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Senate Ways and Means passes bill that would ease way for tax increases
Posted by Andrew Garber
The Senate Ways and Means Committee on Monday afternoon approved Senate Bill 6843, which would suspend Tim Eyman's Initiative 960 and let lawmakers increase taxes with a simple majority vote.
The measure now goes to the full Senate for consideration.
I-960 requires a two-thirds vote in the Senate and House to pass a tax increase, or voter approval.
Senate Bill 6843 suspends the two-thirds requirement until July 2011, which would allow simple majority votes on tax increases next year as well. But it also makes permanent changes, such as stating that any future tax increase going toward a voter-approved initiative only needs a simple majority vote.
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