91.   Some Republican lawmakers in Washington defended the aid cuts, saying that states and localities can decide whether to make up the lost money by increasing their taxes.

92.   Some taxes could be increased with only simple majorities as long as others were cut and, on balance, taxes would drop or stay the same.

93.   Strategies such as increasing tobacco taxes, limiting access to vending machines or prohibiting smoking in public spaces may have much greater impact than advertising strategies.

94.   Supporters said it would not increase taxes paid by Californians and also contained provisions to control costs.

95.   Stocks opened lower after the government yesterday failed to raise a quorum in the Lower Chamber of Congress to debate its plans to increase taxes.

96.   Taxes were increased on personal income and some consumer goods.

97.   That vote marked the third time in just over a decade that Congress had increased the tax.

98.   The bill would allow counties, through a simple majority vote of the Boards of Supervisors, to increase tobacco taxes.

99.   The Forbes commercial accusing Dole of voting to increase taxes on Social Security benefits is only partly true.

100.   The French government said it will increase taxes on investment income as a first step towards a wide-ranging fiscal reform.