LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Legislature on Wednesday began voting to lift, for six months, Michigan's 27.2-cents-a-gallon gasoline and diesel taxes amid pump prices that exceed $4 per gallon.
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Michigan Legislature starts voting to pause state gas tax
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Legislature on Wednesday will start voting to freeze, for six months, Michigan's 27.2-cents-a-gallon gasoline and diesel taxes amid pump prices that exceed $4 per
Michigan's Republican-led legislature is considering a plan to freeze the state's gas tax for six months. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called for a pause in the federal gas tax but has not embraced the idea of suspending the state tax.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Legislature on Wednesday began voting to lift, for six months, Michigan's 27.2-cents-a-gallon gasoline and diesel taxes amid pump prices that exceed $4 per gallon.
House Speaker Jason Wentworth and Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey said Republicans will pass bills that would suspend Michigan's 27.2-cent per gallon tax on gasoline, along with sales tax collections
Republicans want to suspend the state’s 27-cent-per-gallon gas tax for six months, a relief for drivers but that would cost the state $770 million. Some Democrats want to halt the 6-percent sales tax on gasoline instead.
Michigan lawmakers on Wednesday said they will begin to vote on a gas tax freeze, which would suspend the state's gas tax of 27.2 cents per gallon for six months.
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