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Sens. George Bachrach and Michael LoPresti Jr. '78, both Democrats, gave qualified support for the package, praising the $133 million local aid provisions...
...Bachrach said he would work to eliminate several of the last-minute amendments added before passage in the House and totalling $9.3 million in supplementary allocations. He declined to single out specific clauses...
...major budget controversy the Senate will face now is whether to accept King's campaign pledge to repeal the 7.5 percent income tax surtax. House leaders have said that insufficient funds exist, but King insists he still supports the tax. Bachrach said that the tax repeal plan is "dead as a doornail," but LoPresti said he hoped some sort of tax cut would go through...
Hearings were held on the bill two weeks ago, and the committee will report it out by Wednesday. Aides to Bachrach and opponents of the bill all acknowledge that it will likely receive a favorable report, an important first step in winning passage by the full legislature...
Patricia Soley, a Bachrach aide, said statewide regulations would be too difficult to enact, and agreed that different communities have different needs in the matter...