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The state Senate on Tuesday approved the tax, which will become effective July 1.
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Denney and others said the bill was about fairness it4s an attempt to plug a hole in a leaky bucket. But the Democrats and a number of Republicans disagreed and the bill failed 32-38. They said the bill ignores discount cigarettes online store tribal sovereignty, could destroy reservation economies, and may spur a tax and fee war between the state and the reservations, which could prove to cost the state more than the sponsors hoped to gain from the bill about $10 million. It4s not plugging a hole in a bucket, Hayden GOP Rep. Jim Clark said. We4re trampling on discount cigarettes online the constitution of the state of Idaho.
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