The Senate has sworn in maverick Democratic Sen. Tim Sheldon to serve as president pro tempore, presiding over the politically divided chamber when Lt. Gov. Brad Owen is away. No one else was nominated but the vote was 38 to 10 – far from unanimous.
The Senate has sworn in maverick Democratic Sen. Tim Sheldon to serve as president pro tempore, presiding over the politically divided chamber when Lt. Gov. Brad Owen is away. No one else was nominated but the vote was 38 to 10 – far from unanimous.
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Washington’s Legislature opened its 105-day session Monday with a bit of friction in the Senate but few fireworks.
Washington’s Legislature opened its 105-day session Monday with a bit of friction in the Senate but few fireworks. Two Democrats defected from their party as expected, joining 23 Republicans to vote themselves into power in the state Senate. The group elevated one of the rebels, Rodney Tom of Medina, to the top post of majority leader and the other, Tim Sheldon of Potlatch, to the largely honorary position of president pro tempore.
The Legislature opens another session at noon Monday facing greater-than-usual uncertainty.
Pierce County Democrats are urging state party leaders to cut off two defecting state senators from access to party money and a database of voter information.
It would be easy to make the latest chapter in the Pam Roach story all about her. Certainly, that’s what the star of the bizarre but repetitive saga would like, as proved yet again by her hour-plus news “conference” last week.
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