Senate Rules Kill Another Tax Plan Thursday May 15, 2003 5:47am How Concered Are You About Catching SARS?  Very Concerned  Somewhat Concerned  Not Concerned At All disclaimer  |  results  |  more polls ___  ABC News 4 Interact  ___    • Signup for eNews Alerts    • ABC News 4 Pulse Poll    • Whats Your Opinion?    • Printable Version    • E-Mail This Story ___  Related Stories  ___ Senate Rule Kills Sales Tax Proposal Senate's $5.2 Billion Budget Going Nowhere Fast Columbia (AP) - The Senate voted 30-to-15 against increasing the sales tax as senators continued to debate the state's 5.1 billion dollar spending plan.  Aiken Senator Tommy Moore, a Democrat, today proposed raising state sales tax to seven cents from five cents on the dollar and increasing the cigarette tax to raise slightly more than one billion dollars.  But senators voted down the proposal. Senate rules that say permanent change in law can not be made as an amendment to the annual budget bill.  Another plan to raise the sales tax was struck down yesterday because of Senate rules. Greer Senator Verne Smith was bothered by the procedural challenges. Smith says he's never known the Senate to get so tangled up in its own rules that it can't function. » Find More Articles Related To This One » Search The Internet For More On This Topic Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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