King County Initiative to elect Seattle City Council by districts will likely make ballot How the districts would look Rossi said his counsel has mostly been on on “larger conceptual matters.” Olympian (Tacoma News Tribune), 6-11-13. But they have had an ace in the hole for most of the session this year as their majority locks horns with a Democrat-controlled House and new Democratic governor. Dino Rossi, the Republican who used his work in the 2003 Senate-House budget wars to launch two (failed) gubernatorial campaigns, (and a Senate campaign that went nowhere), has been giving key senators in the Majority Coalition some general advice along the way this year. The Senate Majority Coalition Caucus may be made up of 23 Republicans and two Democrats with limited experience writing budgets or leading a political caucus. And talk about return of the undead? Guess who’s been giving the “Majority Coalition” its budget advice? Rossi Inslee’s entire press conference is on TVW, and all Democrats should watch it. Inslee admits proposed tax hike, increased spending not really just for kids, education: It’s for social services,” tweeted the conservative National Federation of Independent Business, a lobby closely aligned with the Republicans. At his news conference, however, Inslee declared: “It’s very difficult to educate a child who is homeless, hungry and sick. That’s what their (the Senate) budget does.” Seattle P-I, 6-11-13. The Senate Republicans’ wish list, limits on social spending, and tax breaks to special interests, have brought about the prolonged impasse.Exchanges, at Inslee’s news conference and on social media, took on rough tones.“Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday called a second special session and warned of uncharted waters and a partial government shutdown if lawmakers do not complete work and pass a budget by the end of June. “If there is no budget by July 1, the law doesn’t allow us to keep government operating fully,” Inslee said. Inslee put blame squarely on the Republican-dominated coalition that runs the Washington Senate, which has insisted on a bevy of measures - including an Eyman-like measure to limit non-education spending and legislation giving a break to payday lenders - as the price of passing a budget. The Washington State Legislature is going into double overtime, as Gov. See you there.) The State Inslee calls second special session, warns of July 1 shutdown Inslee (Daily Clips will not publish Thursday, June 13, so that the editor can attend the monthly meeting of the 34th District Democrats Wednesday evening.
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