Thank you to those of you who contacted Senate leaders to tell them not to gut Initiative 960, the initiative that protects taxpayers by requiring a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to raise taxes. Now, we in the House have received this legislation -- Senate Bill 6130. And we will not do so quietly. 

I just came out of a meeting with Speaker Frank Chopp (D-Seattle) and Minority Leader Richard DeBolt (R-Chehalis), along with my fellow Republican Floor Leader Charles Ross (R-Naches)....

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