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Carter veto of
gasoline tax,
ban overridden
by Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate
yesterday joined the House in burying
President Carter's dime-a-gallon
gasoline fee with the first override of a
Democratic president's veto by a
Democratic-controlled Congress in 28
years.
The Senate brushed aside Carter's
veto by a crushing 68-10 vote, far in ex-
cess of the two-thirds margin needed
for an override. The House had cast a
335-34 override vote against the veto
Thursday night.
THE VOTE forces into law over Car-
ter's objections a ban on imposition of
the fee the president announced last
March to encourage less driving and
save imported oil.
The fee had been scheduled to take ef-
fect on May 15 but was stayed by a
federal- judge's order. The ad-
ministration is appealing that order,
but the override appears to make the
legal issue an academic one.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Court of Appeals
postponed oral argument on the gover-
nment's motion to have the gasoline fee
declared legal by the courts. Argument
was scheduled for Monday, but the ap-
peals judges ihstead directed that the
government and those challenging the
fee file legal papers informing the court
of the present posture of the case in
light of the congressional votes.
ON MAY 13, a U.S. district judge
ruled the fee was invalid because
federal laws only permitted the
president to regulate imported oil. The
fee would have applied to gasoline
refined from both domestic and impor-
ted crude oil.
The fee was challenged in the courts
by a coalition of consumer groups,
members of Congress and petroleum
marketers.
Carter, whose previous 21 vetoes
were sustained, became the first
Democratic president to be overridden
by a Democratic Congress since Harry
Truman's veto of an immigration bill
was rejected in 1952. However,
Republican Presidents Dwight
Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and
Gerald Ford had a total of 19 vetoes
overridden.
A RESOLUTION repealing the fee
had passed the House and Senate
earlier this week by overwhelming
margins and made it unlikely that Car-
ter could win a veto confrontation.
But he vetoed it anyway last Thur-
sday, acknowledging the political un-
popularity of the fee while urging
lawmakers to rise above politics and let
him impose it.
"Congress should be ashamed," said
Sen, Gary Hart (D-Colo.), one of Car-
ter's few defenders on the issue. But
opponents of the levy called it a $10.3
billion tax designed to help Carter
balance the budget rather than a "con-
servation" fee as the White House con-
tended.
"It discriminates against people who
must drive. Ina word, it's unfair," said
Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker
(R-Tenn.). "We do not need this ad-
ditional tax burden."
On the outside
Expect showers and thunderstorms today with a high temperature
in the mid-80s. E
Happenings
SATURDAY
FILMS
AAFC-King of the Gypsies, 7, 9:15 p.m., MLB 3.
Cinema Guild-The Buddy Holly Story,. 7:30, 9:30 p.m., Old Arch. Aud.
Cinema II-Midnight Cowboy, 7:30, 9:30 p.m., MLB 4.
PERFORMANCES
Canterbury Loft-Mark Sullivan performs guitar solo, 8 p.m., 332 S.
State.
Ark-Gamble Rogers, humorist, storyteller, guitarist, 9 p.m., 1421
Hill St.
MISCELLANEOUS
Washtenaw County Heart Unit-open house, 1-3 p.m., 2301 Platt Rd.
Ann Arbor Track Club-5-mile run, 5:15 p.m., Gallup Park.
Ann Arbor Theosophical Society-discussion, "Karma-The Law of
Cause and Effect," 3 p.m., 1917 Washtenaw.
Jackson County Outdoor Club-Carp carnival and sportsfest, Outdoor
Club clubhouse.
Midwestern Whole Life Festival-seminar on whole life concept, Hoyt
Conference Center, EMU, Ypsilanti.
SUNDAY
FILMS
Cinema Guild-All This and Heaven Too, 7:30, 10 p.m., Old Arch. Aud.
MISCELLANEOUS
Midwestern Whole Life Festival-seriinar on whole life concept, Hoyt
Conference Center, EMU, Ypsilanti.
Hiking Club-meet Rackham N.W. entry on E. Huron, 1:30 p.m.
MONDAY
MISCELLANEOUS
Macromolecular Research Center-colloquium, Prof. G.R. Strobl,
"Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Melting Processes and Defects in
Polyethylene," 4 p.m., Chemistry Bldg., Room 1200.
Ann Arbor Medieval Festival-open meeting and play auditions, 7:30
p.m., Union Kuenzel Room.
Buddhist Meditation Center-Dharma Study Group, meditation, 7:30
p.m., 215 E. Kingsley.U
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Saturday, June 7, 1980
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