Tuesday, April 24, 2007

More Republican gridlock in the House

Via the Associated Press...

Plan for income, property tax cuts walloped in ND House

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota's property tax stalemate continued in the Legislature, with the state House walloping a tax-cutting plan that took a group of legislative negotiators a weekend to work out.

Representatives voted 75-17 on Tuesday night to defeat the proposal. It allowed North Dakotans to deduct 10 percent of their property tax bills from their income tax returns during the next two years.

The legislation also included income tax breaks for married couples and an expansion of a tax credit that benefits low-income North Dakotans.

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