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There are indeed two versions of the bill, which differ not so much in dollars as in direction. The one presented to the Senate by its Budget Committee closely tracks the proposals made for the Administration by David Stockman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Reagan's...
Presentation of the House bill set the stage for a subtle parliamentary battle. House Speaker Tip O'Neill, who has helped guide passage of progressive social legislation for nearly three decades, initially went along with Perkins' ploy to make cuts that were not meant to stick. He told...
Twenty-one teen-agers in T shirts and jeans are sitting around a big, doughnut-shaped table. They are all sneaking glances at the short, plump, balding man seated in their midst. "He's awfully old," whispers Stacie Stockman, with a toss of her head. "I was hoping for...
But unlike the vast majority of humanitarian programs, both at the University and elsewhere, HIID is unlikely to come closer than this to budgetary woes. Though Perkins says finances were his "main concern" on taking office, the Reagan budget cuts as now projected should have little effect on HIID.
Between direct payments from governments for some projects, grants from the Ford Foundation and other organizations, and donations from AID and the United Nations Development Project--with the last two forming the bulk of the HIID budget--funds are "sufficiently diversified to avert disaster," Perkins says.