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Oklahoma Senate Democrats stall plan to kill 2 tax credits

Democrats manage to delay a measure to kill two tax credits, even though they failed in blocking its passage altogether.

 
BY JULIE BISBEE    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: May 20, 2010

Senate Democrats flexed legislative muscle on Wednesday by voting against a measure that would end two tax credit programs.

Although a bill that would have ended a rural capital investment tax and a small business capital credit passed 26-22 in a straight party-line vote, the emergency clause on the measure did not get the two-thirds vote needed for passage — delaying the effective date of the bill for three months.

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