They also said they would reject some proposed taxes and fees.

The agreement avoids a proposed tax on Florida sugar growers.

Also, a proposed tax on long-distance phone calls appears to have been removed from consideration.

Those proposed taxes, which would raise $90 million, were part of a tentative accord on revenues reached this month.

The proposed taxes on services like consulting have been the subject of particularly heavy lobbying.

The proposed taxes will be highest for the dirtiest form of energy, coal, followed by oil.

The proposed taxes on chewing tobacco would raise the current level 10,416 percent.

Financial industry executives said the proposed taxes would have reduced institutional investment, particularly by foreigners.

The committee's members also yielded to pressure from big airlines to reduce a proposed tax on international flights.

The other elephant in the room is the proposed tax on landlines.