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Louisiana GOP leaders call for defeat of gas tax increase
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klfy.com
- May 23, 2017
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s Republican Party leaders are urging state lawmakers to reject a gas tax hike and have chastised GOP legislators who voted for the proposal.
The party’s governing body, the Republican State Central Committee, narrowly supported a resolution opposing the 17-cent per gallon tax hike at its recent meeting. The resolution was co-sponsored by GOP Chairman Roger Villere.
The resolution, provided to The Associated Press by party executive director Bo Staples, calls defeat of the gas tax a priority and describes “disappointment” in the four Republican lawmakers who helped the proposal advance to the full House.
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