Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Those began on July 11, at a meeting of economic advisers, who by then included Forbes, over pizza at Dole campaign headquarters. Dole unexpectedly dropped in, stayed several hours and did the same the next day. Those sessions narrowed the choices to two. One was to repeal the 1990 and 1993 tax increases. Forbes pushed hard for this one, largely because it would strip away three tax brackets that had been added in those years and reduce the number of tax rates to only two. That would be a step toward Forbes' cherished flat...
...increases had hit only the upper 4% of taxpayers. Thus Sheila Burke, who was then Dole's chief of staff, judged a straight repeal "suicidal"; it would open the G.O.P. to charges that it was giving away money to the rich. Some advisers favored coupling repeal with a provision giving workers an income tax deduction equal to the Social Security taxes taken from their paychecks. That would have been a boon to the middle class and some of the working poor, since Social Security taxes are levied on the first wages of $62,700 a year, and have become...
...CONTROL] Opposed gun-control measures in the Senate, including the Brady bill. Favors replacing its five-day waiting period with an instant, computerized background check. Opposed the assault-weapons ban, but doesn't advocate repeal...
...race to fill the seat of fellow Democrat Ray Thornton, Snyder has been called to question on his attempts to repeal Arkansas's anti-sodomy law. Countering that this is just his conservative opponent's attempt to derail his campaign, he contends that gay rights are not a major plank in his platform, instead emphasizing a balanced budget, campaign-finance reform and environmental protection. In a Little Rock district with a substantial working-class and African-American constituency, he also vows to protect education and Medicare...
...were sent to Washington to trim the budget, downsize the Federal Government and lower taxes. But he also has paid attention to his constituents, many of whom depend on air travel and the military for their livelihood (the Third is home to Fort Gillem and Hartsfield Airport), supporting the repeal of airline fuel taxes and just about any bill that would increase defense spending...