It would increase the gasoline tax by 9 cents over three years.

The House bill would increase the minimum wage by 40 cents a year through 1991.

And, the price of a stamp, according to the story, it would increase by 17 cents!

The hottest was the tax on tobacco, which the committee had earlier agreed to increase by 45 cents a pack.

That proposal would increase cigarette prices by only 62 cents over 25 years.

Under the agreement, the cigarette tax would increase by 55 cents, to $2.05 a pack, the highest in the nation.

He would increase the Federal tax on gasoline by 15 cents a gallon.

He said potential savings could increase earnings by 10 cents a share in 1998.

In 2005, the deal is expected to increase profits by 23 cents a share, Manulife said.

The tax is expected to increase the price of gasoline at the pump by up to 6 cents a gallon.