IRS Faces Deep Cuts Under Gramm Rudman Helling Deficit Plan
The Gramm Rudman Hollings act cuts the IRS budget by 140 million provoking fears of repeated 1985 breakdowns. Reports describe 60 000 inquiry letters destroyed in Fresno and 6 000 more in Texas as clerical mismanagement and mail theft, with 92 tax returns found in Philadelphia trash.
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Gramm-Rudman-Hollings
Internal Revenue Service
Gramm-Rudman
IRS
Fresno
Calif
Texas
Philadelphia
Congress
Commission Faults U S Efforts On Organized Crime Links
The panel finds the Justice Department failed to mount a full campaign against organized crime in business and unions. It criticizes the Reagan White House ties to Jackie Presser of the Teamsters and notes improper signals in the FBI deal. Meese defends the administration, but the report warns public confidence could erode.
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Reagan
Commission On Organized Crime
Commission
Justice Department
Jackie Presser
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
White House
U.S
Edwin Meese III
Presser
Cleveland
FBI
Meese
South Carolina Lottery Bid Fails in Senate
State Senate rejects a public referendum bill on a statewide lottery by 18 to 13 vote. Backers led by Sen. Ryan Shealy argue lotteries would generate revenue while opponents warn of moral concerns and tax burdens on the least able to pay.
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South Carolina
Ryan Shealy
Lexington
State Senate
D'Amato’s Odd Fortunes Shape a Senate Prospect
In 1986 New York voters face a puzzling race around Senator Alfonso D'Amato. Despite a narrow margin six years earlier and little Washington clout, D'Amato is viewed as a strong incumbent. Democrats struggle to unite a credible challenger with Mark Green as the leading figure, though fundraising questions loom.
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New York
Alfonso M. D’amato
D'Amato
Long Island
Ronald Reagan
Jacob K. Javits
Senate
D’amato
Washington
al D’amato
Mario Cuomo
Cuomo
Ed Koch
Elizabeth Holtzman
Brooklyn
Geraldine Ferraro
Justice Department
House of Representatives
Arthur Levitt Jr
American Stock Exchange
Arthur Levitt
Mark Green
Green
Early Kirwan
Women poised to gain Senate seats in coming elections
In government circles, more women appear ready to win Senate slots as retiring incumbents open races in Maryland Missouri and Colorado. Veteran candidates Barbara Mikulski Harriett Woods and Martha Ezzard lead the field while California’s Bobbi Fiedler faces indictment weakening a bid. The piece notes fewer women in the House may follow as Senate gains dominate.
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Senate
Paula Hawkins
Florida
Bob Graham
Congress
Geraldine Ferraro
Maryland
Missouri
Colorado
Monica McFadden
National Women’s Political Caucus
Barbara Mikulski
Charles Mathias
Harriett Woods
John Danforth
Ferraro
Kit Bond
Martha Ezzard
Ken Kramer
Gary Hart
California
Alan Cranston
Bobbi Fiedler
Ed Davis
Davis
Fiedler
Mikulski
House
Massachusetts
Evelyn Murphy
John Kerry
New York
Mario Cuomo
White House
Ferrara
Workplace Change Needed As American Families Evolve
A Knight Ridder analysis summarizes a Family Policy Panel study noting the American workplace still assumes a male breadwinner model. It urges major private sector and government actions, including expanded child care, tax credits, maternity leave, and flexible schedules to align with more women in the workforce and diverse family arrangements.
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Busi
Economic Policy Council
Ford and
Rockefeller Foundations
National Labor Union
Gerald Ford
United States
Knight-Ridder Service
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