He was the state comptroller, the official in charge of the budget, and his father had been powerful in Illinois politics.

他是伊利诺伊州审计员，控制整个财政，而且他的父亲在伊利诺伊州政界也有很大权力。

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My Tax Policy Center colleagues ran the numbers and they tell two important stories one about budget policy and the other about budget politics.

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Add to that the specific issues raised by 2013 budget politics.

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Instead of being beholden to the disruptive vagaries of Washington budget politics, such a corporation would have a stream of revenue based on the services it actually provides.

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