This fall, taxpayers will be treated to another civics lesson whenHouse and Senate conferees begin to iron out their marginaldifferences over very similar versions of the patients' bill ofrights legislation. The Nickles amendment is the big exception. Onthe basis of sound experience, taxpayers should pay very closeattention not to what Members of Congress say, but rather to whatMembers of Congress do.
The Administration's enterprise zone proposal, unveiled by Ronald Reagan on March 23, promises to break the logjam that has built up in Washington on the concept. While several states have passed their own versions of the enterprise zone and many cities have been pressing Washington to enact a program, congressional supporters of the idea have been frustrated by the absence of a concrete Administration plan, despite Reagan's long-professed enthusiasm for the innovation.'