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House Speaker Tip O'Neill, whose ego had been badly bruised when the President snubbed all Democratic compromises last year and rammed his dramatic budget and tax slashes through Congress, hinted vaguely at a change of heart. If Reagan were willing to accept some new taxes on the wealthy, O'Neill hinted that he might agree to some modest cuts in future cost of living increases for Social Security recipients...
...taxes. If approved, the compromise would bring the deficit below $100 billion and possibly jolt wary financial markets into lowering the high interest rates that have been strangling hopes for an economic recovery. Only two officials have yet to approve the bipartisan package. Two very important officials: House Speaker Tip O'Neill and President Ronald Reagan...
...pivotal group in the battle for the assembly was the National Conciliation Party (P.C.N.), whose 14 seats could tip the majority to either D'Aubuisson's ARENA or Duarte's Christian Democrats. The party of the military governments that ruled the country before the 1979 coup, the loosely organized P.C.N. seems to be divided into two main factions: a rightist wing, led by Secretary-General Raul Molina Martinez, and a moderate wing, led by ex-Army Colonel Roberto Escobar Garcia, whom one foreign diplomat calls "the best man they...
...gets some of its best help from disgruntled ex-wives, business partners or friends. Many cases begin with a tip to the local IRS office that someone is bragging in neighborhood bars that he is cheating on his taxes...
Public pressure on wavering legislators could easily tip the scales. Thirty-one state legislatures have already called for the measure, reflecting a groundswell of opposition to deficit spending probably unmatched since the days when Reagan idol Calvin Coolidge snoozed in the Oval Office. And many fence-sitters have only minor doubts. The President, for one, has delayed announcing his support only until he is assured Congress won't use the amendment as an excuse to jack up taxes...