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Posted: Thursday, 19 November 2009 7:33PM

Disabled ask lawmakers to prevent deeper cuts



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Boston (AP)  -- Groups representing disabled residents in Massachusetts are urging state lawmakers to give Gov. Deval Patrick expanded budget-cutting authority.
  
The Association of Developmental Disability Providers and the ARC sent a letter Thursday to House and Senate members saying they have faced "dramatic cuts" in state funding during five rounds of budget reductions the past year.
  
They say those cuts will only be deeper if Patrick cannot reduce spending outside the Executive Branch.
  
Members of the House and Senate refused to give Patrick the power to cut their budgets and those in the Judiciary before they ended formal sessions for the year on Wednesday.
  
Lawmakers also restored funding for their own budgets and reversed Patrick's proposal to eliminate two state worker holidays: Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day.

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