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And the Repubiicans refuse to play. Democrats willing to cut services deeply, Republicans continue to hold the line against any tax increases.
Brown seeks 5-year extension of California taxes - Yahoo! News
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Republican lawmakers reacted negatively to the prospect of extending the tax increases. Most of them have signed a pledge pushed by anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist, who runs a Washington, D.C., nonprofit called Americans for Tax Reform.
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The pledge says they will not support any tax increases.
"Well, this is going to be a nonstarter with the Republicans, and I think the people of California, as well," said Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, vice chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee. "If that were to be taken to the ballot, I think it would be resoundingly defeated.
"It's OK to put it up as a strategic proposal, but for that to be part of the final agreement, I do not see that as a reality."
Voters rejected an extension of those taxes in May 2009 as part of a complicated series of measures placed on the ballot by the Legislature and Schwarzenegger, whose popularity was plummeting at the time.
Democrats signaled some approval for the plan, which Senate President Pro Tem Darrel Steinberg, D-Sacramento, called "complete and balanced."