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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:32 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 16 March 2010 01:40
From The Seattle Times:
State lawmakers returned to the state capitol on Monday to start an overtime session needed to balance a $2.8 billion budget deficit.
Senators started the special session with a bit of housekeeping Monday by re-voting on a handful of bills that didn’t make it all the way to the governor’s desk during the just-expired regular session.
The bills included a tax break for small businesses hiring new employees and the Senate’s version of an updated state budget. The budget was approved on a narrow 25-19 margin, with several Democrats again voting “no” – including Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Medina, the Senate budget’s main architect.
Democrats argued they cut at much as they could.
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