New Tax Cut Hope Faces Spending Guardrails
The nation may see a larger tax reduction this year as House figure McFall and White House adviser Cheney push for more cuts. Ford supports deeper cuts if matched by spending reductions, warning that without fiscal balance inflation and borrowing would erode any tax relief.
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Capitol Hill
White House
Abc-Tv
John J. McFall
California
Congress
Richard Cheney
Ford
Pennsylvania
U.S. Congress
U S Grainpower and the Use of Food as Diplomatic Leverage
The piece argues the United States can leverage its grain surplus as a diplomatic tool, with the Ford Administration already using food power in deals with the Soviet Union. It notes risks, moral concerns, and the potential to influence Soviet policy while stressing America must prioritize its own interests.
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Arab World
Middle East
United States
America
Ford Administration
U.S
Earl Butz
Moscow
Agricultural Ministry
Russia
Soviet Russia
Vulnerable incumbents in 1976 Senate races scrutinized
A Washington assessment flags 26 incumbents seeking new terms with four named as potentially vulnerable—Vance Hartke Indiana Joseph Montoya New Mexico J Glenn Beall Jr Maryland and James Buckley New York—noting predicting outcomes a year out is unreliable and many factors shape re elections such as state politics age turnout and party trends. The piece cautions that even strong incumbents can be defeated and emphasizes local dynamics over national waves.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Joseph M. Montoya
New Mexico
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Maryland
James L. Buckley
New York
Beall
Buckley
Hartke
Montoya
Senate Watergate Committee
Senate
Robert Dole
Kansas
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Vermont
New Hampshire
Ford and Reagan Lead In Two Way Gallup Showdown
Gallup polls show Ford and Reagan each at 45 percent in a two way showdown among Republican voters in early 1976. Ten percent undecided. Reagan leads independents 47 to 36 with 17 undecided. Interviews span 1,537 adults across 300 localities Dec 12–15.
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Princeton
N.J
Gerald Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
Gallup
New Hampshire
GOP
Reagan Shlesinger Talks Signal New GOP Link
Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger met with Ronald Reagan in Los Angeles for a four hour briefing on military strength and China policy. The session, arranged by John Sears, explored differences with Ford on defense spending and U S policy toward the Soviet Union and Communist China. A second meeting was not scheduled, but the link could shape the GOP race and Ford’s political risks.
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Washington
Ford
California
Los Angeles
Reagan
John Sears
Schlesinger
Nixon
White House
Sears
U.S
China
Peking
Gerald Ford
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Peter H. Dominick
Allott
Dominick
Nebraska
Patrick J. Leahy
Deep South
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Rhode Island
New York City
J. Glenn Beell Jr
Gallup Poll
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Schlesinger, Reagan Link
Soviet Union
Mr. Ford
Schlinger
U.S.S.R
Chronicle of
George Washington
Ross Mackenzie
Jeff MacNelly
United Feature Syndicate
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