Date: March 26, 1968
Subject: Excise Tax Limitations
Description: Long (D-LA) amendment to delete from the pending Williams (R-DE)-Smathers (D-FL) amendment (1) the limitation on the number of vacancies in federal agencies which may be filled; (2) the moratorium on public works projects; (3) the $180.1 billion limitation on fiscal 1969 expenditures; and (4) the instructions to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to propose a reduction of at least $10 billion in fiscal 1969 appropriation requests. (Long's amendment left in the language to impose a 10 percent surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes.)
Result: Amendment Rejected, 33-56
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