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concerned, following the question to its conclusion, we
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have had very little difficulty with the legislature. As
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a matter of fact they try to keep theirs as low as they can
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and then finagle, if they need some more money for something
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rather than go in with too large a budget.
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MR. BROOKS: Who prepares their budget?
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MR. SUCKER: It is done by the speaker and
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President.
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MR. BROOKS: They literally prepare it themselves
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MR. RENNIE: And they do sit down with us.
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MR. SLICKER: They go over it with us.
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MR. RENNIE: We do the spadework for them. We
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print up the budget request sheets from the departments,
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and we have so many copies of them. We have to have
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extra copies when they come in and, when they come in,
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Dr. Cooper, of Official Research, and our printing man,
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and a man from the Budget Bureau are there and we sit
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down and go over their budget item for item, and I will
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say, is this all right? Do you want to change this?
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Of course, the salaries are set by law, mileage
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. is set by law. There are only certain items in there,
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