THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1980
Page 11
nation
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p indfall tax bill
signed by Carter
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^WASHINGTON — Calling enact-
ent of the $227.7 billion oil windfall
fits tax “a victory for every Amer-
can citizen,” President Carter
ned the measure into law
dnesday.
This is a great day for our coun-
Carter told several hundred
ninistration and congressional
ials attending a White House
ing ceremony.
The fight for the windfall profits
Hhas been won. The keystone of
w energy policy is in place at last.
jWe have faced political attacks,
political pressures, and we have
fiumphed,” Carter said. “I am
iroud to tell the American people
hat the windfall profits tax is no lon-
Bjust a promise. It is indeed a fact.
■At last America will have both the
icentive and the means to produce
lore oil here, conserve more oil
ere, and replace more oil with alter
ative sources of energy. ”
After a protracted and sometimes
bitter debate, the Senate gave the
measure final congressional approval
last Thursday by a 66-31 vote.
Carter also noted a big chunk of
the windfall revenues is earmarked
for tax cuts or to reduce the budget
deficit. “The first priority is to have a
balanced budget in 1981,” Carter
said, “and we will have that balanced
budget.”
Carter called for the windfall tax
on April 5, 1979. He wanted its re
venues used to develop alternate
fuel sources, finance urban mass
transit systems, and help low income
families pay higher fuel bills.
But Congress passed a tax that
would:
— Make about $137 billion avail
able for tax cuts this decade or to
reduce the national deficit.
— Earmark about $57 billion to
help low income families pay fuel
bills between 1982 and 1990.
— Urge that $34 billion be used
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But those recommendations are
not binding. Congress will have to
pass other legislation to enact them.
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ally, then, WASHINGTON — The Senate
a even tt|idgc t Committee has agreed the
[ial racei e f ense budget should be $9 billion
josure, li“(gher than President Carter prop-
nowledge® even though the government
lidates. eeds a balanced budget and most
really (' tending programs must be cut.
' of natii.Only one day after Carter sent
utiny by ongress his revised budget, the
the cha»Miate committee voted, 10-8, Tues-
:ade of p® night to recommend a $156.3
Hon defense budget. They took
in the enojdvote after listening to emotional
i the publ guinents about U.S. military needs
electoral id to a shouting match between two
its members.
!:;;; r S e committee was scheduled to
Iv tell m e enou 8h reductions in other
idget categories when it met again
'ednesday to make up for the de
nse increase.
if they s!
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lit ho traditionally pushes for higher
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en allow WASHINGTON — Despite a
di the ha ‘dget cutting mood in Congress, a
" a potcBe subcommittee has agreed to
suit said' e vd $20 million for numerous
iergy research projects, including
§570 for a solar heated doghouse
1,200 for an insulated, solar he-
outhouse.
ie solar outhouse, a project
'developed in Lupus, Mo., is
scribed as “an aboveground aero-
rand solar assisted composting
‘let by the Department of
p-
[his project,” the department
“will be insulated, solar heated,
ill aid in the conservation of
e outhouse and the doghouse
among the projects approved
ay by the House subcommit-
on energy development and ap-
lons.
ce the subcommittee finishes
on the entire Energy Depart-
budget, the projects go before
House Science and Technol-
iCommittee, where another
I to kill them is likely.
Domenici, R-N.M., proposed the fi
gure accepted by the committee af
ter an hour of debate.
Domenici said the higher spend
ing “would move us away from vul
nerability and toward a position of
strength.”
Liberal Sen. Howard Metzen-
baum, D-Ohio, said the country’s
military strength would not be im
proved “by throwing money into de
fense.”
He called the Defense Depart
ment “one of the most wasteful spen
ders of tax dollars” in the federal gov
ernment.
The committee is trying to cut the
1981 budget and set spending targets
for congressional spending commit
tees. Both the House and Senate will
vote on proposals recommended by
their respective budget panels' after
the Easter recess.
The shouting match carne be
tween Chairman Edmund Muskie
and conservative Republican Sen.
Orrin Hatch over an assessment of
the status of U.S. forces.
Hatch accused the committee staff
of doing inferior work by providing
members with a chart that compared
NATO forces with Warsaw Pact
forces, instead of United States with
Soviet forces. The latter comparison
would have provided greater sup
port for Hatch’s contention that de
fense spending should be raised
even higher.
The remark brought Muskie to a
quick defense of the staff and castiga
tion of Hatch.
“My judgment is that you’re so
paranoid about your point of view
that you resent seeing anything that
doesn’t support it,” Muskie yelled.
Hatch screamed back that he re
sented “your characterizing my
point of view as paranoid” and said
he only sought accurate information.
The episode ended with an apolo
gy from Hatch for “getting the chair
man’s Irish temper up.”
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