into the making of many land-use decisions. In particular, citizens trying to limit development in their localities may find themselves at a disadvantage. Says Lee Ruck, counsel to the National Association of Counties: "An outcry of community concern is now less likely to sway a member of a board of supervisors or a city-planning committee faced with a high-priced lawyer in a three-piece suit who is threatening money damages." In the view of the real estate industry, the court...