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Some lawmakers have made vacation plans for the week between Christmas and New Year's Day and do not plan to cancel them, a move that could crimp efforts to bring a tax increase bill to the floor by the year's end.
House leaders are considering a plan that would increase the 5 percent sales tax by a penny on the dollar and broaden it to apply to additional items. Also under consideration is a gasoline tax increase to raise money to repair roads and bridges.
The savings package included several items that have encountered opposition from public employee unions, including a provision that would require state and municipal workers to contribute more toward their health insurance premiums.
For municipal workers and teachers, the Senate plan would change a law that now requires contribution of an equal dollar amount to health premiums by employers to one that would require an equal percentage contribution.
Last year was the year Harvard wasn't supposed to win it all--and it didn't. Last year was the year Princeton broke the Crimson's six-year, 72-game winning streak. And last year was the year that one of the most successful teams in Harvard sports history...