Both Beebes had another terrible shortfall, as far as the Sons of Liberty were concerned.
By enacting new taxes, the leaders said, they were helping the governor begin to solve that shortfall as well.
The money would be used for Haskin's operating shortfall as well as maintaining a marine advisory program and financing a finfish dynamics program.
Slowing economic growth contributed to the revenue shortfall as well, Mr. Zakhilwal said, blaming the international news media for offering a "negative analysis" of what will happen after 2014.
New Jersey could be facing a budget shortfall as high as $2.4 billion for the current fiscal year because of a steep falloff in revenues, state officials said yesterday.
They are rushing to introduce products and services to make up for the shortfall, as well as trying to reduce the billions of dollars in fees they pay the Bell companies to connect their calls.
It has been a tough 19 months for "NewsHour" as it has dealt with a severe budget shortfall as well as the prolonged absence of Mr. Lehrer last year, after an emergency aortic valve replacement.
Although they might not be a substitute for funding, approached with the right attitude these in-kind "transactions" can go a long way towards making up the shortfall, as well as developing entire communities as a valuable side-effect.
Billions of confiscated Iraqi assets might make up some of the shortfall, as might private investment.At the Dead Sea get-together, Mr Bremer promoted trade opportunities to the assembled hundreds of businessmen, and announced the opening of a business centre in Baghdad.
"This is really tough but the proposals we have put forward will meet this shortfall as long as all of them are adopted.
He says he'll sign the measure, which he introduced to plug a $137 million budget shortfall, as quickly as possible - which could be as early as Thursday.
