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[Virginia] House kills Kaine's income tax increase proposal
Wapo ^ | 01/21/10 | Anita Kumar

Posted on 01/21/2010 1:49:23 PM PST by freespirited

Not surprisingly, former Gov. Tim Kaine's proposal to raise the state income tax was killed in the GOP-controlled House of Delegates this afternoon.

Democrats tried to pull the bill before the vote but their Republican counterparts would have none of that. The GOP majority wanted to force Democrats to vote on the bill, leaving them with the choice of raising taxes or voting against Kaine, the chairman of their national party.

Kaine's proposal died by a vote of 98-0. Only the sponsor, Del. Bob Brink, abstained from voting on the bill because well, you can't vote against your own bill.

Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to embarass Kaine and their party. "We all know why this bill is here today,'' House Minority Leader Ward Armstrong (D-Henry) said. "It's here to embarrass us. It's here to embarrass Tim Kaine."

Before he left Saturday, Kaine proposed an income tax increase to help make up for a $4.2 billion budget shortfall.

"Let's get real...Tim Kaine had a situation to deal with and he didn't want to deal with it,'' House Majority Leader H. Morgan Griffith (R-Salem) said. "And so what he did was put a landmine in the budget."

The vote came after Speaker Bill Howell and the Rules Committee send the bill directly to the House floor, taking advantage of a 2008 change.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: corruptdems; kaine; timkaine; va2010; vageneralassembly; vagop; virginiataxes
"We all know why this bill is here today,'' House Minority Leader Ward Armstrong (D-Henry) said. "It's here to embarrass us. It's here to embarrass Tim Kaine."

I think Travelin' Tim does that prettty well all by himself.

1 posted on 01/21/2010 1:49:23 PM PST by freespirited
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We all know why this bill is here today,’’ House Minority Leader Ward Armstrong (D-Henry) said. “It’s here to embarrass us. It’s here to embarrass Tim Kaine.

Hey, Ward, why did you propose it then? I hate squealing dems. BTW Ward, Tim Kaine is an embarassment and I guess your fellow dems decided not to stand with an embarassment. Too bad, so sad. Give my regards to Webb when you see him.


2 posted on 01/21/2010 1:52:57 PM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: freespirited

hahahahahahahahahaha

more funnies from dummies

98-0

lol


3 posted on 01/21/2010 1:54:45 PM PST by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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Ha ha ha !

If you don’t hand the evidence to the other side, you can’t be embarrassed by it !

Chumps !


4 posted on 01/21/2010 1:55:39 PM PST by carolina71
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To: HokieMom

!!!!!!!!

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(((( HUGS ))))


5 posted on 01/21/2010 1:58:23 PM PST by onyx
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To: freespirited

All Democrats are an embarrasment.


6 posted on 01/21/2010 2:06:26 PM PST by fortheDeclaration ("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
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To: Corin Stormhands

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7 posted on 01/21/2010 2:10:17 PM PST by rabscuttle385 (Purge the RINOs! * http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
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To: freespirited

I love it love it love it.........and I’m in Virginia!


8 posted on 01/21/2010 2:19:04 PM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - Read it and weep)
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To: freespirited
"It's here to embarrass us. It's here to embarrass Tim Kaine."

I wonder if these politicians believe their own BS.
9 posted on 01/21/2010 2:34:15 PM PST by BJClinton ("Worse" technically is "change".)
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To: freespirited

Muhahaha! As a proud Virginian who went to the polls to pull the lever for McDonnell, Bolling and Cuccinelli this warms my heart. We also turned away Poisson, the dem delegate which serves my area of Loudoun county and put republican Tag Greason in his place.


10 posted on 01/21/2010 2:34:52 PM PST by Crolis ("Nemo me impune lacessit!" - "No one provokes me with impunity!")
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Hello neighbor, I am in Tag’s district too! It was a pleasure campaigning for him and I know he will do a great job.

Poisson got his ass handed to him, and he deserved it!


11 posted on 01/21/2010 2:42:48 PM PST by Cathy
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To: freespirited
Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to embarrass Kaine and their party.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant. . Exposing the dirty Rats for what they are is good medicine.

12 posted on 01/21/2010 2:45:17 PM PST by csvset
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To: Cathy; Crolis
Hello neighbors! Same here!

It was such a great pleasure to bring in a more responsible and responsive group of lawmakers. I understand McDonnell will be giving the rebuttal to the SOTU next week. Looking forward to it! Watch out for the ice tonight and tomorrow!

13 posted on 01/21/2010 6:57:20 PM PST by libsrscum (Obama causes cancer.)
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To: onyx

Good news! Thanks for the ping.


14 posted on 01/21/2010 7:07:20 PM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: libsrscum

Ice never happened - just rain!

McDonnell is gonna hit it out of the park, never heard or seen a bad speech from him.


15 posted on 01/22/2010 4:14:28 AM PST by Cathy
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To: rabscuttle385; EDINVA; iceskater; xyz123; Corin Stormhands; jla; Flora McDonald; GeorgeW23225; ...

Ping.

This flies in the face of the Senate Dems playing games with committee assignments.


16 posted on 01/22/2010 4:45:34 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (Congratulations Senator-Elect Brown)
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To: freespirited
"It's here to embarrass us. It's here to embarrass Tim Kaine."

If you don't want it to be voted on, don't propose it in the first place.

17 posted on 01/22/2010 5:08:32 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: WayneS

Tim Kaine embarrasses Tim Kaine.


18 posted on 01/22/2010 6:08:04 AM PST by hal ogen
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To: freespirited

Atta boy, Morgan. Give ‘em the dickens!


19 posted on 01/22/2010 8:57:36 AM PST by Darnright (There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. - Tacitus)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Good.


20 posted on 01/22/2010 1:27:14 PM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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