Word: bredesen
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...Bottom line: Tennessee has no recall provision and Bredesen should weather the pain - as long as he doesn?t stand near a window. - with reporting by Amanda Bower and Mitch Frank/New York; Frank Sikora/Birmingham; Elisabeth Kauffman/Nashville; and Pat Dawson/Billings
...Democrat Phil Bredesen, a self-made millionaire, won the seat telling voters they?d never hear a peep out of him about an income tax to balance the budget. But Bredesen quickly realized the one-cent sale tax hike wouldn?t be nearly enough to cover the budget shortfall. ?The problems were more severe than I thought they would be,? he says. So Bredesen, who?s refusing a salary, took a meat cleaver to the budget, slashing $400 million and 847 state jobs. State officials may even repossess library books - including Dr. Seuss - from rural schools that haven?t paid...