Congress split as Reagan allies seek Senate approval on funding bill
The House passed a stop gap funding plan 195 to 187 to avert a federal budget crisis with the rest of the fiscal year in doubt. Reagan enjoys support in the Senate where rebels have eased in bid for larger tax and spending changes. A conference is expected to resolve differences before final passage. House and Senate also address MX missile funding and the B 1 bomber, court appeals, school prayer amendment, and highway spending through 1986.
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House
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D-Car
Bondale
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Illinois
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N.C
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D-S.c
House Appropriations Committee
Appropriations
Joseph P. Addabbo
D-N.y
C. Everett Koop
Philadelphia
National Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
High Court
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William French Smith
White House says timing is coincidence on firing of civil rights head
Arthur Flemming, 76, former chairman of the U S Commission on Civil Rights, says Reagan aims to weaken desegregation laws. Flemming reports he was told of his replacement with Pendleton after a White House call, amid a commission report criticizing desegregation policy.
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U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
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White House
Stephen Horn
Mary Louise Smith
Republican National
Civil Rights Post
Pendleton
Urban League of
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Theodore M. Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
Richard M. Nixon
University of Oregon
McAlester College
Minnesota
Block warns Congress to revise farm price support compromises
Agriculture Secretary John R. Block and House members press for revisiting key farm bill compromises to secure an acceptable package. Negotiators weigh grain supports food stamps and meat inspection while two commodities peanuts and sugar face renewed scrutiny despite House rejection. Dole warns backtracking may be needed as the dairy deal faces possible veto risk.
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Agriculture
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House
Senate Conference Committee
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Dole
Conference
Reagan
Prime rate dips back to 16 percent
The prime lending rate returns to 16 percent amid recession as Crocker National Bank trims its rate from 17 percent and major banks follow toward 16.5 percent. United Missouri Bancshares cuts to 15.75 percent. Economists foresee further declines by year end, with 13 to 10 percent projections, while factory capacity hits 76.9 percent in October, a low since August 1980.
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Missouri
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Crocker
Edward Yardens
E.F. Hutton & Co. Inc
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