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...Vegas took turns manning phones to remind Congressmen that the council's 4.5 million members were watching. The 28 million-member American Association of Retired Persons also supported the bill. Far more effective, however, was a letter-writing campaign by one of the House's mightiest chairmen, burly Dan Rostenkowski of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. He and Chairman John Dingell of the Energy and Commerce Committee were incensed that Pepper had struck a deal to bypass their committees and take the bill directly to the floor. Rostenkowski sent out a barrage of "Dear Colleague" letters attacking...
...happen to think it's a better issue for the Democrats than for the Republicans," said House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Tex.). House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.) asked, "Why hand it to us on a silver platter...
...weekend meeting in Gatlinsburg, Tennessee, which the powerful House committee has planned for several months, will focus on government spending patterns, taxes and social insurance programs. The Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Daniel Rostenkowski (D-III.), is one of the House's most powerful committees, controlling all requests for fiscal expenditures before they reach the floor of Congress...
...much of an advantage. "It's time to give taxpayers some rights to even the playing field," he declares. Some form of his bill is expected to pass the Senate, but comparable legislation in the House has not yet garnered the support it needs from Illinois Democrat Dan Rostenkowski, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee. Rostenkowski is afraid that a taxpayers' rights bill would cost the Government as much as $200 million a year -- although that amounts to little more than one-tenth of 1% of the annual deficit. Pryor hopes to convince Rostenkowski that just the opposite will...
...made trade the central issue of his presidential campaign, but enthusiasm in Washington for his measure has almost disappeared since his dismal showing on Super Tuesday. The betting is that Gephardt's amendment will survive, but only in a severely watered-down form. Says a congressional staffer: "Gephardt and Rostenkowski talk on the phone, and it sounds like they are working on face-saving...