Sen. Cliff Aldridge, R-Midwest City, and two other senators said that in a committee vote Tuesday, Senate Democrats broke from a pledge to oppose a bond issue for the Native American Cultural Center.
Aldridge and Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, announced recently that 14 Republicans and 16 Democrats would block approval of the bond issue—the Democrats as long as state leaders are considering reducing taxes.
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With growing opposition among lawmakers from both parties to an income tax-reduction plan rolled out by state leaders, Gov. Mary Fallin issued a statement urging legislators to pass it, because Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a measure Tuesday reducing that state’s top income tax rate to 4.9 percent.
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Members of the House Joint Appropriations and Budget Committee voted in favor of bond issues for the Capitol Complex, Native American Cultural Center and the Oklahoma Popular Culture Museum, but panel Chairman Earl Sears voted for only one of them.
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Sen. Cliff Aldridge, R-Midwest City, and two other senators said Tuesday that in a committee vote, some Senate Democrats broke from a pledge to oppose a bond issue for the Native American Cultural Center.
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