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Post by Logan on May 7, 2017 9:04:51 GMT -6
So goes the special session in Olympia: Lawmakers are redoing work they've already doneThe Legislature’s extended game of chicken entered a new phase Tuesday, with each chamber re-approving several bills it already passed. The likely next step: Lawmakers across the Capitol rotunda will keep ignoring those measures for the next several weeks. So goes the game of special sessions in Olympia, in which lawmakers redo work they’ve already done while waiting for leaders to come to a deal on a state budget. Because of procedural rules, bills that passed one chamber but not the other during the Legislature’s regular 105-day session must be re-approved when lawmakers reconvene in overtime. Read more here: www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article148194199.html
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