Tax Hikes: How the Senate Voted
On Wednesday, June 3, Connecticut’s Senate approved a $40 billion, two-year state budget package–which includes $2 billion in tax hikes, much of those directed at businesses–on a 19-17 vote.
The vote came in the final hour of the 2015 General Assembly session after a five-hour debate. How they voted:
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Sen. Dante Bartolomeo (D; Cheshire, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown) |
YES |
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Sen. Toni Boucher (R; Bethel, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Weston, Westport, Wilton) |
NO |
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Sen. Beth Bye (D; Bloomfield, Burlington, Farmington, West Hartford) |
YES |
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Sen. Steve Cassano (D; Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough) |
YES |
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Sen. Clark Chapin (R; Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester) |
NO |
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Sen. Eric Coleman (D: Bloomfield, Hartford, Windsor) |
YES |
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Sen. Joseph Crisco (D; Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck, Woodbridge) |
YES |
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Sen. Paul Doyle (D; Cromwell, Middletown, Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield) |
NO |
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Sen. Bob Duff (D; Darien, Norwalk) |
YES |
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Sen. Len Fasano (R; East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford) |
NO |
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Sen. Mae Flexer (D; Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Windham) |
YES |
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Sen. John Fonfara (D; Hartford, Wethersfield) |
YES |
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Sen. Paul Formica (R; East Lyme, Montville, New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Salem, Waterford) |
NO |
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Sen. L. Scott Frantz (R; Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford) |
NO |
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Sen. Terry Gerratana (D; Berlin, Farmington, New Britain) |
YES |
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Sen. Ed Gomes (D; Bridgeport, Stratford) |
YES |
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Sen. Tony Guglielmo (R; Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington, Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock) |
NO |
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Sen. Joan Hartley (D; Naugatuck, Prospect, Waterbury) |
NO |
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Sen. Tony Hwang (R; Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston) |
NO |
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Sen. Rob Kane (R; Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury) |
NO |
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Sen. Kevin Kelly (R; Monroe, Seymour, Shelton, Stratford) |
NO |
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Sen. Ted Kennedy (D; Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford) |
YES |
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Sen. John Kissel (R; East Granby, Enfield, Granby, Somers, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks) |
NO |
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Sen. Tim Larson (D; East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor) |
YES |
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Sen. Carlo Leone (D; Darien, Stamford) |
YES |
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Sen. Art Linares (R; Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook) |
NO |
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Sen. Martin Looney (D; Hamden, New Haven) |
YES |
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Sen. Joe Markley (R; Cheshire, Southington, Waterbury, Wolcott) |
NO |
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Sen. Henri Martin (R; Bristol, Harwinton, Plainville, Plymouth) |
NO |
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Sen. Andrew Maynard (D; Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington, Voluntown) |
YES |
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Sen. Michael McLachlan (R; Bethel, Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman) |
NO |
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Sen. Marilyn Moore (D; Bridgeport, Monroe, Trumbull) |
YES |
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Sen. Cathy Osten (D; Andover, Bozrah, Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, Norwich, Sprague) |
YES |
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Sen. Gayle Slossberg (D; Milford, Orange, West Haven) |
YES |
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Sen. Gary Winfield (D; New Haven, West Haven) |
YES |
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Sen. Kevin Witkos (R; Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, Torrington) |
NO |
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