House approves tax bill to trim deficits by billions
The House passed a 49.2 billion dollar tax package by a 318 to 97 vote to cut deficits over the next three years. It aligns with a Senate plan and opposes Reagan's tax-cutting approach, while Iowa’s delegation supported the measure amid election-year dynamics. The plan aims to raise taxes and curb spending to total 182 billion over three years.
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Gazette Wire Services
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Iowa
Provisions of House Bill Tax Provisions Change
Provisions of a House bill would raise a fifth of 100 proof liquor by 75 cents and cut the 16 cent cigarette tax to 12 cents next year. The 3 percent telephone tax would extend two years beyond 1985. A saver tax break of up to 450 dollars per year would be repealed before its effective date.
Iowa Senate approves bill boosting driver and license fees
The Iowa Senate moves a bill to raise vehicle related costs and taxes, adding about seven million dollars in income tax revenue and increasing driver license fees from five to seven dollars for two years and twenty dollars for six years. It expands sales taxes to soft drinks and rentals while adopting changes to the internal revenue code including taxation of some Social Security income. Senate Ways and Means Chair William Palmer says the bill is acceptable to the House after concessions on substantive issues. The measure now goes to the House for consideration.
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D-Des Moines
Senate
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Space shuttle crew repairs Solar Max satellite
Mission specialist James van Hoften works on the Solar Max satellite from the end of the shuttle's Canadian Arm with George Nelson nearby. The repair efforts appear successful as the crew completes the task.
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Utility capacity ruling grants disallowing profits
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld denying profits to utility stockholders for capacity not needed by customers. The decision allows lower profits if part of prudent investments proves unnecessary, a ruling hailed as terrific by consumer advocate leaders and seen as precedent for future excess capacity cases. The case centers on Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co. and its Ottumwa Generating Station share near Chillicothe.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa- Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Davenport
Supreme Court
Mark McCormick
James Maret
State Consumer Advocate Office
Iowa- Illinois
Ottumwa
Chillicothe
Index As the twig is bent poem note
A brief line from a poem about growth and shaping of character with a copyright attribution. The verse suggests that early guidance affects later development and outcomes.
House panel condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
The House Foreign Affairs Committee overwhelmingly condemned CIA directed mining of Nicaraguan ports with a 3 3 vote, urging no extra funds be used. Senators earlier backed a similar measure 84 12 while administration officials suggested mining would not resume.
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U.S
Senate
Henry Hyde
Illinois
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Michigan
Gerald Solomon
New York
House Rules Committee
Dante Fascell
D-Fla
Foreign Affairs
House
Edward Boland
D-Mass
House of Committee
Boland
Rules Committee
CIA
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate Intelligence Committee
William Broomfield
Republican
Broomfield
Congress
Managua
Nicaragua
Jepsen Calls Nicaragua Harbor Mining Plain Dumb
Senator Roger Jepsen joined Edward Kennedy in condemning the CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors as undemocratic and dangerous. The 84 to 12 Senate vote against the policy drew further criticism from Senator Grassley and Iowa lawmakers like Rep. Jim Leach who protested the administration’s Latin American stance.
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A-Iowa
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