here's a tax increase republican lawmakers support

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_INSURANCE_TAX?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-10-27-09-31-32

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans in Congress don't usually fight for tax increases, especially ones that are part of President Barack Obama's health care law.

But GOP senators balked when Democrats proposed delaying a new temporary fee on everyone covered by health insurance.

So employers, insurance companies and other health plan sponsors are in line to pay $63 a person next year for everyone who has coverage. The temporary fee covers all workers, spouses and dependents covered by health insurance.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., proposed delaying the fee in recent budget talks with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. McConnell and other Republican senators objected; the fee was left intact.

GOP senators complained the delay was basically a favor for labor unions, traditional Democratic allies that oppose the new fee.

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1. their only agenda is to block anything the democrats try to legislate...period.