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Republican representative facing political fallout from vote against flat tax

It is so important to know how legislators are voting and to make sure your friends and neighbors do, too, and to thank legislators for their good votes. We doubt a single legislator has a majority of constituents who would benefit from a flat tax, but defying Americans for Prosperity or the Kansas Chamber on tax or education policy comes at a cost including removal from committee seats and getting money spent on opponents. “House Speaker Dan Hawkins moved Jacobs off the House Federal & State Affairs Committee, which handles some of the biggest social issues addressed in...
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Kansas ‘Flat Tax Bill’ dead after Governor’s veto is sustained in the House

The attempt to override Governor Kelly’s veto of the flat tax bill failed 81-42. (It takes 84 votes to override.) We oppose the flat tax bill because it is too large of a tax cut with too much of the benefit going to the wealthiest Kansans. The average Kansan would have received 75 cents per year in tax benefit from the flat tax. Please thank those who resisted pressure to override the veto and ask whether those who voted for this plan, including Democrat Rep. Robinson of KCK, are representing you. Please thank the following Representatives for voting...
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