Ways and Means Subseries, 1984-1994 and undated
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Documents the activities of the Ways and Means Committee, especially tax and trade issues. Prominent topics include social security; taxes of many sorts including capital gains; luxury; alcohol and tobacco; the Gramm-Rudman Act; imputed interest; economic growth packages; pensions and retirement benefits; student loans; tax credits; unemployment compensation; various trade issues; NAFTA [North American Free Trade Agreement]; China's Most Favored Nation status; GATT [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade] and North Carolina's textile industry; and duties on Glaxo pharmaceuticals. There is correspondence related to all sides of the NAFTA debate. Prominent correspondents include such stakeholders as: RJR-Nabisco; Department of the Treasury; Ways and Means Committee members, especially chairman Dan Rostenkowski; the State of North Carolina; Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; other White House officials including Bill Clinton; the American Textile Manufacturers Institute; the IRS; and the Department of Commerce. For related materials, see also Legislative Files-Banking. Files are unarranged.
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