Supreme Court curbs legislative veto in powerful ruling
The court voided statutes granting Congress veto power over agency actions, affecting measures from AWACS sales to Saudi Arabia to FTC rules. The decision shifts tension between Congress and the White House, signaling tighter agency control or broader congressional oversight in future governance.
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Congress
Supreme Court
High Court
Saudi Arabia
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
White House
Ronald Reagan
Harkin overcharges claim vs tax credit rules for utilities
Analysis shows alleged $55 million 1981 overcharge stems from investment tax credits and deferrals. Utilities base profits on net investment after tax relief. without credits rates would rise. Congress requires use of tax relief, otherwise critics would condemn higher charges. Damned if they do, damned if they don’t.
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Iowa
Harkin
Congress
El Salvador War Health Crisis Highlighted by Medical Mission
A New England Journal of Medicine report by Dr. Alfred Gellhorn and colleagues documents disappearances and killings of health workers in El Salvador since 1979 and 1982. They warn that budget cuts, rising endemic diseases, and scarce staff cripple health services amid the civil conflict.
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Washington
el Salvador
Reagan
Congressional
Robert W. Kastenmeier
D-Wis
New England Journal of Medicine
Alfred Gellhorn
Harvard School of Public Health
America
San Salvador
Gellhorn
National Academy of Sciences
Institute of Medicine
American Association For the Advancement of Science
New York Academy of Sciences
International League For Human Rights
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Red Cross
Ministry of Health
Roberto Rivera Martelli
Cabies
National
Treasury Police
U.S. Senate
Human Rights Division
State Department
U.S
Rivera Martelli
Martelli
Sakharov warns of freeze pitfalls in arms debate
Exiled Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov issues a stark Foreign Affairs paper arguing nuclear weapons cannot win wars and risk universal catastrophe. He urges cautious arms control while noting the US may need new weapons to bargain with the Soviets.
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Boston
Gorky
Andrei Sakharov
West
Soviet Union
Sakharov
Foreign Affairs
United States
Sidney Drell
Stanford University
Drell
House
Reagan
Kenneth Adelman
KGB
Travel crew shocks passenger with cabin makeover
A travel writer reports a crew stripping and rearranging a cabin to accommodate a disabled traveler aboard a ship, details about the vessel and reader remain anonymous. The piece also notes other letters and debates on language choices and a Soviet physicist's views on nuclear strategy and arms control.
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John Donnelly
John Robertson
Art Heusinkveld
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Washington, D.C
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Anthony Lewis
Imes Service
A Waite
Carl Kane
Jo Martens
Martens
Gazette
Esther Strother
Mount Vernon
NATO
Europe
U.S.S.R
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