The House and Senate passed Brownback 2.0-a flat tax that gives more to wealthy Kansans and jeopardizes state funding for schools and other essential services. It’s what “leadership” and their funders want, so they passed it. Governor Kelly is expected to veto the bill, so stay tuned. The vote counts (25-11 in the Senate and 81-37 in the House were shy of veto override numbers.) Also remember this vote when election postcards come out. Most if not all of the legislators voting against this bill support an alternative tax cut that doesn’t have the flat tax, but they will get postcarded for “opposing a tax cut” by voting against this bad bill. Tax cuts can’t be so aggressive that we can’t fund our schools. We’ve been down that road before and don’t want to go back.

The following legislators voted for this bad bill. Are they representing you?

Senators Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Blasi, Bowers, Claeys, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Kerschen, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, McGinn, Peck, Petersen, Ryckman, Shallenburger, Steffen, Straub, Thompson, Tyson, Warren, and Wilborn, Representatives Anderson, Awerkamp, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blew, Blex, Bloom, Borjon, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Clifford, Collins, Concannon, Corbet, Croft, Delperdang, Dodson, Droge, Ellis, Eplee, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Francis, Garber, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Hawkins, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Houser, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Humphries, Jacobs, Johnson, Kessler, Landwehr, Lewis, Mason, McNorton, Minnix, Moser, Neelly, Owens, Penn, Pickert, Poetter Parshall, Proctor, Rahjes, Resman, Rhiley, Robinson, Roth, Sanders, Schmoe, Schreiber, A. Smith, C. Smith, E. Smith, Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Turk, Turner, Underhill, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, White, K. Williams, and L. Williams.

Please thank the following who opposed this bad bill: Senators Corson, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Holscher, Olson, Pettey, Pittman, Pyle, Reddi, Sykes, and Ware, and Representatives Amyx, Ballard, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Helgerson, Hougland, Hoye, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, D. Miller, S. Miller, V. Miller, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Poskin, Probst, L. Ruiz, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Weigel, Winn, Woodard, Xu, and Younger.

The following legislators were absent: Senators Doll, Haley, Holland, O’Shea, and Representatives Alcala, Donohoe, Highberger, Maughan, Murphy, S. Ruiz, and Seiwert.

Published on Facebook on Jan. 19th, 2024.