NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- May 3, 2006
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Mission Accomplished: Kansas House of Representatives Let Taxpayers Know Where They Stand on Raising Taxes

Topeka: By a 63-57 vote the House of Representatives voted to send HCR 5043 back to the Appropriations Committee for more "study." The amendment was carried by Rep. Bill Feuerborn, D-Garnett.

HCR 5043 called for a "super-majority" vote by both houses of the legislature to pass a tax increase.

Kansas voters will now be able to study the record of their legislators. There are 57 members who wanted to take a firm stand on whether to make it more difficult to raise taxes on hard-working Kansans.

There are 63 members who wanted to duck this critical issue and voted against the interests of taxpaying Kansans.

"I appreciate Speaker Mays for allowing the record to show which legislators stand up for the taxpayer and which legislators do not. Thanks to the leadership of Rep. Lance Kinzer, Rep. Brenda Landwehr and Rep. Jason Watkins for their principled advocacy of this legislation," said Alan Cobb, State Director of Americans for Prosperity.

Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is a nationwide organization of citizen leaders committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFPF believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFPF educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org

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