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Congress delivers broad tidal wave of new laws
The 89th Congress, praised by President Johnson at its midterm as highly productive, enacted a wide array of measures. It boosted education and Social Security, trimmed taxes, cut silver in coins, funded highways, and aimed to curb inflation while expanding defense spending and Viet Nam war costs. The package raises the national debt and taxes, affects retirees and workers, and changes coinage and foreign travel rules.
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