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Thompson Wins Budget Battle in Illinois Amid Skirmishes
Gov. James Thompson gains gains in the budget war as Republicans and some Democrats trim school spending and oppose higher taxes. The fight features Bakalis revenue questions, a DSG stance, and aides crediting Mandeville for the austerity shift.
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Thompson
Illinois
Richard H. Ieen Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
James Thompson
Daniel Walker
Senate
Michael Bakalis
Bureau of the
Bakalis
Democratic Study Group
DSG
Richard Magalian
D-Palatine
Democratic Party
Veere
Jim McPike
D-Alton
J. Glenn Schneider
D-Naperville
Schneider
General Assembly
Central
Southern Illinois
PTA
Leroy van Duyne
D-Joliet
Richard Mulcahey
D-Durand
House Appropriations Committee
Eugene Barnes
Chicago
Barnes
Crosstown
James Nowlan
Robert Mandeville
Nowlan
Mandeville