The Kansas Legislature recently passed the second largest tax increase in the history of our state...an across-the-board, 19 percent increase in state sales taxes. They raised taxes by more than $300 million in order to fund a 2011 budget that INCREASES spending by $200 million over 2010.

On roll call in the House, the vote was: Yeas 64; Nays 61; Present but not voting: 0; Absent or not voting: 0.

Yeas: Ballard (D-Lawrence), Barnes (D-Wichita), Benlon (D-Overland Park), Bethell (R-Alden), Bollier (R-Mission Hills), Brookens (R-Marion), T. Brown (D-Baldwin City), Burroughs (D-Kansas City), Carlin (D-Manhattan), Colloton (R-Leawood), Craft (R-Junction City), Crow (D-Leavenworth), Davis (D-Lawrence), Dillmore (D-Wichita), Feuerborn (D-Garnett), Finney (D-Wichita), Flaharty (D-Wichita), Frownfelter (D-Kansas City), Furtado (D-Overland Park), Garcia (D-Wichita), D. Gatewood (D-Columbus), S. Gatewood (D-Topeka), George (R-Dodge City), Grant (D-Cherokee), Hawk (D-Manhattan), Henderson (D-Kansas City), Henry (D-Cummings), Hill (R-Emporia), Hineman (R-Dighton), Johnson (R-Hays), Kuether (D-Topeka), Lane (D-Topeka), Light (R-Rolla), Loganbill (D-Wichita), Long (D-Kansas City), Lukert (D-Sabetha), Mah (D-Topeka), McCray-Miller (D-Wichita), Menghini (D-Pittsburg), Moxley (R-Council Grove), Neighbor (D-Shawnee), Otto (R-LeRoy), Pauls (D-Hutchinson), Peterson (D-Kansas City), Phelps (D-Hays), Pottorff (R-Wichita), Proehl (R-Parsons), Quigley (R-Lenexa), Roth (R-Salina), Ruiz (D-Kansas City), Slattery (D-Mission), Sloan (R-Lawrence), Spalding (R-Overland Park), D. Svaty (D-Ellsworth), Swanson (R-Clay Center), Swenson (D-Wichita), Tietze (D-Topeka), Trimmer (D-Winfield), Ward (D-Wichita), Wetta (D-Wellington), Williams (D-Chanute), Winn (D-Kansas City), K. Wolf (R-Prairie Village), Worley (R-Lenexa).

Nays: Aurand (R-Courtland), Bowers (R-Concordia), A. Brown (R-Eudora), Brunk (R-Bel Aire), Burgess (R-Topeka), Carlson (R-St. Marys), Crum (R-Augusta), DeGraaf (R-Mulvane), Donohoe (R-Shawnee), Faber (R-Brewster), Fund (R-Hoyt), Goico (R-Wichita), Gordon (R-Topeka), Goyle (D-Wichita), Grange (R-El Dorado), Hayzlett (R-Lakin), Hermanson (R-Wichita), C. Holmes (R-Liberal), M. Holmes (R-St. John), Horst (R-Salina), Huebert (R-Valley Center), Jack (R-Andover), Kelley (R-Arkansas City), Kerschen (R-Garden Plain), Kiegerl (R-Olathe), King (R-Independence), Kinzer (R-Olathe), Kleeb (R-Overland Park), Knox (R-Altoona), Landwehr (R-Wichita), Maloney (D-Kingman), Mast (R-Emporia), McLeland (R-Wichita), Meier (D-Leavenworth), Merrick (R-Stilwell), Morrison (R-Colby), Myers (R-Derby), Neufeld (R-Ingalls), O’Brien (R-Tonganoxie), O’Neal (R-Hutchinson), Olson (R-Olathe), Palmer (D-Fort Scott), Patton (R-Topeka), Peck (R-Tyro), Powell (R-Garden City), Prescott (R-Osage City), Rardin (D-Overland Park), Rhoades (R-Newton), Schroeder (R-Inman), Schwab (R-Olathe), Schwartz (R-Washington), Seiwert (R-Pretty Prairie), Shultz (R-Lindsborg), Siegfreid (R-Olathe), Suellentrop (R-Wichita), Tafanelli (R-Ozawkie), Talia (D-Shawnee), Vickrey (R-Louisburg), Whitham (R-Garden City), B. Wolf (R-Great Bend), Yoder (R-Overland Park).

The vote in the Senate was: 23-17, Present and Passing 0, Absent or Not Voting 0.

Yeas: Brungardt (R-Salina), Emler (R-Lindsborg), Faust-Goudeau (D-Wichita), Francisco (D-Lawrence), Haley (D-Kansas City), Hensley (D-Topeka), Holland (D-Baldwin City), Huntington (R-Fairway), Kelly (D-Topeka), Kultala (D-Kansas City), Lee (D-Kensington), Marshall (R-Fort Scott), McGinn (R-Sedgwick), Morris (R-Hugoton), Ostmeyer (R-Grinnell), Owens (R-Overland Park), Reitz (R-Manhattan), Schmidt V. (R-Topeka), Schodorf (R-Wichita), Taddiken (R-Clifton), Teichman (R-Stafford), Umbarger (R-Thayer), Vratil (R-Leawood).

Nays: Steve Abrams (R-Arkansas City), Apple (R-Louisburg), Barnett (R-Emporia), Brownlee (R-Olathe), Bruce (R-Hutchinson), Colyer (R-Overland Park), Donovan (R-Wichita), Huelskamp (R-Fowler), Kelsey (R-Goddard), Lynn (R-Olathe), Masterson (R-Andover), Petersen (R-Wichita), Pilcher-Cook (R-Shawnee), Pyle (R-Hiawatha), Schmidt D. (R-Independence), Steineger (D-Kansas City), Wagle (R-Wichita).