Word: bill
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Other representatives said their opposition to the bill would not break down the House leadership...
Robert A. Cerasoli (D-Quincy) said that House Speaker George Keverian '53--who came up with the tax plan aimed at closing the estimated $720 million state budget deficit--pressured him to step down from the post if he did not plan to vote for the bill...
...legislative aide to 1990 gubernatorialcandidate Steven D. Pierce (R-Westfield) saidPierce believes current deficit predictions aretoo gloomy. He added that for this reason, furtherbudget cuts and the deficit reduction bill passedby the House two weeks ago--which will beconsidered in the Senate later this week--shouldcover the shortfall
...weeks ago, the House passed a deficit reduction bill estimated at $368 million, which the Senate will consider later this week. Several House members cited Keverian's lack of strong leadership as a major factor in the defeat of one of the bill's provisions, which would have allowed the state to reclaim $46 million in beverage deposits form the soda and beer industry...
...Mike has been shooting and he's been hitting the net," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary said. "I told them that they'd be surprised--shoot at the net a little, and the puck might...