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April 26, 2009 in City
State budget sent to governor
OLYMPIA – The Legislature approved a two-year budget late Saturday, with Democrats and Republicans arguing into the night over a blueprint that would whack $4 billion from education, health care and social services.
The budget calls for spending about $35 billion through mid-2011. Budget writers cut, transferred and juggled their way through a $9 billion deficit.
About $5 billion of the shortfall was made up with federal money, raids of outside accounts and other one-time fixes. The balance was covered with cuts that hit virtually every area of government. Nearly $830 million would be left in reserves.
Senate approval came on a nearly party-line 29-20 vote Saturday night, sending the plan to Gov. Chris Gregoire for final approval.
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liarsinnews on April 26 at 7:13 a.m.
Seems to me Gregoire should be replaced. And pronto! My gosh, why didn`t she use her head and cut some of the waste rather than push hot buttons like taking money from our children? For starters, how about junkets, and expense accounts? And for darn sakes, quit spending money for TV ads.