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Critics of the Lipscomb bill cite the failure of the now-defunct Committee of the Legislative Budget, set up in 1946. That group, however, wrote its own budget, arbitrarily setting a ceiling on expenditures without even investigating the needs which the Bureau of the Budget had carefully calculated. After having to pass supplementary bills amounting to six billion dollars over the ceiling, Congress dropped the Committee. Lipscomb's proposed committee, however, would not aim at writing an a priori budget. It would simply determine the best fiscal policy by correlating the reports of the various committees on revenue, appropriations...
Also, many law offices which reject students for personal considerations cite law school marks as the reason for refusal in order to avoid a "rather delicate and embarrassing alternative," the report said
...greatest weakness of the existing regime is the conflict between party ideology and practice and the interests of individuals, the authors believe. They cite strong differences in psychology of workers and party leaders...
...trade bill. It would be unfortunate if the President bowed to these requests in an attempt to save his entire Foreign Trade Program. By following the Tariff Commission recommendation for boosted bicycle rates, the President would set a precedent that might reinforce his opposition. Other non-defense manufactures would cite the bicycle tariff as a basis for universally higher tariff rates...
...Library, Aldington lists the total (50,000) to prove the task impossible. Even Lawrence's claim to have ridden camelback at the pace of 100 miles a day comes to earth in an avalanche of maps and routes remeasured; not content with that, the debunker goes on to cite facts indicating that Lawrence was not a camel rider anyway and always preferred to cross the desert on foot...