Congress Set To Return Amid Lebanon, Budget And Aid Debates
Congress reconvenes facing Lebanon Marines deployment, a looming $200 billion annual deficit, and a proposed more than $8 billion Central America aid package. Bipartisan battles and election pressures raise doubts about swift action but set the stage for pivotal votes on defense, domestic cuts, and foreign aid.
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Paul Houston
Los Angeles Times Service
Washington
Congress
U.S
Lebanon
Central America
Reagan
Leon E. Panetta
D. Calif
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs Committees
House
America
Senate
National
Bipartisan Commission On
Commission
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Grace panel flags massive federal waste and mismanagement
Washington AP reports a Grace panel detailing vast waste in the federal system. It notes FNS expenditures near 15.2 billion in 1982, federal land holdings valued at 104 billion and 744 million acres, a 250,000 strong IT workforce, and 17,000 computers, over half obsolete. The panel cites high costs, low appointee tenure, underpaid top executives, and costly overruns in defense programs. It highlights food stamp waste, complex eligibility, and flawed flood insurance subsidies.
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Washington
J. Peter Grace
Federal Food and Nutrition Service
McDonald’s
Commission
St. Petersburg
Fla
Federal
United States
Federal Records
Frustration grows in deficit talks at White House
Washington reports an unusual Washington mood as Reagan aides rush through budget talks for the next fiscal year due Feb 1. The focus shifts from bold proposals to what can be said about minimal new cuts and possible spending boosts for a space station and crime programs. Tax increases are shelved due to congressional opposition, with officials calling the stance realistic to avoid political backlash.
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Michael Johnson
House
Robert H. Michel
United States
Congress
Lebanon
Reagan
Thomas P
Tip” O’neill Jr
D-Mass
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Robert J. Dole
R-Kan
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
James R. Jones
D-Okla
John Mack
Jim Wright
Texas
Central
New York Times
Washington
White House
David A. Stockman
Office of Management and Budget
Martin S. Feldstein
Council of Economic Advisers
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Kentucky governor's partner indicted on cocaine charges
A Lexington nightclub owner James P Lambert and Philip M Block were named in federal indictments tied to drug trafficking and theft of grand jury transcripts. Lambert faces 59 drug counts plus conspiracy to distribute cocaine and weapons charges. The probe also involves Anita Madden and Marlene L Halsey among others in a broad case tied to crime and corruption in Kentucky.
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Lexington
State Racing Commission
James P. Lambert
Philip M. Block
Cincinnati
Lambert
John Y. Brown
Block
Ohio
Marlene L. Halsey
Federal District Court
Phillip Ray Jeter
Grand Jury
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Arnold Kirkpatrick
Spendthrift Farm
Kirkpatrick
Spendthrift
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