1983–1987 RESTORATION TOWEST FRONT
The Capitol's west front is strengthened and restored aer years of deterioraon, alteraons, and damage.
TheWest Front as it appeared in 2011.
December 12, 1985; September 29, 1987
GRAMMRUDMANHOLLINGS BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985; BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL REAFFIRMATION ACT OF 1987
These two laws were sponsored by senators Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, and Phil Grammof Texas. The acts were aimed at cung the budget deficit, which at the me was the largest in history. They provided for automac spending cuts if the deficit exceeded a set of fixed deficit targets. The procedure for determining the amount of the automac cuts was found unconstuonal in 1986, and Congress enacted a reworked version of the law in 1987.
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SUMMER 2012
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL (ALL)
