US EditionRepublicans walk out after WA House committee votes to close center for people with disabilities
- Republican lawmakers walked out of a committee meeting on Wednesday, April 23.
- They protested the committee's approval of a bill to close the Rainier School.
- This state-run facility serves residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- The House Appropriations Committee approved the bill by a 17-14 vote.
- The bill moves to the House floor before the legislative session ends Sunday.
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Republicans walk out after WA House committee votes to close center for people with disabilities
Republican lawmakers walked out of a committee meeting in the Washington Legislature on Wednesday to protest approval of a bill that would close a residential center for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read more...
Republicans walk out after WA House committee votes to close center for people with disabilities • Washington State Standard
Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, speaks on the House floor in an undated photo. He was among the Republicans who walked out of a House Appropriations Committee meeting this week in protest of a bill that would close a facility in Pierce County for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (Photo courtesy of Legislative Support Services)Republican lawmakers walked out of a committee meeting in the Washington Legislature on Wednesday t…
Republicans walk out after Washington state House committee votes to close center for people with disabilities - The Daily Chronicle
Republican lawmakers walked out of a committee meeting in the Washington Legislature on Wednesday to protest approval of a bill that would close a residential center for people with intellectual and …
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