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	<title>The Capitol Record &#187; cuts</title>
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		<title>Senate passed the budget cuts, transfers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate just took up House Bill 2058, which makes about $480 million in fund transfers and cuts. To kick off debate, Sen. Ed Murray said the state&#8217;s unemployment rate has just dropped to 8.7 percent, as reported by the Associated Press. &#8220;It&#8217;s not low enough, but it&#8217;s definitely movement,&#8221; he said. Murray said the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House passed budget cuts &#8212; now, it&#8217;s the Senate&#8217;s turn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House is now on the floor, taking up HB 2058, the $480 million in cuts and fund transfers negotiated over special session. You can watch live on TVW. Rep. Charles Ross brought up an amendment (that had previously failed in committee) to cut funding to Commute Trip Reduction (also here). The program provides incentives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House budget writing committee passes bill to cut, transfer $480 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Ways and Means committee is getting ready to vote on the bill to make about $480 million in fund transfers and spending reductions. Before the vote, Rep. Gary Alexander said he was disappointed that lawmakers weren&#8217;t doing more. He said the $1.4 billion problem needs to be addressed &#8212; and that lawmakers are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on budget cut hearings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Ways and Means committee held a brief hearing on its version of cuts and transfers and has now moved on to public testimony on the Involuntary Treatment Act. The House budget writing committee is now hearing about the Federal Main Street Fairness Act &#8212; if Congress passes the bill, it could bring $400 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House, Senate release nearly $500 million in cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised by Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown last week, the legislature has released a list of cuts and fund transfers to consider during special session. The grand total? $479 million. The House and Senate drafts should be available online soon. I&#8217;ll be sifting through the cuts and transfers and posting more. In the meantime, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated: More than 150 people sign up to testify on Gov. Chris Gregoire&#8217;s budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire&#8217;s budget is up for hearing in the House Ways and Means Committee. Rep. Ross Hunter said there are about 160 people signed up to testify &#8212; each will get 2 minutes to give their perspective on the cuts proposed last week. I&#8217;ll be updating this post with some of the testimony, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gregoire: Slashing budget by $2 billion is &#8220;dreadful&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/10/gregoire-slashing-budget-by-2-billion-was-dreadful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire is unveiling her preferred cuts budget now. Watch live on TVW. &#8220;Another $2 billion in the hole and citizens will get a lot less of what they expect,&#8221; she said. &#8220;This morning, it&#8217;s not about cold, hard numbers: This is very personal. We&#8217;re talking about real Washingtonians.&#8221; She said these cuts will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s Q&amp;A: Senate budget writing chair Ed Murray</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s Q&#38;A is with Sen. Ed Murray, the Seattle Democrat who chairs the Senate budget writing committee. Murray talked about the budget hearing earlier this week, where lawmakers got a sense of the cuts agencies are proposing. We also talked about taxes, same-sex marriage and more. Next week, I&#8217;ll speak with a Republican budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State agencies asked to find another 10 percent in cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/08/state-agencies-asked-to-find-another-10-percent-in-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state budget picture must not be looking good: Marty Brown at the Office of Financial Management has sent out a memo on behalf of Gov. Chris Gregoire asking all state agency directors to submit a proposal for 5 percent &#8220;first priority&#8221; cuts &#8212; and an additional 5 percent cut for a total of 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An update on the legislative timeline</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/01/an-update-on-the-legislative-timeline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a lot of talk about needing to take quick action, and we&#8217;re starting to get an idea of exactly how quick budgets will start to move. Marty Brown, the governor&#8217;s budget director, told the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday that Feb. 4 was a good deadline for a supplemental budget. Today, Gov. [...]]]></description>
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