decontrol

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In 1983, he helped Dingell block a high-stakes bill to decontrol natural gas prices when a majority on the committee favored passage.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2015

Under existing law, a landlord must ask tenants for their incomes and go through a petition process if they want to invoke luxury decontrol.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2015

Tenant leaders were, surprisingly, critical of Mr. Paterson’s proposal to raise the so-called vacancy decontrol threshold to $3,000 month.

From New York Times • May 27, 2010

But tenants fought back and won in a court decision that also undercut plans for using city tax abatements to further sweeten returns on apartments pushed into luxury decontrol.

From Time • Jan. 20, 2010

Price decontrol for oil and gas is proceeding.

From State of the Union Address by Carter, Jimmy