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Scenes from the final day: Awaiting the budget vote

Sens. Lisa Brown and Mike Hewitt wait for the vote on the budget, late in the evening on the final day of the session. (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)
By Jim Camden jimc@spokesman.com(509) 879-7461
Sens. Lisa Brown and Mike Hewitt wait for the vote on the budget, late in the evening on the final day of the session. (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)
Sens. Lisa Brown and Mike Hewitt wait for the vote on the budget, late in the evening on the final day of the session. (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)

OLYMPIA — Late Wednesday evening, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown of Spokane and Senate Minority Leader Mike Hewitt of Walla Walla wait for the vote on the 2011-13 operating budget worked out in a series of compromises between both parties.

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