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Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee Richard A. Voke (D-Chelsea), who has flatly rejected the Dukakis proposal, was quick to deny the Republican charge yesterday that his committee's spending proposals were setting the stage for a long-term tax hike...
...House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard A. Voke (D-Chelsea), the architect of the proposed $12.3 billion spending plan said he opposed the grant increase because it "guarantees that [lawmakers] will have to vote for a tax increase...
...warned House members and advocacy groups that they cannot count on the Senate to solve all the problems that might be created if Voke's budget were to pass the House as written...
Dukakis, who stood by his tax package and predicted compromise, was outwardly conciliatory, thanking Voke for starting the debate early...
Senate Ways and Means Chair Patricia McGovern, who last month urged the governor to withdraw his $1 billion proposed increase, gave Voke credit for presenting a spending plan more in line with the current "fiscal reality...