We supported passage of CCR for SB 30. We knew this bill wouldn’t bring in as much funding as we would like, but it would have reversed the Brownback tax experiment and gone a long way towards restoring necessary revenue. We wish we had just a few more moderate Rs or Ds in the Senate (so that we could have a veto-proof majority and not just a majority) and have reason to believe we won’t see a better income tax plan with this legislature. We also know legislators don’t like repeatedly voting for large tax increases that don’t pass-it sets them up for postcards in the next election cycle, so this failure may make the next bill even harder to pass.
Here are the votes:
Yea – (53):
Alford, Baker, Ballard, Becker, Brim, Campbell, Clark, Clayton, Concannon, Cox, Crum, Dierks, Dietrich, Elliott, Francis, Gallagher, Gartner, Hibbard, Hineman, Holscher, Jennings, Johnson, Judd-Jenkins, Karleskint, Kelly, Kessinger, Koesten, Kuether, Lewis, Lusk, Lusker, Markley, Mastroni, Murnan, Neighbor, Orr, Parker, Phelps, Phillips, Proehl, Ralph, Rooker, Sawyer, Schreiber, Schroeder, Seiwert, Sloan, A. Smith, Swanson, Thompson, Wheeler, Wilson, Wolfe Moore,
Nay – (68):
Alcala, Arnberger, Aurand, Awerkamp, Barker, Bishop, Blex, Burroughs, Carlin, Carmichael, Carpenter, Claeys, Corbet, Curtis, Davis, DeGraaf, Deere, Delperdang, Dove, Ellis, Eplee, Esau, Finch, Finney, Frownfelter, Garber, Hawkins, Helgerson, Henderson, Highberger, Highland, Hodge, Hoffman, Houser, Humphries, Jacobs, Jones, Lakin, Landwehr, Mason, Miller, Ohaebosim, Osterman, Ousley, Patton, Powell, Rafie, Rahjes, Resman, Ruiz, Ryckman, Schwab, E. Smith, Sutton, Tarwater, Terrell, Thimesch, Trimmer, Vickrey, Victors, Ward, Waymaster, Weber, Weigel, Whipple, Whitmer, Williams, Winn,