House Democrats again asked members late Saturday night to vote on an increase in the state's personal income tax from 3.9 to 4.6 percent.

The vote was put on the floor just after 10:30 p.m. Saturday with no Republican support, one Democrat in opposition and a dozen or so Democrats not voting.

This comes after 24 hours of voting on the same bill ended without a conclusion Saturday afternoon. Fourteen Democrats never voted on the tax hike. No Republicans supported it.

It all means little progress has been achieved on paper from the House session that began 10 a.m. Friday.

Minority Leader Craig DeRoche (R-Novi) said earlier Saturday his members will not change their minds through the weekend. He told News 10 more cuts and reforms would have to pass in the House, Senate and be signed by the governor before he would consider new taxes.

The income tax plan would have increased the state's personal income tax from 3.9 percent to 4.6 percent and brought in about $1.1 billion toward eliminating the state's $1.7 billion deficit.

After the vote was cleared, House Democrats called all members to the floor. They held a vote on a plan from Senate Republicans to eliminate the deficit without increasing taxes.

The vote failed after Republicans called the move "ridiculous" and said they didn't have the chance to propose their own reforms or discuss the idea thoroughly.

House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Twp.) said his members have passed plenty of government reforms but they have yet to be approved in the Senate. And he accused Republicans of calling for more reforms without discussing specific ideas with Democrats.

Dillion said negotiations with individual House Republicans continued Saturday afternoon to try and get the votes to pass the income tax hike. The plan could pass without Republican votes: 12 of the 14 Democrats who didn't vote on the plan would have to support it.

But the speaker said Saturday evening he is intent on getting bipartisan support for a tax increase.

He has said the vote needs to take place Saturday so the plan can pass in the Senate and obtain the governor's signature before October 1.

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