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...than any other single factor, with the possible exception of OPEC. If President Reagan convinces the other leaders that he understands that the American economy is not insulated from the rest of the Western world, that the size of the mortgage payments made by the man on a London omnibus is heavily influenced by New York and Washington, that he will take into account the implications of America's economic decisions on other countries and that he recognizes an obligation to coordinate policy as far as possible so that we do not harm one another, then by the modest...
Regardless of this opposition, the measure has a good chance of passage in the Senate, and the real battle will probably take shape in the House, where several representatives have proposed progressive alternatives to S. 1630. Most notably, John Conyers Jr., (D-Mich.) has introduced a liberal omnibus reform bill, H.R. 4711, which would provide the needed streamlining without violating the Constitution in the name of law and order...
David Hiller, special assistant to the Attorney General, said the Omnibus Immigration Control Act, which is currently being debated in Congress, would not only make it unlawful for employers knowingly to hire illegal aliens, but would also "substantially beef up the Immigration Service with desperately needed money and manpower...
...catalogues." He was referring to the arms directories published for prospective buyers by half a dozen national governments. (The U.S., where sales catalogues from Sears to the Whole Earth are practically national icons, has none.) The most elaborate are put out by Britain and France. Both distribute slick omnibus arms compendia, Britain every year since 1969, France biannually since 1967, that the world's wish-listing generals and defense ministers can flip through with the delight of boys at Christmas time. There are no order forms or suggested retail prices. But whether they prefer the grand, gilded and clothbound...
...packaging of the new cuts could take various forms. One proposal is a reduced omnibus funding resolution, an emergency step the Administration might suggest while Congress finishes the appropriations process. Under existing budget rules, Reagan could also ask for a Second Budget Resolution, with which he would presumably adjust the overall ceiling downward. A third option revealed only this weekend would be immediate reductions through administrative deferrals--spending delays that vaguely resemble the (now illegal) impoundments made famous by Richard Nixon. Congress could block the deferrals but only with an endless and unlikely string of resolutions...