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Article: House Republicans' legislative agenda focuses on tax cuts
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- December 31, 1997
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House Republicans unveiled their New Year's resolutions for the
1998 legislative session Tuesday saying they will concentrate on
continued efforts to achieve broad-based tax cuts, stiffer prison
sentences for criminals and educational "basics."
House Minority Leader Larry Ferguson, R-Cleveland, said the GOP
agenda -- "The 4 E's" -- will focus on education, economic
development, empowering families and effective criminal justice.
The 36-member House Republican Caucus "developed this agenda after
a series of meetings in Tulsa and Oklahoma City," Ferguson said.
The main focus will be "some kind of a tax cut," he said, adding
that caucus members are giving Democratic lawmakers a "multiple ...