There are several roll calls relating to
the retroactive capital gains tax. Some of them are "procedural," which is
often merely a follow-the-leadership vote, not an indication of a Democrat
legislator's true position.
We plan to publish them all but this seems to be the
best single indicator
if you want to know which legislators are inclined to vote to change the
effective date of the capital gains tax hike to January 1, 2003 instead of
January 1, 2002.
This vote took place before the tax bill notice was sent to affected
taxpayers, before legislators were aware of the full impact, and before
the state knew about the strong September and October revenue growth, so
should be considered a starting point for lobbying. House Republicans, led
by Minority Leader Brad Jones (R-North Reading), George Peterson
(R-Grafton) and Vinny deMacedo (R-Plymouth, tried to amend a corporate
loophole-closing bill with the new date. The amendment was defeated
48-102. Nay is to tax retroactively, Yea to change the date to Jan. 1,
2003.
2005 Roll
Call Vote