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Arizona Senate again rejects sales tax election
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 3 months ago
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The Arizona Senate just came up not one but two votes short for the bill that offers Gov. Jan Brewer’s proposed statewide sales tax election in the new version of the proposed state budget. Senate President Bob Burns, R-Peoria, warned fellow Republicans...
Tags: sales tax, Arizona Senate, Senate Republican, tax hike, votes short, tax increase, senate defeated, property tax
Senate to vote on concealed weapons proposal
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The Senate is due to vote at high noon Wednesday on a contentious proposal to allow people to carry concealed weapons from state to state. The measure, which has split Democrats, would require each of the 48 states that allow concealed firearms to honor...
Tags: concealed weapon, U.S. Senate, carried concealed, gun laws, votes short, gun control, allowed concealed, senate votes, senate rejected, weapon permit
Prevailing wage bill still one vote short
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Forces opposed to enacting prevailing wage legislation in Iowa are still clinging to a one-vote victory at this hour in the Iowa House. House File 333, which proposes to set a prevailing wage for some public construction projects, came up one vote short...
Tags: Iowa House, prevailing wage, votes short, Iowa Statehouse
Senate Inaction Kills Climate Change Bill
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The bill, S.3036 , was proposed by Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) and John Warner (R-Virginia) to fight the country's massive level of carbon emissions. The legislation would instate a cap-and-trade system to gradually decrease US emissions by...
Tags: Senate Democratic, Barack Obama, global warming, climate change, Congress, climate bills, bills died, votes short, cut greenhouse, greenhouse gases
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