<span>Total federal revenues doubled from just over $517 billion in 1980 to more than $1 trillion in 1990. In constant inflation-adjusted dollars, this was a 28 percent increase in revenue.3As a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP), federal revenues declined only slightly from 18.9 percent in 1980 to 18 percent in 1990.4<span>Revenues from individual income taxes climbed from just over $244 billion in 1980 to nearly $467 billion in 1990.5 In inflation-adjusted dollars, this amounts to a 25 percent increase.</span></span>
B) <span>Senators are elected for a six-year term.
C) </span><span>The leader of the House of Representatives is called the Speaker of the House.
E)</span><span>Once a bill passes the House, it goes directly to the President to sign into law or to veto.</span>
