Word: billing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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House Speaker George Keverian (D-Everett) urged support for the bill Saturday, saying the government has suffered enough cuts. He said new taxes were needed to preserve programs for the poor, the mentally ill, the homeless and those without heat for the winter...
...bill now goes to the Senate, which is not expected to begin work on it until after Thanksgiving...
...Senate source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the bill may be worth less than the $365 million Keverian suggested, paving the way for more cuts or even higher tax increases to balance the budget...
...reform bill, a measure that eliminated dozens of cherished tax breaks altogether, Congress limited T and E deductions to 80 percent of their cost. That is a step in the right direction, but it isn't nearly enough. Wealthy investment bankers do not deserve any government handout...
Dinkins' campaign manager Bill Lynch insists that the new mayor's consensus- building style will enhance his ability to deal with New York's seemingly intractable problems. Says Lynch: "The image that you have to be a tough guy to be mayor of New York is wrong." Perhaps, but the choices that the new mayor will face are certainly going to be tough. Says Ray Harding, head of the Liberal Party and Giuliani's earliest political ally: "David Dinkins brings tranquillity, and that's evidently what New York wants." As tough times hit, New York might need much more than...