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Dates: during 1980-1989
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House Democrats, led by Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill and Majority leader Rep. James Wright (D-Texas), have proposed dismantling the third year provision of Reagan's 1981 tax bill, which called for across the board tax cuts in the next three years, ending in a five percent cut for...

Author: By Mary Humes, | Title: Explaining the Budget | 2/12/1983 | See Source »

The only way to deal with such deficits, most Congressmen agree, is to raise revenues. Many Democrats, led by O'Neill, argue that the 10% tax cut scheduled for July should be delayed or restricted, but the President regards as sacrosanct this third installment on the $750 billion tax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mending and Bending | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

(9 of 12) for a reduction on both sides to 300 by 1990 would leave the U.S. with less than 50 slots of its own?none of which could be filled with Tomahawks or Pershing Us, since those would be prohibited by another provision of the Soviet proposal.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Nuclear Poker | 1/31/1983 | See Source »

Other compromise recommendations include a provision to bring all new federal employees into the system starting in 1984; nonprofit organizations, which now may elect not to participate in Social Security, will also be covered. The new contributors are expected to generate $20 billion in revenue. Also starting in 1984, half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Close Call for Social Security | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

But in most places the retreat from capital punishment was not a formal, statutory change. At any one time no more than a third of the states have been without a death-penalty provision. It seems that Americans want it both ways, retaining the right to exterminate miscreants, as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Death Penalty: An Eye for an Eye | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

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