National Affairs: Did, Did Not

Last week the fond fathers of many bills who had hoped or professed to hope until now that this session of Congress would adopt their offspring began to admit to this or that Washington correspondent that nothing was to be expected.

But before numbering those lost by the wayside it is worthwhile to note the sturdy offspring who achieved preferment, the important measures that were passed:

Tax Reduction. When the House assembled last December, a tax reduction bill fresh from the hands of the Ways and Means Committee was waiting for it. Before Christmas,...

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