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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1981

Page

3

Democrats clash with Reagan plan over tax relief

Senate Finance Committee backed Reagan tax plan with broad cuts while House Democrats unveiled a targeted approach favoring low and middle income groups. Both proposals take effect Oct. 1 and promise the largest tax cut in history. Proposals differ on who benefits most and how inflation and Social Security taxes are offset.

Jim Luther Associated Press Washington Senate Reagan House Democrats Senate Finance Committee Los Angeles Finance Committee White House Larry Speakes Dan Rostenkowski D-Iii House Ways and Means Committee Democratic Party Rostenkowski Sen George Mitchell Maine Bill Armstrong R Corp

Supreme Court keeps women exempt from draft ruling

The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that women may be exempt from the draft due to ineligibility for combat, upholding Congress and the president's stance. Justice Rehnquist wrote that men and women are not similarly situated for drafting. Dissenters Marshall and Brennan argued excluding women lacks relation to defense.

Washington Supreme Court Congress William H. Rehnquist High Court Navy Air Force Army Marines Carter Rehnquist Byron R. White Reagan Speakes Pentagon Defense Department Phyllis Schlafly Eleanor Smeal National Organization For Women Bruce Ennis The American Civil Liberties Union Joan Lamb Selective Service Thurgood Marshall William J. Brennan Marshall

History of the American draft through Civil War to World War II

The draft in U S history starts with colonial revolts and state levies, but federal conscription begins in 1863 during the Civil War while the Confederacy drafted earlier. World War I reintroduced conscription, yielding nearly 3 million draftees in 18 months. The first peacetime draft came in 1940 by lottery.

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