After more than an hour of reading the Senate Republican supplemental operating budget proposal, Lt. Governor Brad Owen called a halt and the Senate resumed business.
Standing for a point of personal privilege, Senator Tracey Eide, D-Federal Way, expressed her dismay at the way the afternoon's proceedings had unfolded. Senator Ed Murray, D-Seattle, shared Eide's concerns, saying this was no way to write a budget and totally left out the public's voice and Senate deliberations.
The Senate is "milling" right now, as both sides of the aisle decide next steps.
On the other side of the Capitol building, the House adjourned shortly after 5 p.m. They will meet Saturday at 9 a.m. In House Ways and Means, and will be on the floor at 12:30 p.m.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee was scheduled to meet tomorrow at 1:30 p.m., but that meeting may be in jeopardy due to the afternoon's events.
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