Nowhere in the article does it say the budget passed 8-3, with Starr, Evans, and Demboski opposed to the tax hike. And the Assembly didn’t vote for a tax rebate or to lower your taxes, they voted to think about it; instead, they raised taxes by almost 7%. 

It was a touch feely amendment, with no effect; it was simply a mechanism to give tax hikers the ability to say the voted to give people a tax break (after they chose to raise your taxes, and they voted NO on a $5 million tax reduction.) Facts are inconvenient. If you don’t see a tax rebate, they’ll blame Juneau, rather than the inconvenient truth that they rejected all budget reductions, increased spending, and chose to raise taxes.