GOP lawmakers are getting tired of Inslee's pandemic powers
OLYMPIA — Republican legislative leaders in Washington have called on Gov. Jay Inslee to convene a special legislative session as soon as mid-June to work on budget and other coronavirus-related issues.
The announcement Thursday comes as GOP lawmakers grow increasingly critical of Inslee’s steps to gradually restart the economy amid a massive spike in unemployment and preliminary projections showing a $7-billion state budget shortfall over the next three years, The Seattle Times reported.
“The Legislature has been kept on the sidelines for more than two months while the governor exercised emergency powers long past the time when his original goal of ‘flattening the curve’ was realized and hospital resources were not overwhelmed,” Senate GOP Leader Mark Schoesler, of Ritzville, said in a statement. “It is time for the legislative branch to intervene.”
Republican leaders and many lawmakers supported Inslee’s efforts early in the pandemic.
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