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• Obama wants Medicare changes, tax increases

  April 13, 2011 in News Forcefully rejecting Republican budget-cutting plans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed lowering the nation’s future deficits by $4 trillion over a dozen years and vowed he would not allow benefit … 66

• ‘Impasse’ endures amid budget talks

  March 24, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Most legislators took a couple days of “rolling recess” this week, staying away from the Capitol while their leaders tried to bridge the two opposing views on solving … 1

• Gregoire lays out tax plan

  February 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington should tax candy, bottled water and soda, and raise taxes on toxic substances like petroleum as part of a “balanced approach” to the worst economic times in … 8

• Senators wrangle into night on I-960

  February 11, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – The Senate was forced to work late into the night to fix a self-inflicted problem in the Democrats’ key bill thus far this legislative session. After voting Tuesday … 8

• Panel OKs tax increase reform

  February 9, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – A plan that would make it easier to raise taxes cleared a key Senate panel Monday and is ready for its first full floor debate. Republicans on the … 3