Word: withholds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fecklessness of both parties when it comes to making either tough revenue or spending decisions was illustrated last week when more than 300 House members, following the lead of their Senate counterparts, caved in to the banking industry and signed a petition supporting repeal of a measure to withhold taxes from interest and dividend income. The withholding provision, which will be reconsidered by the full House this week, would have cut down on tax cheating and produced $ 13 billion in revenues over the next three years...
...petitioners have threatened to withhold their May rent in protest of the construction and place it into an account until the matter has been revolved. But Kalb said that even this last resort may be undermined by a University policy of adding rent onto students' term bills
...student can graduate who has not paid his term bill and thus the University could withhold diplomas from the protestors Kalb explained
...were so many Republicans wearing frowns last week? Because the Grand Old Party, badly split over the Administration's deficit-plagued budget and on whether to withhold taxes on interest and dividends, was having a family feud. Cabinet members were fighting with each other. So, too, were presidential aides. The President was scrapping with Republican leaders in the Senate, and G.O.P. Senators were slipping into squabbling factions. The infighting threatened to throw the congressional budget-making machinery, which is squeaky and erratic to begin with, into chaos...
...week also snubbed Reagan on military assistance for El Salvador. By a 19-to-16 vote, with three Republicans joining the Democratic majority, it rejected the Administration's request for that $50 million in extra aid. Moreover, a House Appropriations subcommittee headed by Democrat Clarence Long continued to withhold its approval of the $60 million transfer of funds. Long wants to pressure the Administration into sending a special envoy to El Salvador. Shultz, just returned from a visit to Mexico, spent 3½ hours answering questions from the House Select Intelligence Committee about the Administration's support...