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Afghanistan: Soviet Invasion and U.S. Response

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has raised a number of serious issues and choices for the United States. The train of events seem likely to have an important influence on overall American foreign policy in the 1980s. Reassessment of Soviet motives and of U.S. roles in the world are already in progress. Emerging American attitudes, in turn, will shape more specific policy decisions on several issues, which this issue brief discusses.

Date: May 2, 1980

Creator: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Government Spending, California's Proposition 13 (1978)and 9 (1980), Congressional Proposals, and a Constitutional Convention To Balance The Budget Issue Brief Number IB78059

This report discusses the issue on June 6,1978 where the voters of the state of California adopted by almost a two to one margin proposition 13, commonly called the Jarvis-Gann Initiative, which provided for a state constitutional amendment to establish a limit on local property taxation.

Date: May 1, 1980

Creator: Durbin, Thomas M.