The Nation - News from Jan. 26, 1986

President Reagan, girding for a year of politics-tinged budget battles, called on Congress to “work in a bipartisan spirit to make 1986 the year of opportunities for America. . . .” If Republicans and Democrats work together, Reagan said in his weekly radio talk, delivered from the White House, 1986 can be “a year to unite for full employment from Harlem to Hawaii, so that every American who seeks work can find work.” Delivering the Democratic response, Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan said Democrats share Reagan’s hopes but disagree with his approach to the budget deficit, which stresses opposition to tax increases and seeks growth in defense spending.