Senate Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/senate/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:02:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png Senate Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/senate/ 32 32 In France the legislative process is hijacked by those who depend on public money https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/in-france-the-legislative-process-is-hijacked-by-those-who-depend-on-public-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-france-the-legislative-process-is-hijacked-by-those-who-depend-on-public-money https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/in-france-the-legislative-process-is-hijacked-by-those-who-depend-on-public-money/#respond Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:02:12 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/in-france-the-legislative-process-is-hijacked-by-those-who-depend-on-public-money/ Between 3 and 5 per cent of the members of Parliament, and 6 per cent of the senators: the parliamentarians with a background in business represent a tiny minority. An IREF study shows the contrast with four other countries where economic legislation is handled by people who know what it means. In France, the elected representatives are chiefly interested in tax money.

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/in-france-the-legislative-process-is-hijacked-by-those-who-depend-on-public-money/feed/ 0 The Washington State Senate is desperately trying to fill the budget gap with new taxes https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/the-washington-state-senate-is-desperately-trying-to-fill-the-budget-gap-with-new-taxes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-washington-state-senate-is-desperately-trying-to-fill-the-budget-gap-with-new-taxes https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/the-washington-state-senate-is-desperately-trying-to-fill-the-budget-gap-with-new-taxes/#respond Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:39:50 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/other-publications/news/the-washington-state-senate-is-desperately-trying-to-fill-the-budget-gap-with-new-taxes/ The Washington state Senate approved a tax package that would raise $890 million over the next sixteen months. The tax package includes a temporary three-tenths-of-a-cent sales tax increase plus increased…

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