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Republican leaders criticize House income-tax push after record-length debate
Summary
House and Senate Republican leaders said the recent 24-hour floor debate exposed problems with a newly passed income-tax measure, warned of budget shortfalls and legal challenges, and vowed to fight the measure through court and ballot means.
House and Senate Republican leaders used a day-59 media availability to denounce the House’s recent passage of an income-tax proposal and to outline the party’s next political and legal responses.
Representative Drew Stokesberry, the House Republican leader, said the minority staged a record 24‑hour debate to show voters “what was at stake” and to press amendments aimed at protecting constituents. “We asked them to bring it up at 09:00 on Tuesday. They said no… so we brought it up at 06:00,” Stokesberry said, describing the marathon effort as intended to force daylight debate rather than late-night votes. He warned that the package includes higher B&O and data-center taxes and argued those measures would drive…
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