Word: repeals
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Maine voters easily repealed a measure introduced last April that imposed nearly double the amount of taxes on beer, wine and soft drinks made by large producers. The taxes were also levied on the syrup used to make soda. Despite Governor John Baldacci's efforts to convince voters that the tax dollars would go toward more affordable health insurance across the state, an active "Fed Up with Taxes" campaign - funded largely by the beer, wine and soda industries - helped yield the "people's veto" Tuesday, with 63% voting for the repeal...
...Democrats did knock off a few fire-breathing right-wing targets: wacky Bill Sali of Idaho, who protested a minimum-wage hike by introducing a bill to repeal the law of gravity; Marilyn Musgrave of Colorado, who once declared gay marriage the greatest threat to America; Tom Feeney of Florida, an escapee from the Abramoff scandal; and Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, who ran ads calling her Christian opponent "godless." They also defeated some impressive Republicans who could have helped lead the party out of the wilderness, like moderate Congressman Christopher Shays of Connecticut, conservative Senator John Sununu...
This November, Massachusetts residents will vote to clear for once and for all their state’s reputation as “Taxachusetts.” A libertarian advocacy group has placed a ballot question in front of voters which would repeal the state income tax. The measure, sponsored by the Committee for Small Government, would reduce the current state income tax rate of 5.3% to 2.65% beginning on January 1, 2009, and eliminate it completely the following year. Taxpayers would save an average of $3,600 a year, at a cost of roughly $12.5 billion, or 40 percent...
...about four inches of boxer shorts, then discovered that he was on probation for a possession-of-marijuana charge. Hart spent a night in jail. Judge Paul Moyle opined that the saggy-pants law was unconstitutional and released Hart. And the county public defender's office may push to repeal the law. The saggers also have the support of the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and attorney James Green, who nearly three decades ago successfully defended a man who was arrested for jogging shirtless on the ritzy island of Palm Beach...
...ones. In the aftermath of the savings and loan collapse and a banking-industry near-miss there was a flurry of activity aimed at keeping banks healthy, not by shoving them back into their New Deal box but by reasserting their central role in the financial system. Glass-Steagall repeal can best be understood as part of this effort. So was 1994 legislation allowing interstate branching. This was a bipartisan movement: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley legislation passed the Senate 90-8 (Joe Biden was for it; John McCain didn't vote, but had supported the bill in an earlier roll...