The package also included $100 million worth of spending cuts imposed by the Governor administratively through such steps as a hiring freeze and a reduction in out-of-state travel by state employees.

Shortly following the attempted change in Senate leadership, Governor David Paterson announced that he would avoid out-of-state travel, saying "the best thing for me to do is to stay here."

She had interrupted his news conference to castigate his criticism of Bill Clinton, then governor, for extensive out-of-state travel.

Tournament/travel teams involve competition with other organizations inside and outside of Western New York and may involve some out-of-state travel.

In addition, Mr. Kurtter said, officials have taken away 200 county cars, restricted out-of-state travel and cut contracts to outside agencies, including cultural organizations and health programs, by 10 percent this year.

They complain loudly about his heavy load of out-of-state travel and speaking engagements.

As an example, the memorandum cited a rule affecting the State University of New York, which barred out-of-state travel.

That account, used for legislative committees and out-of-state travel, among other things, has been used sparsely as the state deals with budget shortfalls, Mr. O'Neill said.

"We know that a number of school boards for local districts took up the matter and some of them have decided to curtail out-of-state travel and out-of-country travel," Mr. Murphy said.

Many in Massachusetts grew dissatisfied with Romney's frequent out-of-state travel and shift toward promoting socially conservative issues as he began to focus increasingly on national rather than state politics.