Word: repeals
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...activists have repeatedly introduced legislation to limit such research. But last year the bill made the most progress, passing the state House of Representatives before getting lost in the shuffle of the Senate, and it officially died when the session ended. The specific vehicle is the attempt to repeal the "dog pound seizure act," in order to deny researchers access to captured canines and force them to purchase the more expensive lab-bred type. Harvard uses about 2500 pound dogs a year and professors say the measure would make the current level of research prohibitive by boosting animal prices tenfold...
...bankers' blitz produced an alliance of rank-and-file Republicans and Democrats, who defied warnings by President Reagan. House Speaker Tip O'Neill and other House leaders that repeal would encourage tax evasion and hike deficits. Predicted New York's Barber Conable, ranking Republican on the Ways and Means Committee: "Many who vote for repeal will beat their breasts and bray against deficits...
...testament to the strength of postal politics. Besieged by a 22 million-piece mail campaign orchestrated by the nation's banking industry, the House last week voted by an overwhelming 382 to 41 to repeal the withholding for taxes of 10% of income from stock dividends and bank interest. Said Illinois Democrat Dan Rostenkowski, who as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee had reluctantly brought the repeal measure to a floor vote after a majority of the House demanded it: "Today we are conceding control of the tax system to a special interest that...
...withholding issue now goes back to the Senate Finance Committee, which will decide this week whether to recommend acceptance of the House repeal in conference committee. Committee Chairman Robert Dole of Kansas, who filibustered a repeal effort in the Senate, is expected to report out a strengthened variant of a Senate "compromise." passed 91 to 5 last month, that would postpone withholding for four years and, in the interim, step up tax enforcement. Reagan, who in the past has pledged to veto any attempt to repeal or postpone withholding, appeared to soften his stance in the face of the veto...
...resistance from the White House. The fecklessness of both parties when it comes to making either tough revenue or spending decisions was illustrated last week when more than 300 House members, following the lead of their Senate counterparts, caved in to the banking industry and signed a petition supporting repeal of a measure to withhold taxes from interest and dividend income. The withholding provision, which will be reconsidered by the full House this week, would have cut down on tax cheating and produced $ 13 billion in revenues over the next three years...