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	<title>The Capitol Record &#187; special session</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 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>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>Senate Majority Leader: Budget writers are close on a package of cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House and Senate budget writers are close to a compromise on several hundred million dollars in cuts, according to Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown. Brown held a press availability this morning. She said that budget writers are neither ready to adopt Gov. Chris Gregoire&#8217;s full package of cuts to bridge the $2 billion spending gap [...]]]></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>Gov.: I&#8217;m calling a special session to begin on Nov. 28</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/09/gov-im-calling-a-special-session-to-begin-on-nov-28/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire says she&#8217;s calling a special session to begin on Nov. 28. Why that date? &#8220;We need to get a budget done well before Christmas,&#8221; she said, but they also need the benefit of seeing the November revenue forecast. &#8220;I have met with all four caucus leaders and all four budget leaders,&#8221; she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today at 9:30 a.m.: Gov. Gregoire will talk about the next steps in the budget</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/09/today-at-930-a-m-gov-gregoire-will-talk-about-the-next-steps-in-the-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today at 9:30 a.m., tune to TVW to watch Gov. Chris Gregoire hold a media availability on &#8220;next steps&#8221; in the budget. This comes a week after the state&#8217;s chief economic forecaster predicted the state will see about $1.4 billion less in revenue over the next two years. Tune in today and read all about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hear what Rep. Ross Hunter has to say about Sine Die, the budget and more &#8212; right here</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/05/hear-what-rep-ross-hunter-has-to-say-about-sine-die-the-budget-and-more-right-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/05/hear-what-rep-ross-hunter-has-to-say-about-sine-die-the-budget-and-more-right-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 17:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enjoy!]]></description>
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		<title>Senate, House leaders unveil the budget agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/05/senate-house-leaders-unveil-the-budget-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/05/senate-house-leaders-unveil-the-budget-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 17:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the House and Senate are meeting right now &#8212; at 10 a.m. &#8212; to unveil their budget agreement. You can watch live on TVW or at TVW.org. Or read-along here. Sen. Ed Murray began the press conference. &#8220;This process didn&#8217;t take a long time because of partisan disagreements &#8230; but how do you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gregoire calls for the special session to start Tuesday at 9 a.m.</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/04/gregoire-calls-for-the-special-session-will-start-tuesday-at-9-a-m/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/04/gregoire-calls-for-the-special-session-will-start-tuesday-at-9-a-m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire just held a press conference to discuss the end of the regular legislative session and the timing of the special session. She was joined by the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the House. The governor said she will call lawmakers back in for a special session beginning Tuesday at 9 a.m., with [...]]]></description>
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