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2007 House Bill 5198 (Impose new 6 percent tax on many services ) (Senate Roll Call 371)

Passed in the Senate (24 to 13) on September 28, 2007. [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 24 in favor, 13 opposed, and 1 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 371 at Senate Journal 97)

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Oppose Oppose
Not Voting Not Voting
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Legislators (Republican)
524852%
475347%
1000%
21 total votes
Legislators (Democrat)
762476%
178317%
5955%
17 total votes
Voters
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1000%
1 total vote

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The following legislators supported 2007 House Bill 5198 (Impose new 6 percent tax on many services ):

Basham (D) Birkholz (R) Bishop (R) Brater (D) Cherry (D) Clark-Coleman (D)
Cropsey (R) Garcia (R) Hardiman (R) Hunter (D) Jacobs (D) Jansen (R)
Jelinek (R) Kahn (R) Kuipers (R) Olshove (D) Pappageorge (R) Prusi (D)
Richardville (R) Schauer (D) Scott (D) Switalski (D) Thomas (D) Whitmer (D)

The following legislators opposed 2007 House Bill 5198 (Impose new 6 percent tax on many services ):

Allen (R) Anderson (D) Barcia (D) Brown (R) Cassis (R) George (R)
Gilbert (R) Gleason (D) McManus (R) Patterson (R) Sanborn (R) Stamas (R)
Van Woerkom (R)      

The following legislators did not vote on 2007 House Bill 5198 (Impose new 6 percent tax on many services ):

Clarke (D)

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Most Recent Comments

1) Opposing Taxes [by Anonymous Citizen on October 27, 2008]

Is both instinctive and easy. For everybody. But it is not necessarily responsible or conservative.

Making sure there is adequate revenue to fund services provided by government is tougher, because it is realistic, responsible and sometimes means supporting tax increases. It also is being genuinely conservative.
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2) convervative by choice [by Anonymous Citizen on October 26, 2008]
Sure hope you're not supporting Obama in 08....Taxes, you've seen nothing yet.
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3) I DIDN'T [by Anonymous Citizen on March 12, 2008]
I didn't vote for Romney!!! I hear your disgust & agree with it!! Well said, I say!!
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