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...latest attempt to destory the blob by Phil Gramm (R-Texas) and Warren Rudman (R-N.H.) has fallen short. They had hoped to turn the fight over to one man, President Reagan. "He will save us from the monster," they cried while hiding under their desks from lobbyists knocking at their doors...
FOOTNOTE: *Republican Freshmen Senators Phil Gramm of Texas and Warren B. Rudman of New Hampshire actually have a better-known co-sponsor, Democrat Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina, but two sponsors' names are generally about all that people want to remember. Purists call it Gramm-Rudman- Hollings, or GRH. Officially, its name is the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control...
...halfway to where we want to be," says Hearst. John Markoff does offer insightful reporting on Silicon Valley, while Phil Bronstein has provided first-rate coverage from the Philippines. But the paper maintains only two bureaus outside the city, in Sacramento and Washington, and its overall coverage is a bit skimpy considering the large editorial staff (269 reporters and editors). Hearst does not lack experience, having worked as an Examiner reporter and editor for three years before serving as assistant managing editor at the company's Los Angeles Herald Examiner from 1978 to 1984. Nonetheless, he is criticized by staffers...
LAFAYETTE (58): Billy Hughes 4-4--12; Scot Lewis 3-1--7; Gary Bennett 4-6--14; Ron Reynolds 6-5--17; Pat Brogan 2-0--4; Paul Staubi 0-0--0; Phil Swint 0-2--2; John Souder 1-0--2. Total...
After years of paying lip service to balanced budgets while racking up annual deficits approaching $200 billion, Congress and the White House have finally decided to fit themselves with a fiscal straitjacket. The bill, sponsored by Senate Republicans Phil Gramm of Texas and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire and by Democrat Fritz Hollings of South Carolina, compels Congress to vote to balance the budget within five years or face automatic cuts. "What % this bill does is put the fat in the fire," declared Gramm. "It forces decisions." Senator J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, however, likened Congressmen voting for the bill...