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(Adds comment from spokesman for governor)
Jump to full article: Reuters, 2008-12-16
Intro: Virginia Republican House Speaker William Powell on Tuesday criticized a purported plan by the Democratic governor's to double the tax on cigarettes and said there were better ways for the state to close a widening budget deficit.
"Let's address the root problem rather than going out and addressing taxes, and especially not addressing taxes in a period of economic uncertainty," Howell told reporters during a telephone news conference held with Congressman Eric Cantor.
Cantor, also a Republican, said raising cigarette taxes was an "all-out attack ... and an assault on jobs here in Virginia and the greater Richmond area."
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