The Postal Service rejected a proposed one-cent increase in the price of a first-class letter, to 30 cents.

Roosevelt voters have frequently rejected an increase in the school budget, which is limited by the lack of commercial development in the community.

The Assembly rejected a proposed five-cents-per-gallon increase in the state gasoline tax to finance other spending.

Voters rejected an increase in gas and sales taxes that would have generated $483 million a year for major roadway improvements.

Voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed half-cent increase in the sales tax to pay for a new crime-fighting agency.

They reject a 10-cent increase in the gas tax by 4 to 1.

Last year, the Senate rejected a proposed increase in cigarette taxes, and the measure never got off the ground in the House.

They left the shipyard, which has supported this region for decades, after rejecting a modest increase in the $18.32 an hour many now make.

Congress has been silent on raises since last month, when an angry public stampeded it into rejecting a proposed 51 percent increase.

To know: In a 318-97 vote, the House rejected a $2.4 trillion increase to the debt ceiling.