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    Lezlye Zupkus
    September 18, 2017

    House and Senate Pass Republican No-Tax-Increase Budget

    House and Senate Pass Republican No-Tax-Increase Budget
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    HARTFORD – State Rep. Lezlye Zupkus and her Republicans colleagues received bipartisan support early Saturday for the Republican no-tax-increase budget proposal that stabilizes municipal aid, rejects the governor’s destructive cuts to educational funding, and makes significant structural changes. The House of Representatives passed the bipartisan budget by a vote of 77 – 73.

    “The bipartisan budget that we were able to pass will finally move our state towards fiscal stability and predictability,” said Rep. Zupkus. “Our budget provides real reforms and doesn’t ask taxpayers to continue to pay more and more in taxes every year. We delivered a solid budget proposal to the governor, and a veto to a bipartisan budget will send the wrong message to Connecticut residents and will send our state backward. The governor needs to stop playing partisan politics and sign the budget that is on his desk.”

    Highlights of the GOP proposal include:
    No increase or expansion of the sales tax.
    No income tax increase, cell phone tax, or secondary home tax
    Eliminates Social Security income tax and phases out the tax on pension income for middle-class families.
    Rejects the governor’s shift of teachers’ pension cost onto municipalities.
    Fully funds day and employment services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
    Changes include a spending cap, bonding cap, municipal mandate relief.

    More information the bipartisan budget plan can be found by visiting cthousegop.com/budget.

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