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Dense Pack Gets Blasted In a rebuke to Reagan, the House says no to the complex MX basing system
WASHINGTON--The Senate Appropriations Committee voted yesterday to approve $988 million for production of the MX missile of the funds can be sent until Congress approves a basing plan for the nuclear weapon...
...vote, the panel approved an amendment that goes in the same direction as a compromise President Reagan had suggested to save funding for the MX, but it does not give the President the specific time limit for start of the MX program that he wanted...
...United States, this movement can already claim major victories. A 10-state nuclear freeze referendum won overwhelming approval in the November elections, and--largely in response to that expression of public sentiment--the House recently rejected President Reagan's dangerous and costly plans to build a nuclear-tipped MX missile...
With far less controversy than on the MX, the House Ways and Means Committee rushed through a five-year $27.5 billion program to rebuild the nation's transportation facilities. Although eventual approval seems likely, disputes are arising over how the funds should be distributed, whether the work can begin soon enough to be effective and whether the 5?-per-gal. gasoline tax increase that would finance it is equitable to lower-income citizens. The House bill, backed by the President and leaders of both parties, also would increase taxes on tires and fees paid by truckers, a proposal that...