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Whose Ox Is Being Gored in Reapportionment Debates
The piece outlines partisan and regional battles in reapportionment as incumbents seek lines favoring them and governors resist extended term limits. It notes tensions over federal tax sharing versus state sales tax uniformity, with Rhode Island official Fred M. Langton warning the cost of a model tax law and its impact on out-of-state firms and local revenues.
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U. S. Supreme Court
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Chafee
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Langton