Republican dissenters sink a GOP 'flat' tax plan in Kansas by upholding the governor's veto
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February 21, 2024
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican plan to cut taxes in Kansas died Tuesday in the GOP-controlled Legislature when enough members concluded that it would favor wealthy taxpayers too much and upheld the Democratic governor's veto.
The vote in the state House was 81-42, leaving GOP leaders three votes shy of the two-thirds majority needed to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto last month. The plan would have provided nearly $1.6 billion in income, sales and property tax cuts over the next three years.
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