Council Denies La Marque Voters Ballot Choice On Elections
La Marque City Council deadlocks 2-2 and blocks a charter amendment that would let residents vote on how council members are elected. Mayor George Freeborn flips his vote. Payne absent, Pratt and Choate supported the ordinance, which failed on second reading. The editorial condemns the move as taking away voters rights and laments the lame duck session.
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la Marque
George Freeborn
Dennis Payne
Freeborn
Payne
Fedderson
Pratt
Choate
Congress Votes on Pay Raise and Budget in Carter Era
Washington area members split on a February 17-23 roll call with 109-224 opposing adjournment over the weekend to protest a pay raise rising congressmen from 44,600 to 57,500 and a 239-169 vote backing a new fiscal 1977 budget ceiling. Senate approved S Con Res 110 with 72-20, differences to be settled in conference, amid debate on stimulus and tax rebates.
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Washington
Congress
House
W. R. Poage
Jack Hightower
Richard White
Omar Burleson
George Mahon
Bob Gammage
Abraham Karen
James Collins
Ray Roberts
Olin Teauge
Barbara Jordan
Senate
Carter
Thomas Ashley
Ohio
William Ford
Dmich
Samuel Hall
Charles Wilson
Bob Eckhardt
Jack Brooks
James Wright
John Young
Kika de la Garza
Henry Gonzalez
Robert Krueger
Dale Milford
Yea
Jim Mattox
Bill Archer
Jake Pickle
Delbert Latta
Rohio
Wilson
Mattox
Brooks
Wright
Hightower
Young
de la Garza
White
Jordan
Gammage
Karen
Hall
Collins
Roberts
Archer
Pickle
Poage
Burleson
Mahon
Krueger
Milford
John Rousselot
Rcalif
Jim Wright
Dtexas
Rousselot
Texas House would cap special education funding
The Speaker outlines that funding for Texas public school special education is under reconsideration. The House proposes a 15 percent cap on Foundation School Program spending for special education, reducing SBP by about 25.1 million yet budgeting 234.14 million for 1978 and 237.93 million for 1979, more than past years, while warning against open ended financing and urging restraint amid budget pressures.
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Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
Legislative Budget Board
House
Texas Education Agency
Board
Americans face rising taxes threaten lifestyle stability
A survey notes Americans struggle with inflation and recession as expenses climb. Taxes rise sharply, with Social Security and income taxes up over 20 percent, while food and housing costs grow. The piece urges urging Congress to address tax increases, listing Sun District representatives Jack Brooks John Tower and Lloyd Benson.
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Department of Labor
United States
Congress
Sun District
Jack Brooks
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Federal Outlay Trends in 1974 to 1978 Budget Shifts
The chart compares federal outlay shares for major programs in FY 1974 and FY 1978. Nondefense payments to individuals and grants to governments rose sharply, with inflation adjusted gains exceeding 500 percent over 20 years and 1,000 percent before adjustment. Defense spending fell 11 percent after inflation, though rose 126 percent pre inflation.
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Social Security
Washington reformers challenge powerful unholy trinities
Reader's Digest highlights a reform surge in March issue through investigator James Nathan Miller. It argues Senate House committees and agencies collude with special interests, delaying public interest laws. Cites DC-10 crash and DoD hire patterns as proof, but notes rising citizen activism may restore government by the people.
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Senate
House Committee
Reader's Digest
James Nathan Miller
Miller
House
Senate Aviation
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Department of Defense
Uip
Defense
DOD
Edward Garmatz
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committees
Ralph Nader
Miler
Washington
Majority of food stamp recipients deemed eligible in study
USDA quality control review shows 92.4 percent of about 40 000 households nationwide met all criteria and in Texas 95.5 percent of 1 200 reviewed non public assistance households also qualified. Officials highlight stronger caseload review and corrective actions by states.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
USDA
Nancy Snyder
Food and Nutrition Service
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Rokla
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Lloyd Bentsen
John Tawer
Bill Clayton
John Tower
Lloyd Benson Senate
Federal Operations
Ada
National Defense
Texas State Department of Public Welfare
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