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WASHINGTON--House Speaker Jim Wright, reacting to growing public outrage, said yesterday the House would let a 51 percent congressional pay raise take effect next week but then vote to cut it back to "a decent raise" of 30 percent...
House members' public positions, like those of the Senate, have been overwhelmingly against the proposed 51 percent pay increase, which must be disapproved by both chambers before February 8 or it will automatically take effect...
However, the restrictive parliamentary procedure planned by the speaker requires a tough two-thirds vote before the bill could be sent to the Senate. The 51 percent raise would remain in effect unless both chambers agreed to cut it back, and House opponents vowed to roll it back to zero whether Wright wins or loses...
Although organizing political campaigns is"very dull, repetitive and unglamorous work,"Lewis said, she explained that she persistedbecause it was the only way to effect change...
Spence said that Reagan Administration actions such as preventing technical papers from being read at international conferences have had a "chilling effect" on science...