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Mulroney said he also plans to alter the controversial "back-In" provision of the 1980 National Energy Program. The rule stipulates that the Canadian government is entitled to 25% of any successful offshore oil discovery by a foreign firm. The party's position during the campaign last summer was...
For the past four years, Dole has been chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, where he pushed through a major revision of the Social Security system and three tax bills. In 1982 he held weary committee members in an all-night meeting to grapple with a specific provision of a...
Your piece on the Illinois Senate race [NATION, Oct. 8] creates a misleading impression of Senator Charles Percy's lawmaking record. He has had many legislative achievements, among them a provision of the current Export Administration Act that would assist small businesses in becoming successful exporters. When I campaign...
>Sentencing. In the largest change, the measure mandates the establishment of a system of guidelines for judges to use in imposing sentences. To eliminate disparities in punishment for the same crimes - and to dismantle the present parole system - a seven-member commission will set up a grading system for crimes...
He added that the provision of discount tickets for visiting schools is "not very common" outside of the Ivy League and that "the people who made the contract several years ago felt no need to do so."