House Hearing on GRT Wed.

From Sen. Bill Brady:

House Hearing on Gross Receipts Tax Wednesday

House Speaker Michael Madigan has scheduled a rare Committee of the Whole meeting of the House of Representatives Wednesday morning on the Gross Receipts Tax proposed by Governor Blagojevich. The committee hearing will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 9. Live audio and video coverage is available at the General Assembly's website, http://www.ilga.gov/house/audvid.asp.

There will also be a direct link to the coverage at StopRod.org.

A majority of the members of the House have already voiced their opposition to the gross receipts tax by signing on as cosponsors of House Resolution 344. A similar resolution opposing the governor's tax is being filed in the state Senate.

Madigan has expressed doubts about the governor's plan but last week told a business group in Springfield that Illinois' budget woes may require some form of tax increase this spring.

This is just the first phase in the anti-tax struggle.