Washington outlook.

This article provides an outlook for the political scene in the U.S. in 1981. It discusses the disappointing performance of William French Smith as head of the Department of Justice. It expects a House Appropriations subcommittee on military construction to approve a request for funds to start the construction of rapid deployment force staging facilities at Ras Banas, Egypt. The article also believes that the Department of Transportation will ask for the amendment of transit legislation.