Word: davoren
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...most recent example of this meager performance record was, of course, the irresponsible (and ultimately ineffective) opposition of the Democratic majority in the General Court to the Governor's sales tax plan. In the House, Majority Leader John F.X. Davoren (D-Milford) pledged to oppose the sales tax, but offered no reasonable alternative. In the Senate, President Maurice Donahue (D-Holyoke) continued to oppose the measure until long after all of the substitute measures had been killed. By the end of the battle, almost half of Donahue's supporters, disillusioned with his delaying tactics, deserted him. The image...
...stinging defeats recently administered to the income tax revision plans, political experts across the state are now convinced that the only tax plan that can win approval is the Governor's. There are no longer any alternatives. The halfhearted manner in which House Speaker John F. X. Davoren (D-Milford) led the opposition to the latest sales tax proposal is characteristic of this new attitude. In the words of Rep. James H. Kelly (D-Boston), the leadership "was just going through the motions" in opposing the bill...