From the Washington Examiner (emphasis added):
The Senate budget makes $700 million in cuts. It uses $540 million in new revenues through 2012, including increased fees and taxes on interstate online sales . . .
I suspect the State Senate incorporated Emmett Hanger’s tax-hike bill, which Norm at TQ has also panned. Sadly, eight Republicans in the State Senate (the usual suspects) still voted for this thing.
Let’s hope the House of Delegates and Governor McDonnell hold firm against this tax increase.
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The bill was tabled in the House Finance subcommittee.
http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/internet_sales_tax_bill_dies_in_subcommittee/24455/
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=101&typ=bil&val=sb660&Submit2=Go
The *bill* was tabled, but the Dems incorporated it into the Senate budget, so it’s still alive.
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[...] Here’s the bad news: he also wants “a fairly significant consensus” – which is a real problem when one ponders our State Senate. [...]