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Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 April 2009 11:49 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 28 April 2009 11:49
From ItemLive:
As the midnight hour approached Monday, House lawmakers have overwhelmingly backed a plan to raise the state sales tax, despite a threatened veto from Gov. Deval Patrick.
By a 108 to 51 vote, lawmakers approved the proposal by Democratic leaders, including Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, to increase the tax from 5 percent to 6.25 percent, enough to raise an additional $900 million annually.
Just as the House began debate, Patrick, a Democrat, sent lawmakers a letter threatening the veto unless they first approved a series of reform measures.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 at 11:49 am and is filed under Dems Behaving Badly, State Legislature News.
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