An attempt to add a major package of income and property tax cuts to a bill providing a tax break on Social Security checks ran into a logjam Friday in the Nebraska Legislature.
In the end, the attempt to create a super-sized collection of tax relief proposals failed, with a vote to stop a filibuster falling one vote short of the 33 necessary.
Paul Hammel reports in the Nebraska Examiner says State Senator Brett Lindstrom of Omaha, who has made eliminating state income taxes on Social Security a priority, said his proposal is still very much alive, despite Friday’s development.
“We will regroup on Monday,” Lindstrom said, and work to attach provisions of Legislative Bill 825 onto another tax bill dealing with turn back taxes to support sports arenas, like Omaha’s CHI Center.
That bill could also provide a vehicle for the whopper income/property tax relief proposal. The Lindstrom bill, which had plenty of support to advance from second-round, would phase out all state taxes on Social Security by 2025. It would benefit an estimated 325,000 Nebraskans who rely on the federal retirement aid.
You can read Hammel’s full story here