House speaker on new dual rate tax plan: ‘You can only do what you have votes for’

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Running out of time and short on votes, Republican leadership on Tuesday morning explained why it scrapped a proposed flat tax for a new dual income tax rate.

Meeting with reporters, House Speaker Dan Hawkins and his leadership team laid out the new Republican tax bill that was introduced in a committee late Monday afternoon.

A hearing is set for Wednesday, and it could reach the House floor by early next week.

The plan reduces the state . . .

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