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Liberal Senate Democrats on Tuesday had an unusual conservative Republican ally as they unsuccessfully tried to resurrect bills that would increase certain taxes and close some tax loopholes.
Sen. Rod Adair made it clear that he wouldn't vote for any of the proposals to impose new taxes or roll back tax cuts. But the Roswell Republican agreed with progressives that Gov. Bill Richardson's proclamation calling the Legislature into special session unconstitutionally breached the separation of powers by declaring that legislators couldn't consider tax hikes.See the full content of this document
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Senate Lays Tax Ideas to Rest
"Sen. Feldman's bill is a bad idea," he said, referring to a proposal by Sen. Dede Feldman, D-Albuquerque, to end a gross- receipts tax exemption for some insurance comp...
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