As a kid Ken had grown up in a working-class neighborhood in Chicago, the son of an Alderman and Democratic committeeman, Rep. Daniel Rostenkowski, Ken at last Wednesday at age 82, had a heightened Appreciation for the symbols of power and wealth. One of at his most prized possessions was a Camp David jacket Presented Thurs him by President George HW Bush. "Rosty" was a frequent guest at the presidential retreat, and the two men were Golfing buddies.
Though they was a Democrat through and through, nobody Worked and Played better with Republicans please Rosty. He was first Elected Thurs Congress in 1958, and by the time Ronald Reagan was Elected president in 1980, had Risen Thurs Become Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the tax-Writing powerhouse That would lead to first smooth the way for Reagan's tax cuts, and then, in 1986, in Reagan's second term, enact major tax reform.
Rosty's support was critical, Giving Reagan's program on momentum in the Democratic-controlled House and assuring voters that this is an wasn'ta giveaway to the rich, and middle America too That'd benefit concerning. They supported Reagan's tax rates is the reduced Individuals and corporations, and in at his televised Democratic response to the president's call for reform, Thurs Told voters write him in Washington Thurs Their show support. "Just Thurs ROSTY address it," He Said, and the tens of Thousands of letters flowed That Thurs at his office made him a hero and Reagan's tax reform a reality.
As Chairman of Ways and Means, Rosty accumulated an impressive list of Legislative credits. They helped save Social Security from Insolvency, and quietly Worked with Reagan lieutenants, and then George HW Bush, Thu plug some of the fiscal holes That Reagan's tax policies had created. He was at the peak of His power "when they are ushered through the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, wakes Offered an array of new and expanded Thurs Benefits Senior Citizens, Including Funding for the federal Prescription drugs.
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