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(Archived document, may contain errors) 8/9/91 166 AT AID, NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS CONFIRM NEED FOR REFORMS

(Archived document, may contain errors) 1/18/88 65 CONGRESS'S WELCOME CONTRIBUTION TO PRODUCT LIABILITY REFORM (Updating Backgrounder No. 498, "The Liability Insurance Crisis: What Washington Can Do to Help, March 27, 1986, and Backgrounder Update No. 35, "The Liability Insurance Crisis: What Next," January 22, 1987.)

(Archived document, may contain errors) 5/6/91 159 INSPECTOR GENERAL FINDS MANY AID PROJECTS WASTEFUL FAILURES

(Archived document, may contain errors) 7/17/95 256CONTINUING CHINA'S MFN STATUS: STILL IN U.S. INTERESTS

(Archived document, may contain errors) 5/20/93 191 RENEW CHINA'S TRADE STATUS

It seems that everyone agrees on at least one thingrthe federal government should sell Conrail. The problem is that Congress cannot make up its mind who should be allowed to buy it. In 1981, Congress. ordered the railroad sold. Last year, after evaluating several bids, the Administration presented a plan to sell Conrail to the Norfolk Southern Corporation. This was approved by the Senate by a vote of 54 to 39 on February 4. Yet the House still has not taken action, despite strong assurances from...

(Archived document, may contain errors) 10/3/90 146 THE BUDGET SUMMIT AGREEMENT: PART VIII HIDDEN TIME BOMBS

(Archived document, may contain errors) 7/5/91 163 KUWAIT TO AMERICA: DROP DEAD

President Bill Clinton is asking Congress to enact the largest tax increase ever imposed upon any country in history. The White House claims that this tax increase is needed to reduce the budget deficit. Yet the Administration's own projections show that adoption of the Clinton budget actually will increase the deficit, up from $3 10 billion this year to $431 billion by 2003. The White House claims that higher taxes will stimulate eco- nomic growth and job creation. Yet the Administration i...