Word: limiting
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This would give a new governor eight weeks from the convening of the first legislative session to submit his budget proposals, instead of the current three-week limit. With Ed King taking two months just to figure out what kind of half-baked rollback in property taxes he can get away with, this budget time limit looks right on target...
Connolly opened his political season running for the U.S. Senate, but entered the secretary of state race when incumbent Paul Guzzi was ousted from the post in the primary. Connolly is pushing a more issue-oriented campaign than Sears. He intends to place a constitutional limit on the number of years an elected official can serve in any state office. Connolly also hopes to institute strong public financing of state elections...
...also promised to hold down Government spending, partly by cutting 20,000 workers from federal payrolls through attrition; to keep a 5½% limit on pay raises for federal employees; and to permit no pay increase at all this year for Government executives. Carter noted that he had already used his veto to stop inflationary spending proposed by Congress and would not hesitate to do so again. "We must face a time of national austerity," he said. "Hard choices are necessary if we want to avoid consequences that are even worse...
...characterize the six-year search for a second-stage arms accord, Warnke's optimistic assessment may be accurate. The bulk of SALT II does appear ready for signing. The draft of the resolved portions runs more than 50 pages. Both sides have settled the central issue, agreeing to limit their strategic arsenals to 2,250 weapons systems at least until 1985. These ceilings will require the Soviets to scrap about 300 aging rockets and bombers. The U.S. will not have to make any cuts, since its strategic weapons now total...
...fall season, according to Brustein's plan, would begin September 11, a week before classes start. This scheduling would cut back on the number of students who audition and seriously limit rehearsal time, Konrad said...