Word: congress
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Evangelical Protestants urge personal commitment to Christ, plus social responsibility, at Minneapolis congress...
...that were running at a 6% annual rate. Arthur Burns, who will become chairman of the Federal Reserve Board on Feb. 2, conceded to a Senate committee that the U.S. faces a "danger" of recession. He spoke cautiously of a relaxation of the board's credit squeeze-if Congress passes a noninflationary tax bill and President Nixon can keep the fiscal 1971 budget in balance. Despite those enormous hedges, his comments marked a considerable change in tone from his October statement that the Nixon Administration "will not budge" from restrictive policies. The stock market reacted -perhaps overreacted-by scoring...
...Congress enacts President Kennedy's $11.5 billion tax cut, a victory for Keynesian economic policy...
...dissenters criticized the majority for basing their ruling on the Civil Rights Act of 1866, since Congress had passed newer open-housing legislation in 1968. Arguing that interpreting the old statute was thus of little importance to the public, the minority said that the court should not have heard the case...
...Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, Congress' tough response to popular demands for stronger action against crime...