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The House was to debate and vote on the “continuing resolu tion” Tuesday, with Republicans warning that Reagan will veto the crucial money measure if it contains the public works has a “clean” continuing resolu tion already drafted and ready to go in the event Reagan vetoes the funding and jobs measure. A continuing resolution is necessary because Congress has enacted only three of 13 annual bills that fund two on congressional pay raises. House members will vote whether to defer an automatic $ 16,638 pay raise for themselves or to accept a smaller salary in crease. ram Democrats contend mm GOLD OR SluVER IMPORTED & BOTTLED BY TEQUILA JALISCO S A ST LOUIS, MO, 80 PROOF Top Drawer from Basics to Designers Levis - Sedgeiield - Lee - Bill Blass - Calvin Klein - Ocean Paciiic - lackey - Stanley - Blacker - Esprit - fordache - and more. ate 447,600 year-round jobs. “We’re going to be here Dec. 24,” predicted Rep. Silvio Con te, R-Mass. 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The House Rules Committee agreed to allow eight amend ments to be offered on the House floor Tuesday to the con tinuing resolution, including If members vote no on both counts, their annual pay could rise automatically, as early as Saturday, from the current level of $60,662 to $77,300. r pa House floor. “Most of us understand we’ve had very few pay raises in the history of the Republic,” Fazio told the committee. “We are quite far behind anyone in the private sector.” “I don’t know of any member who seriously believes we should take the $77,300 figure,” said Rep. Vic Fazio, D-Calif., in arguing for a chance to put a The panel accepted the Fazio proposal and also one by Rep. Bob Traxler, D-Mich., to keep intact a current cap on the $60,662 annual congressional salary. The cap will expire with the current stopgap funding measure. Holiday spending okay, experts say United Press International It took some survival tricks like special sales, but the reces sion will not kill the Christmas industry this year. Shoppers are being selective and apparently holding back for a late rush but retailers say sales generally range from fair to very good. The Christmas shopping sea son is in the home stretch, which marketing officials say is the most crucial time, and stores are ready with huge inventories of the popular items like video games and equipment, clothing PL.ITT THEATRES Tye»-AII $2. 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A panel of economists says Americans will spend $91.3 bil lion on Christmas — 5.5 percent more than they did last year. Ad justed for inflation, the gain will be 2 to 2.5 percent. “I wouldn’t want to imply this is going to be the great savior,” said Robert Eggert, publisher of Blue Chip Economic Indicators, who put together the survey. “But it may be the start of the improvement we’ve all looked forward to.” Lower interest rates, consum er confidence and the stockmar- ket boom are responsible for the surge in Christmas spending, Eggert’s group says. 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