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House Speaker Tip O'Neill proposed raising taxes to pay for a $1.6 billion bill -- a sure non-starter in an election year. His lieutenants wanted to raise the necessary funds by nicking every Government program for an infinitesimal amount. No way, said Senate colleagues; their favorite programs had already been repeatedly trimmed and pared to fit the budget. Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole decided charity was in order: he wanted taxpayers to donate a dollar or two of their tax refunds next year...
...muddled, last-minute campaign to head off the override. Three days after he vetoed the sanctions bill, which had been passed in August by the Senate (84 to 14) and then later by the House of Representatives (308 to 77), the President sent a letter to House Speaker Tip O'Neill offering to impose some measures in an Executive Order. The proposal included bans on the import of iron and steel but omitted coal and other important items, like the cancellation of airport landing rights. Congress was in no mood to settle for half a loaf. Reagan's offer, said...
...sneaky tip-over by Harvard's Jodi Cassell tied the contest at 13-13, and Manda Schossberger served one down the line to give the spikers a 14-13 lead...
...haired, pink-cheeked Republican Contender Jim Santini, a former Democratic Congressman, has made good use of commercials that feature the President saying he needs Santini in the Senate. A shrewd, backslapping veteran pol, Santini has tried to depict his opponent, Democratic Congressman Harry Reid, as that Republican bogeyman, a "Tip O'Neill liberal." Reid depicts himself as a fighter against Big Business and the "Washington power brokers." A blond, soft-spoken Mormon, Reid has tried to peg Santini as a turncoat and a pawn of the Establishment. But he has refrained from criticizing Reagan or bringing up the subject...
...radio advertisements and at press conferences, Abt has blasted Kennedy for refusing to meet him head-to-head. Because of Kennedy's refusal, Abt says, the voters of the 8th are being denied a choice for who will succeed the seat being vacated by House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill...