Meanwhile, Republicans kill Dem tax hike

While fiddling with loony bills that have little significance, California's loony Democrat-controlled assembly proposed an income tax increase that would primarily have raised taxes on high-bracket individuals and businesses. The bill would have reduced the $15 billion deficit by one-half. Dems needed two-thirds support of legislators to pass the bill, which they knew they didn't have. They brought the bill up for a vote anyway. Since no Republican voted for the measure it failed.