Special Budget Session: How the Senate Voted

06.30.2015
Issues & Policies

On Monday, June 29, the state Senate approved a revised state budget, rolling back approximately $178 million in business tax hikes included in the original budget adopted by the General Assembly on June 3.
The revised budget keeps taxes on data processing and web services at 1% (the original budget hiked them to 3%) and delays implementation of the unitary reporting requirement within the corporation tax until next year.
The 19-17 vote came after an on-again, off-again seven-hour debate, with Democrats Joan Hartley (Waterbury) and Paul Doyle (Wethersfield) joining all Republicans in opposing passage–replicating the chamber’s vote on the original budget.
Even in its revised state, the two-year budget still increases taxes by about $1.3 billion, including higher levies on employers, and reductions in the value of tax credits and operating loss provisions.
“Make no mistake about it, taken as a whole, this budget does not help Connecticut’s overall competitiveness,” said CBIA president and CEO Joe Brennan.
“Policymakers now must aggressively follow up on the special session with structural reforms that more efficiently deliver services, reduce long-term costs, and stabilize our economy to benefit everyone who lives in Connecticut.”
How they voted:

Sen. Dante Bartolomeo (D; Cheshire, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown)

YES

Sen. Toni Boucher (R; Bethel, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Weston, Westport, Wilton)

NO

Sen. Beth Bye (D; Bloomfield, Burlington, Farmington, West Hartford)

YES

Sen. Steve Cassano (D; Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough)

YES

Sen. Clark Chapin (R; Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester)

NO

Sen. Eric Coleman (D: Bloomfield, Hartford, Windsor)

YES

Sen. Joseph Crisco (D; Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck, Woodbridge)

YES

Sen. Paul Doyle (D; Cromwell, Middletown, Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield)

NO

Sen. Bob Duff (D; Darien, Norwalk)

YES

Sen. Len Fasano (R; East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford)

NO

Sen. Mae Flexer (D; Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham)

YES

Sen. John Fonfara (D; Hartford, Wethersfield)

YES

Sen. Paul Formica (R; East Lyme, Montville, New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Salem, Waterford)

NO

Sen. L. Scott Frantz (R; Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford)

NO

Sen. Terry Gerratana (D; Berlin, Farmington, New Britain)

YES

Sen. Ed Gomes (D; Bridgeport, Stratford)

YES

Sen. Tony Guglielmo (R; Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington, Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock)

NO

Sen. Joan Hartley (D; Naugatuck, Prospect, Waterbury)

NO

Sen. Tony Hwang (R; Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston)

NO

Sen. Rob Kane (R; Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury)

NO

Sen. Kevin Kelly (R; Monroe, Seymour, Shelton, Stratford)

NO

Sen. Ted Kennedy (D; Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford)

YES

Sen. John Kissel (R; East Granby, Enfield, Granby, Somers, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks)

NO

Sen. Tim Larson (D; East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor)

YES

Sen. Carlo Leone (D; Darien, Stamford)

YES

Sen. Art Linares (R; Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook)

NO

Sen. Martin Looney (D; Hamden, New Haven)

YES

Sen. Joe Markley (R; Cheshire, Southington, Waterbury, Wolcott)

NO

Sen. Henri Martin (R; Bristol, Harwinton, Plainville, Plymouth)

NO

Sen. Andrew Maynard (D; Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown)

YES

Sen. Michael McLachlan (R; Bethel, Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman)

NO

Sen. Marilyn Moore (D; Bridgeport, Monroe, Trumbull)

YES

Sen. Cathy Osten (D; Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, Norwich, Sprague)

YES

Sen. Gayle Slossberg (D; Milford, Orange, West Haven)

YES

Sen. Gary Winfield (D; New Haven, West Haven)

YES

Sen. Kevin Witkos (R; Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington)

NO

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