Peter Wong, January 31, 2010
It's still the economy — and budget — stupid. Although Oregon lawmakers will not have to wrestle with potential spending cuts of as much as $727 million in their session beginning Monday, still-sagging tax collections and soaring demand for unemployment benefits, human services and college scholarships will compel them to deal with a version of Bill Clinton's mantra from his 1992 presidential campaign.
"It's a whole lot better than it would have been if we had gotten a 'no' on Tuesday," said Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem. "But the fact is that we do have some budget adjustments we are going have to go through."
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