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for the next session.
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I think one of the problems of Congress is
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that in Congress those fellows very seldom have a chance
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to think. Congress has abandoned the legislative pro-
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gramming to the President. The Maryland Legislature
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in the past few years has actually been a very effective
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program, witness the Cooper-Hughes proposal which was
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very complicated and a large-scale tax reform measure,
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whether you agree with it or not. This was strictly
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a legislative program and made possible simply because
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of the fact that there is an eight-month thought period
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which members of the legislature could give to this
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program and we have done this in many areas .
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All in all, I believe that the limited ses-
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sion, provided there is adequate time, No. 1, it keeps
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our finances in an orderly condition and provides ample
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time to enact and provides ample time to plan for the
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next session.
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THE CHAIRMAN: When would you start?
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SENATOR JAMES: The first week in January.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Mr. Handel?
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