The question considered hereâhow does population growth affect the direction. and magnitude of economic change today as world population approaches 6 billionâis. germane to a key argument invoked to defend international population assistance. programs since their inception in the early 1960s.
July 20, 1971: Ehrlichman Announces Creation of âPlumbersâ. Nixon aide John Ehrlichman reports that he has successfully created the special investigations unit ordered by the president (see Late June-July 1971). His first choice to head the unit, speechwriter Pat Buchanan, refused the position.
The Congressional Budget Office was created by Title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act (P.L. 93-344), which was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on July 12, 1974. Official operations began on February 24, 1975, with Alice Rivlin as director.