The House will debate and vote on their tax proposal which is very similar to the Senate version. Here’s the conference committee report: http://kslegislature.org/li/b2015_16/measures/sb270/ You can listen live here: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/; click on House-listen to live proceedings in the House....
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Urge Representatives to vote no on current tax bill today
Today the House will probably vote on the tax bill the Senate passed yesterday. Please contact your Representative and ask him or her to vote no. They won’t be able to amend the bill at this point; it’s just a yes or no vote. The 117-page bill is problematic in many ways. It doesn’t address the fundamental tax imbalance which will result in additional problems next year when there aren’t as many funds to sweep; expands the corporate tax credit “scholarship” program; includes a “ratchet” which will prevent adequate recovery of school and other funding; removes the sales...
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Leave a Comment Summary of June 7 Senate tax bill
This article has a good summary of the tax bill passage by the Senate. http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article23432373.html...
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Leave a Comment Senate passes problematic tax bill
The Senate has passed (June 7) a tax bill which leaves the unsustainable income tax cuts intact, increases sales tax, and includes the expansion of the corporate tax credit “scholarship” program. The tax bill moves on to the House where the moderates and Democrats have higher numbers. Here are the votes: Yea – (21): Abrams, Bruce, Denning, Donovan, Fitzgerald, Holmes, Kerschen, King, Knox, LaTurner, Love, Lynn, Masterson, Melcher, O’Donnell, Petersen, Pilcher-Cook, Powell, Smith, Wagle, Wilborn, Nay – (17): Baumgardner, Bowers, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Hawk, Hensley, Holland, Kelly, Longbine, McGinn, Ostmeyer, Pettey, Pyle, Schmidt, Tyson, Wolf, Absent and Not...
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