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By BOB BUNNELL
Arundel Newspapers Staff
By a 10-8 vote, the House of Delegates Finance Committee decided last week in favor of a bill providing an $18 tax credit and a decrease of 2 percent in the state sales tax on food.
The approved bill, sponsored by Del. Archibald A. Campbell, D-Wythe, chairman of the committee, incorporated the contents of Campbell’s original proposal to cut the 4 percent tax on food in half and of a bill introduced by Del. C. Richard Cranwell, DRoanoke, that provided tax credits for food for low and moderate income Virginians.
Campbell predicted that the bill will pass the House, but it must face a powerful array of opponents in both houses of the General Assembly, including House Speaker A. L. Philpott, DHenry, and Sen. Edward E. Willey, D-Richmond, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Opponents at last week’s committee meeting seemed most nervous by the projected revenue loss of more than $200 million annually if the bill succeeds. In case the bill fails, Del. James S. Christian Jr., DRichmond, has waiting a bill that contains ty^lajiaccdits, but, food from 4 to 3 percent.
The food tax bill drew both praise and criticism at a
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