Kansas GOP Edges Closer To Flat Tax Super-Majority Override Threshold

Bad idea to give the SUPER-RICH TAX BREAKS gains traction for Republicans. 

And this might explain part of the reason why the Kansas GOP has lost population centers in JoCo & Douglas County whilst progressives have now started to make progress in rural areas despite some of their more hilarious toilet policies many reasonable people find repellent. 

Check the showdown . . .

"Republican leadership has to schedule the vote for a day when nearly all 85 members of the House GOP caucus are in attendance, as 84 votes are needed to override the veto. Based on past votes, 84 Republicans and one Democrat support the flat tax package, while 39 Democrats and one Republican oppose it.

"In the Senate, a supermajority is 27. While some Republicans have flip-flopped on the issue, the votes stand at 26 Republicans in favor, with two Republicans joining all 11 Democrats and one conservative independent in voting against."

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