You, my friend, are a great American. I’m sure you wrote something enlightening beyond our reward for sticking through the Tea party nonsense, but really, let’s be honest, who really reads your blog for the articles.

“But with 28 Republicans, 71 Democrats and one Green serving in the House and the state’s constitution requiring 75 affirmative votes to pass any tax other than a sales tax, the governor had some work to do. The governor had all the Democrats on board and so he only needed three Republicans to break rank and vote with the Democrats. Summers, of course, provided the crucial vote in the House.”

Not all Dem Representatives were on board. Flowers and Adcock voted against the bill. Thus, 5 yes votes were required by GOP Reps. Dale, Green, Ragland, Summers, and Sample all voted for the increase. So they all helped provide the crucial vote.

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