Word: weekes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Last week, authorities raided a jungle hideout,and Escobar reportedly came close to capture...
House Speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett) and the House Ways and Means Committee are drafting an $800 million tax package to be introduced later this week, State House leaders said yesterday...
...Mark Roosevelt '74 (D-Boston) said the package would be attacked heavily on the House floor but will probably pass because of Keverian's strong influence. Last week, key lawmakers, including Senate President William M. Bulger (D-Boston) and House Majority Leader Charles F. Flaherty (D-Cambridge) said the introduction of a tax hike was inevitable...
...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...