Not everything that the 98th Congress did was positive. however. It failed to pass or chose to defer many worthwhile initiatives. Among them were a larger deficitreduction bill. a revision of our immigration laws. a reversal of a Supreme Court decision that narrowed coverage of antidiscrimination laws. additional funds to repair highways and clean up hazardous wastes. a natural gas reform bill. measures to abate acid rain. restrictions on the export of strategic goods. and banking deregulation. Congress even went so far as to schedule votes on the MX missile and aid to the antigovernment rebels in Nicaragua for early spring. Also. there was a serious breakdown of the budgetary process as disputes led to deadlock on nine out of the 13 regular appropriations bills.
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