Word: bill
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Graham predicted last night that the legislative battle would be "a little rough." But she said the bill carries sufficient incentives to win over developers. The proposal carries tax credits to attract business support, and she said developers should have no reason to oppose day care...
Last week the bill won approval from the House Human Service Committee, which sent it to the House Ways and Means Committee on March...
Ways and Means killed a similar bill last year by a single vote. But aides to Graham and Senate cosponsor John W. Olver (D-Amherst) gave the current version a much better chance. They blamed their previous failure on hasty lobbying and incomplete attendance during the crucial vote, rather than concerted opposition...
...bill's chief opponents are representatives of business and industry. The sponsors' spokesmen said higher education lobbyists had not criticized...
Members of the Massachusetts Homebuilders' Association testified against the bill before the Human Service Committee, and the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, which represents 2800 Bay State manufacturers, is also lobbying against the measure...