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University Daily Kansan, September 29, 1982
Amendments delay bill for 1983 funds
By United Press International
WASHINGTON—A mass of controversial amendments dealing with the economy, politics and national defense threatened to delay Senate action on a bill needed to fund the government past the end of September yesterday.
Fiscal year 1983 begins Oct. 1, but Congress has yet to pass any of the 13 appropriations bills needed to finance government operations. Therefore, a budget resolution is needed to provide temporary funds past Sept. 30.
CONGRESS, which hopes to begin a monthlong recess Saturday, must pass a continuing resolution that would remain in effect at least until it returns Nov. 29 to work on the appropriations bills in a post-election session.
The House passed a continuing resolution Sept. 22. The Senate hoped to begin action yesterday but immediately ran into trouble when various senators declared their intentions to amend the amendments. At least 40 riders are expected
A Senate Republican leadership aide said the Republicans and Democrats were unable to reach an agreement to bring the resolution to the floor for debate and put off any action until today.
"We have to send it to the White House to have它 signed or vetoed," said Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., appropriations committee chairman. "There's no way we can do that unless we pass this by noon tomorrow."
HOWARD BAKER, Senate Republican leader, said, "We must pass a continuing resolution because we have to work." I hope senators will reconsider.
The continuing resolution already carries language to reduce U.S. troop levels in Europe by 23,000 and to strip the Federal Trade Commission of its
authority over doctors, lawyers and other state-regulated professionals.
The Senate approved a farm bill restoring $2 billion in spending President Reagan sought to cut from food and child nutrition programs in fiscal 1983.
THE SENATE also agreed to include in its 1983 agriculture appropriations bill a provision making $600 million in emergency loans available for farmers who are struggling through what Sen. Walter Huddleston, D-Ky., described as "the worst farm crisis since the Great Depression."
The Senate voted 84-14 for a $27.4 billion agriculture appropriations bill, which, despite fully funding nutrition programs for the poor, is still about $6 billion less than the agriculture appropriations bill passed last year.
Other amendments were proposed yesterday. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, announced he would offer an amendment to include in the resolution that all students be passsed, 84 billion emergency jobs program opposed by President Reagan.
ANOTHER amendment, by Sen. Dale Bumpers, D-Aark., would stop funding of the controversial Clinch River breeder and be used to breed the Baker has been able to protect so far.
Other amendments were to deal with extending unemployment benefits, placing a ceiling on the number of Senate employees, placing a cap on the number of federal judges, increasing the funding of Radio Marti (U.S. broadcasts to Cuba), helping political action committees, restoring the number of U.S. troops in Europe and eliminating funds for the Islamic Basin Initiative aid program.
"If we're going to have 40 amendments, why not have 60?" asked Sen. James McClure, R-Idaho. "Let's accommodate 105 senators. If we're going to accommodate every other senator, maybe I'll get accommodated too."
By MATTHEW SCHOFIELD Staff Reporter
City may receive federal funds for airport
The Lawrence Municipal Airport could receive more than $398,000 in improvements because of an offer from the city by the federal government.
The Lawrence City Commission decided last night to apply for the offer. City Manager Buford Watson told the commission of the offer and said the funds would have to be used for safety improvements at the airport.
The money would be given on a 90 percent to 10 percent ratio, meaning that you would have to come up with more than $80,000 to accept the money, he said.
THE OFFER that the money would be used for more parking and tie-down space as well as a new taxing runway. The new taxway would mean more cars going to have to taxi on the take-off runways, which would improve safety, he said.
Watson said he learned of the offer yesterday, but there was a catch to it. "To accept it, I have to do it (today)." he said
Along with the offer of money, the
city received some unwanted campaigning, and some commissioners said they wanted to put a stop to it.
WHEN MAYOR Marci Francisco asked for public comments at the end of the meeting, a traditional action, Doug Lamborn, 1336 Kentucky St., candidate from the district in the 40th District, outlined his stance on the city's franchise tax on natural gas.
Commissioner Tom Gleason said Lamborn's talk had "one a tangential relationship to the city." Gleason also said the commission would have to give equal time to Lamborn's opponent, incumbent Betty Jo Charlton.
Francisco said that the franchise tax issue had been dealt with at the budget hearings last spring and that no one had opposed it then.
Gleason said that there had not been an election on it at that time.
IN OTHER ACTION:
- The commission denied without prejudice the request by Rolland Johnson to have his lot rezoned from residential to general commercial use.
The commission said the general commercial classification would not fit
"The planning commission thought business was invading residential land, but it was really the other way around," he said.
into Johnson's neighborhood, although denying it without prejudice would allow Johnson to bring the matter up again at any time.
Commissioner Nancy Shontz said the traditional view of land was that residential areas were the highest priority, although it was recognized that some businesses were needed to support residential areas.
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Commissioner Donald Binns said the commission was planning to create a zoning classification that would allow new construction, and proposed. The new zone probably would
Johnson said the land had always been general commercial.
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Representatives of three different neighborhood argued that such alleys were more accessible to older areas of the city, and that these did not have easy access to the street.
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Jane Eldredge, 511 Ohio St., sane old houses did not have driveways to the streets, so people had to carry trash away. And the problem is very difficult for older people, she said.
- PEOPLE LIVE on boards with 'T' or 'L' shaped alleys will have their trash picked up in the alley for the first time. The commission, the commission decided last night.
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The commission will solve the problem by purchasing a small, opened truck for $12,000. The truck can negotiate the alleys' tricky curves.
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