Democracy Lost: Washington Lawmakers Over Rule Voters

Seeded on Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:36 PM EST (msnbc.com)

The Washington state Senate worked late last night to suspend a voter- approved initiative to limit taxes... Voters passed Initiative 960 in 2007 to require that two-thirds of the Legislature approve any tax increase.

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