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Other members would not, as they say, dignify the charges with a response. Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski was particularly forthright. "None of your business," he told reporters. "None of your damn business." One of his staff members explained that Rostenkowski had never bounced a check but viewed any inquiries as "an intrusion into his private affairs." An aide to Democrat Gus Savage of Illinois said, "We're not discussing this at all with the press. If a receptionist had answered the phone you never would have heard from...
...speechifying for hire? The House now prohibits members from pocketing such fees, and the Senate is on the verge of adopting a similar ban, but legislators won't clam up. They have found a censure-free use for the money: donate it to home-district charities. Democrat Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois is a master at sharing the largesse, using it for inner-city children's programs, among other good works...
...Democrats, like Hawaii's Daniel Inouye and Rhode Island's Claiborne Pell, and conservative Republicans, like Orrin Hatch of Utah and Steve Symms of Idaho. But Moynihan still faces obstacles -- not least the Democratic House leadership. Pointing to the yawning federal deficit, House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski argues that "the last thing we should be doing is cutting taxes." Speaker Tom Foley remains on the fence. Senate majority leader George Mitchell, initially cool to the Moynihan plan, now supports it "in concept," and has suggested raising the cap as a way to offset any revenue loss...
...acknowledging that they voted during the '80s to raise regressive Social Security payroll taxes 30% while preserving such loopholes as the tax exemption on inherited capital gains. That exemption alone costs the Treasury $5 billion a year and benefits mostly wealthy heirs. The fiscal prestidigitation has not abated: the Rostenkowski plan would have socked it to middle-income families by delaying inflation adjustments for a year. That step was needed because the House scrapped a 9 1/2 cents-a-gallon hike on gasoline that would not only raise $45 billion but also encourage conservation and help the environment...
...Congress have forgotten the moment during the surtax fight when a crowd of Chicago retirees mobbed the car of Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. To avoid being mobbed in the same way on Election Day, Congress has declined to inflict much pain on its older constituents. As for children -- they don't vote...