Legislature 2008: GOP Agenda

House Republicans outlined about two-dozen goals for the 60-day session that starts Wednesday.

Tax cuts top the list, and include immediately abolishing the business franchise tax and sales tax on groceries.

As The Associated Press reports, "Other goals include requiring a two-thirds majority to pass any future tax hikes, and a law to limit government growth to the rate of inflation."

Besides taxes, agenda topics include the court system and illegal immigration. The Register-Herald of Beckley and The Charleston Gazette also covered the GOP press conference. MetroNews (with audio) spoke to House Minority Leader Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, beforehand.

Several of the items would require amending the state constitution, such as a proposed ban on same-sex marriage. Delegate Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, called the House Committee on Constitutional Revision an "absolute failure."