Lawmakers snubbed fundraising attempts

BOISE (AP) - When Idaho lawmakers return home this week, they can tell their constituents that they met their goal: In a brutal fiscal year, they didn't raise taxes.

They can also boast of efforts to limit the size of government.

The Republican-dominated Idaho Legislature killed a variety of proposals to bring in more money for public education and other programs during the 78-day legislative session, which ended Monday night.

The potential revenue generators included a proposal to tax Internet sales and delay the expansion of Idaho's grocery tax credit for low-income families.

Assistant Majority Leader Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, says measures aimed at bringing new money into state coffers would just be taking dollars out of someone else's pocket.