Speech #940136370

Only 23 percent favor military spending cuts. Respondents split over the course our foreign policy should take with a plurality agreeing that our national interests can best be served by selecting certain areas overseas for which we will make strong commitments. On "YesNo" questions. an overwhelming majority approve of exempting citizens 65 or older from paying a portion of Federal income taxes on retirement and pension benefits. Majorities were recorded for helping South Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees. opposing giving Postal Service employees the right to strike. and approving laws to limit individual ownership of handguns. Constituents were fairly evenly divided on Federal financing with taxpayers