Who Voted for the Services Tax?
The 56 votes required for passage of the services tax in the House were supplied by Democrats only. Find your representative.
In the Senate, there was a 19-19 tie with Lt. Gov. John Cherry casting the tie-breaking vote to pass the services tax. In bringing the final Senate tally to the 19-19 tie, there were three Republicans that voted for the services tax:
- Sen. Valde Garcia (R-Brighton area). Send an e-mail to Sen. Garcia.
- Sen. Ron Jelinek (R-Three Oaks area). Send an e-mail to Sen. Jelinek.
- Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R-Holland area). Send an e-mail to Sen. Kuipers.
