Smith: Tax hike won't pass the Senate

The chair of the Senate's Finance Committee told News 13 Monday that the votes aren't there to pass a half-cent gross receipts tax hike.

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      Smith: Tax hike won't pass the Senate

      The chair of the Senate's Finance Committee told News 13 Monday that the votes aren't there to pass a half-cent gross receipts tax hike.

        In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, Farah Paul, 16, holds her malnourished 4-month-old daughter Roseland at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) 

        Emergency vaccine campaign in Haiti

        Aid groups say they are launching an emergency vaccination campaign for 140,000 people in Haiti to protect them against measles and other diseases.

          The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) 

          Dow closes below 10,000

          The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe.

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