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...Keverian is the one who is responsible for this," Shannon said. "The speaker has repeatedly communicated to me both directly through his staff and through members of the Legislature his unhappiness that there was and is an ongoing grand jury investigation of his office...
...whirlwind day of charges and countercharges between two powerful Democrats on Beacon Hill began with a morning news conference in Shannon's office. Using unusually blunt and harsh language, a visibly angry Shannon said "people in [Keverian's] office...at various points made it difficult" for his investigators to proceed...
...There is no question in my mind that what brought this about was the indictments," Shannon told reporters summoned to his office overlooking the Statehouse...
...Shannon's anger was directed at a House vote March 8 to cut $1.9 million from an account that pays for his consultants. The cut would hinder his office in obtaining expert witnesses for a variety of cases from nuclear power to hazardous waste...
...Shannon repeated his charge that the House vote was motivated by opposition to his ethics bill, which would limit to $40,000 the amount legislators and other top state officials could earn in outside income...