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On June 10th, the House passed (66-49) the “trailer” bill which provides some amendments to the tax bill (2109) passed by the Senate. On roll call the vote was: Yea – (66): Alford, Anthimides, Barker, Barton, Billinger, Boldra, Bradford, Brunk, Campbell, W. Carpenter, Concannon, Corbet, Couture-Lovelady, Davis, Dove, Esau, Estes, Ewy, Garber, Gonzalez, Hawkins, Hedke, Hemsley, Highland, Hoffman, Houser, Huebert, Hutchins, Hutton, Johnson, K. Jones, Kahrs, Kelley, Kelly, Kleeb, Lunn, Macheers, Mason, Mast, McPherson, Merrick, O’Brien, Osterman, Pauls, Peck, Powell, Proehl, Read, Rhoades, Ryckman, Ryckman, Sr., Scapa, Schroeder, Schwab, Schwartz, Seiwert, Sloan, Smith, Suellentrop, Sutton, Thimesch, Todd, Vickrey,...

“When the clock struck midnight Wednesday, Kansas House members left without locking in votes on a tax plan meant to prevent massive budget cuts to education and other state services. “’This is the last train out of here,’ House Speaker Ray Merrick, R-Stilwell, had told House Republicans earlier, before debate on a tax plan designed to fix the state’s $400 million budget deficit. ‘There’s not another bill coming. This is it.’ “But not all of his party was ready to board that train. “The main tax increase bill, HB 2109, failed to gain enough support when lawmakers first...