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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I think Travelin' Tim does that prettty well all by himself.
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.
hahahahahahahahahaha
more funnies from dummies
98-0
lol
Ha ha ha !
If you don’t hand the evidence to the other side, you can’t be embarrassed by it !
Chumps !
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(((( HUGS ))))
All Democrats are an embarrasment.
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I love it love it love it.........and I’m in Virginia!
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.
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!
Sunlight is the best disinfectant. . Exposing the dirty Rats for what they are is good medicine.
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!
Good news! Thanks for the ping.
Ice never happened - just rain!
McDonnell is gonna hit it out of the park, never heard or seen a bad speech from him.
Ping.
This flies in the face of the Senate Dems playing games with committee assignments.
If you don't want it to be voted on, don't propose it in the first place.
Tim Kaine embarrasses Tim Kaine.
Atta boy, Morgan. Give ‘em the dickens!
Good.
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