The House Finance Committee under the chairmanship of Neal Kurk [R-Weare]
voted today along Party lines to recommend Ought to Pass regarding the $88 million
cuts to the DOT budget.
Kurk stated: “I personally am going to support additional revenue when this
comes to the floor. I think that’s the only responsible thing to do. I will be
supporting an increase in the gas tax, but on the floor. It can’t come out of
the finance committee like that.”
According to the Monitor and other sources, however, several Republican House and
Senate members have said they will not support that increase.
Locally, Senator Reagan has signed the Americans for Prosperity pledge
promising to vote against any increase in taxes and fees. Representative
Spillane was the prime sponsor of the repeal of the 4.2 cent increase in the gas
tax/road toll which went into effect last July, and Representatives Hodgdon,
Duarte and Tasker were co-sponsors.
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