LANSING (WKZO) — When the legislature went back to work on Tuesday on the road funding package there was just two plans that nobody liked.
Now that the brief summer session has ended, there are three plans and even less agreement.
Democratic Leader Tim Greimel has introduced a democratic plan, which favors increasing the Corporate Income Tax rate from 6 to 9%, reducing truck weight limits, and enacting higher truck fees.
Republicans immediately declared it dead on arrival, some calling it a blast from the past and totally unacceptable.
The Michigan Legislature has gone back on summer break, unable to find the votes to pass anything resembling a plan to fix the roads.
House Democrats are placing the blame squarely on the Republican leadership. Minority Leader Greimel says they continue to be shut out of the process.
Senate Republicans say if there is going to be an increase in revenue in the plan they will need democratic votes, because too many Republicans, have taken pledges not to raise taxes, under any circumstances.
The House is only scheduled to meet one more time between now and late August. In
the meantime they will be working in small groups to come up with a solution that will get the 20 votes they need in the Senate and the 56 they need in the House to pass.
