Tax overhaul pace tests Ways and Means in late week session
The Ways and Means Committee scaled back a proposed $1 billion tax cut for banks and kept a tax overhaul alive amid limited public interest. It also kept credit unions tax exempt despite chairman views and Reagan priorities, with sessions set for Friday through Sunday to push the bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Service
Reagan
Rostenkowski
Brown and Garvin Names in Williston Winston-Salem Notice
Hamp Brown and Mrs Maggie D Brown of Williston along with William H Garvin of Winston-Salem N C are listed in a local public notice event. The fragment confirms parties but lacks full context or dates.
Reagan calls for fresh start with Soviets at UN
President Reagan urges U S Soviet negotiations for a fresh start focusing on regional disputes in Afghanistan Angola Cambodia Ethiopia and Nicaragua to avert daily loss of life and to set the stage for a Geneva summit with Eduard Shevardnadze.
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Barry Schweid
New York
Reagan
Afghanistan
Angola
Cambodia
Ethiopia
Nicaragua
United Nations General Assembly
Mikhail Gorbachev
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Geneva
United Nations
Moscow
el Salvador
United States
Soviet Union
Napoleon Duarte
U.S
Duarte
Privacy probes show tech outpacing law
The Office of Technology Assessment reports 35 of 142 federal agencies use or plan electronic surveillance tech beyond 1968 wiretap rules and 36 agencies operate 85 computerized record systems with 288 million files on 114 million people. Lawmakers urge modernization to prevent broad data linking and overreach.
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Washington
Office of Technology Assessment
House
Senate
Flood of Letters Urges Reagan to Sign Textile Bill
A White House official cites a massive letter campaign urging President Reagan to sign the textile and apparel import bill. Lobbyist Jack McDonald says over 2 million letters may top 3 million, aiming to influence the veto decision as Senate action looms. The drive links to job fears among textile workers and party shifts ahead of the 1986 elections.
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Reagan
Washington
Rusty Brashear
White House
Jack McDonald
Brashear
McDonald
House
Senate
U.S
Chambers of Commerce
Jeremiah Denton
Alabama
Mack Mattingly
Georgia
State Committee Endorses Mandatory Seat Belt Law
South Carolina lawmakers consider a mandatory seat belt bill as a top policy issue in an election year. Sen John Land leads the effort with support from committee members though passage faces time constraints and possible revisions. The panel approved exemptions for specific groups and set a six month delay after the governor signs the measure into law.
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Columbia
John Land
Manning
South Carolina
General Assembly
Land
Joint Legislative Committee
Glenn McConnell
Charleston
McConnell
House
Senate
New Jersey
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