Kansas Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, center, a Hutchinson Republican, confers with two top aides to GOP Gov. Sam Brownback, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in the second-floor rotunda of the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The aides are left, Jon Hummell, Brownback's policy director, and, right, Landon Fulmer, the governor's chief of staff.
Three Kansas House negotiators follow a discussion of sales and income tax proposals as legislators, reporters and lobbyists crowd their meeting room, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The negotiators are, left to right, Reps. Arlen Siegfreid, an Olathe Republican; Richard Carlson, a St. Marys Republican, and Julie Menghini, a Pittsburg Democrat.
Kansas House Taxation Committee Chairman Richard Carlson, left, a St. Marys Republican, discusses sales and income tax proposals during negotiations with the Senate, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Watching to his right is House Democrats' negotiator, Rep. Julie Menghini, of Pittsburg. (AP Photo/John Hanna.
Kansas House tax negotiators Arlen Siegfreid, left, an Olathe Republican, and Richard Carlson, right, a St. Marys Republican, discuss various proposals during a break in talks, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The House and Senate are trying to resolve their differences over legislation for cutting income taxes.
Kansas Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee Chairman Les Donovan, left, a Wichita Republican, makes a point during tax negotiations with House members, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. To his right is Sen. Caryn Tyson, a Parker Republican.
Kansas House Taxation Committee Chairman Richard Carlson, a St. Marys Republican, discusses tax issues during negotiations with senators, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Carlson is the House's lead negotiator on proposals for cutting income taxes.