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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...
...Keverian has asked most members of the House leadership to back the tax package, and an aide to Cerasoli said other committee chairs who oppose the increases might resign as well...
...details of the tax package, expected to be reported out of the House Ways and Means Committee today and debated on the floor tomorrow, are still being worked out between Keverian, House Majority Leader Charles F. Flaherty (D-Cambridge) and the House Ways and Means staff, said committee member Joseph K. Mackey '74 (D-Somerville...
...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...
...package, along with several other fiscal crisis solutions, was discussed privately last week by state Democratic leaders including Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, Keverian, Bulger, Flaherty and Richard A. Voke (D-Chelsea), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, during a meeting called by the Senate president...