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House members resumed debate is morning (THUR) on a tax bill to bridge a projected $400 million budget deficit.

Kansas lawmakers are grinding through an exhausting and frustrating debate over taxes and spending as they work to bridge a massive budget deficit. Reporter Jim McLean brings us this audio montage from this past week, something we're calling "Sounds of the session."

Lawmakers are sharply divided over raising taxes to close a projected $406 million budget shortfall for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

A tax committee in the Kansas House has approved a plan to roll back income tax cuts for businesses, but various revenue-raising proposals are still being debated in both chambers.