Word: repeals
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Weber belongs to the faction that has been pressing Bush to promote a bolder economic-growth program. After fencing over nuances with White House agents supervising the platform, the Weber group won a few concessions. One called for the "ultimate" repeal of the tax increases imposed in the 1990 deficit- reduction deal between Bush and Capitol Hill. That Bush went along with the compromise still rankles many conservatives, though others feel that the deficit would be even worse without it. Weber, who is quitting Congress, mourns the loss of fervor for Reaganomics. "It's discouraging," he says, "how little supply...
...Republicans, whose electoral victory was aided by strong financial support from the National Rifle Association and its state affiliate, called the repeal an "anticrime" measure because it included increased penalties for some gun offenses. It amounts to nothing more than "a bald attempt" to fool the people, retorted an angry Florio, who intends to take the issue to the people in a referendum campaign if his veto does not stick...
...taken down their portraits of Lenin but pay only lip service to the new regime. In a show of strength last month, a coalition of hard-line communists and extreme nationalists tried to occupy Moscow's main television studio. Now party members have gone to court to try to repeal Yeltsin...
...crime package the Bush Administration opposes, is languishing in the U.S. Senate. And what few laws have been passed to restrict the use of firearms are themselves under attack. The same week public officials were talking about outlawing squirt guns, New Jersey Republicans were mounting an attempt to repeal a state law that bans military-style assault weapons...
...movement to repeal the laws has gainedconsiderable support from the heterosexualcommunity, he said...