The problem, members say, is that the Democrats cannot agree on a deep reduction in the military budget.
He began last year to cut a further $650 million in costs on top of deep reductions already in place.
He said that such deep reductions would have a marked impact on the city's services and its workers.
"They have already made very deep reductions in a lot of the overhead areas."
We need to continue on a course of deeper reductions.
The House passed a similar tax measure, but with deeper reductions.
The board also approved a $53 million budget for 1989 that included what officials described as deep reductions in staff and programs.
Political support for deep reductions in greenhouse emissions has been strong across Europe.
Congress is thus likely to approve much deeper reductions in military spending than the President wants.
