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Jobs bill may get
battle in Congress
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The
lame-duck Congress entered its
second week Monday with Presi
dent Reagan’s 5-cent-a-gallon
gasoline tax hike sailing toward
passage and his MX missile plan
streaking toward a showdown.
At the same time, Reagan and
congressional Democrats are on
a collision course, with the
Democrats seeking a public
works jobs program that Reagan
has threatened to veto.
The House began debate on
Reagan’s proposed gas tax hike
that would raise an estimated
$5.5 billion a year to repair de
teriorating roads, bridges and
mass transit systems.
It would also create about
320,000 jobs. But with unem
ployment rate at 10.8 percent —
with about 12 million Americans
out of work — Democrats want
public work programs enacted
to create several hundred
thousand more jobs.
Today, the House intends to
begin what is expected to be a
stormy debate over the $231 bil
lion fiscal 1983 defense approp
riations bill, particularly a provi-
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sion providing nearly $1 billion
in funding for 100 MX nuclear
missiles.
Many critics oppose the fund
ing because they question the
vulnerability of Reagan’s prop
osed “dense pack” basing mode
in which the missiles would be
f »laced in silos close together in a
ield in Wyoming. The basing
scheme is not at issue, however,
just production money.
$30 more a year. Butwhiletli
is wide bipartisan support,pi
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such as shifting the burdti
highway maintenance taxts;
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licans expect a major battle in
the full House, with the outcome
uncertain. The funding was
approved by the House
Appropriations Committee on a
tie vote last week.
A battle is also expected
emerge over a proposed |5i
lion Democratic jobs
that would put 350,OOf) pej
to work repairing public!®
ings and facilities.
Reagan is sure to use his influ
ence to lobby House members to
keep the funding intact. But
should he lose, he could still re
coup in the GOP-dominated
Senate.
The proposed gas tax hike is
expected to easily win approval
and cost motorists an average of
House Democrats intend
attach that proposal to ad
tinning resolution, a “tan
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past Dec. 17, when Coup
plans to adjourn.
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veto the measure it if cons
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WASHINGTON — The Sup
reme Court agreed Monday to
consider a new twist on reverse
discrimination that affects
fathers across the country — a
conflict over who receives pre
gnancy benefits.
The court announced it will
decide whether companies can
legally deny male workers the
unlimited health insurance be
nefits covering pregnancy that
are provided to female em
ployees. Challengers say the dif
ference in treatment violates
federal anti-bias laws.
If the court rules in favor of
equalizing benefits, there are
potentially heavy costs for
American business. The U.S.
Chamber of Commerce esti
mated the cost of giving men the
same pregnancy benefits would
cost each company more than
$450,000.
The pregnancy benefits case
was brought by a Newport
News, Va., shipbuilding firm
contesting a ruling that it is un
lawful to limit insurance for dis
abilities arising from pregnancy
for spouses of male employees.
The case involves the
meshing of two federal laws.
One is the Pregnancy Discrimi
nation Act of 1978 barring dis
crimination because of pregnan
cy, childbirth or related medical
conditions. The other is Title
VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
that prohibits sex discrimina
tion.
At issue is whether discrimi
nating because of pregnancy
automatically becomes illegal
sex discrimination.
In rules implementing the
pregnancy law, the federal
Equal Employment Opportun
ity Commission said that “if an
employer’s insurance program
covers the medical expenses of
spouses of female employees,
tnen it must equally cover the
ses of!
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male employees, includinga; protest I
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er complained that theconifi'
had discriminated by refusicj p
provide full insurance for if
wife’s hospitalization while
was having a baby. Theii
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acted on the complaints,
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coverage for a spouse's
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not discriminatory. Butthe^
U.S. Circuit Court of
reversed, holding that pregc
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