Friday, April 10, 2009

The UI saga, to be continued today

As predicted, yesterday was a long day. Anyone watching the action on TVW saw lots of starts and stops as lawmakers went to the floor, ran a couple bills then returned to caucus.
Lawmakers adjourned at 12:30 this morning after starting, (and then rather abruptly ending) debate on the contentious unemployment insurance bill. (The Seattle Times has a short write-up of the bill, though it has morphed a bit as it's moved through the House and continues to change even now as amendments are added and removed then added back... oh, democracy.)
It's expected that the UI debate will continue today. It's also possible that we'll take up the House Transportation Budget on the floor, another lively debate to look forward to.

Lawmakers are scheduled to be back on the floor at 10 and it's uncertain just how late we'll go today.

Apture