The Nation - News from Sept. 24, 1985
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Petitions bearing the signatures of 750,000 people urging tougher taxes on U.S. corporations were presented to Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Rostenkowski, accepting the petitions at a labor convention in Washington, said the documents counter “press reports . . . that the public doesn’t give a damn about tax reform. The petitions . . . prove that the American people do listen . . . do care,” Rostenkowski said.
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