"We wanted to keep the programs intact," said Mark Volpe, the Boston Symphony's managing director.
Under the more reasonable assumption that Congress keeps current programs intact, there will be no federal surplus.
But last year it approved a farm bill worth nearly $300 billion that left a number of other contentious cotton programs intact.
Under the tentative agreement, the governor would agree not to seek reductions in Medicaid reimbursements, leaving the $30 billion program intact.
Investors are searching for direction after the Federal Reserve's decision last Wednesday to keep its stimulus program intact.
One House military measure kept the program intact, while the defense spending bill approved today accepts the recommendation to kill the program.
State officials face several questions: Should they keep their programs intact, or eliminate them, or revise them to cover gaps in the Medicare drug benefit?
Fed policy makers need to leave the special programs intact long enough to support the recovery — but not so long as to fuel inflation later.
In all, the possibility of a four-to-four vote, would wouleaveave the Texas program intact, appears to rest with Anthony Kennedy, playing his familiar role as swing Justice.
