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Senators from Mexico's main opposition party debate a proposal to raise consumption taxes, as a way to lower Mexico's dependence on waning oil output, in Mexico City October 27, 2009. President Felipe Calderon asked Congress in September to raise taxes and needs the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to pass legislation as his conservative party lacks a majority. Senate committees began approving less controversial parts of the tax package, including a hike on tax rates for beer, tobacco and gaming, which were approved in the lower house last week.
