They have a striker that is 233 pages long and barely went up on the bar and onto leg.wa.gov. Essentially the contents are secret. Even in the most horsetradingest, sausage-makingest proceedings you can almost always find these sorts of things.
It's a secret budget. They expected to pass it in under an hour after the release of the striker.
Look at those names. Do I think Charter Schools are back in there? Yes I do. And if they are, then Tom, Sheldon and Kastama are going to get their asses handed to them shortly.
I flat out do not understand what's going on here. I don't really understand the mechanics of the Senate as well as I probably should. Why is this "secret budget" a big deal - other than the fact that no one's had a chance to read it. Shouldn't they just vote "no" and move on? Is there something about the timing that is advantageous to the Republicans?
Why is it a big deal? Because no one's read it! Yes, they should vote no but that "should" is a moral should, not a political should. The Dem majority is slim and a bunch of whatevers will vote with the Republicans.
@11, exactly. This doesn't have anything to do with passing a budget. None of the Republicans give a shit if that pig passes or not. They're just trying to throw out the entire remaining agenda.
Nobody has read it, it hasn't had a hearing or public testimony, Eide has the right then to insist on a full reading.
At some point tonight there is a rule about how late you can have floor debate, they can think about that in 4 hours.
It's a secret budget. They expected to pass it in under an hour after the release of the striker.
Loony fucking assholes...send $$$ to they Democratic opponents. Get them the fuck out of there.
How does the saying go? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me 365 times, what the fuck were you thinking?
Dead bills include the Reproductive Parity Act which the Republicans in the Senate wanted to kill in order to help further their war on women.
At some point tonight there is a rule about how late you can have floor debate, they can think about that in 4 hours.
Even former VP Cheney was not so weird ..