Word: budgeting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House's budget-cutting efforts have disappointed some lawmakers. House Minority Leader Steven D. Pierce (R-Westfield) said new taxes would simply worsen the state's already jittery economy...
...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...
Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Patricia McGovern (D-Lawrence), who will oversee the Senate's budget-cutting drive, has already said new taxes are inevitable...
...will have a tax program, rely on it. It will be next. It will fill the gap," Keverian said. "Anyone who understands state government and doesn't support it doesn't want a balanced budget...
Pierce said the state's huge budget deficit was a direct result of Dukakis' presidential bid, saying he and his allies "mortgaged the future of this state for a presidential campaign...