OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Legislature has adjourned a double overtime session, finalizing a budget deal that had lawmakers working all night.
The Legislature adjourned Wednesday, after the Senate passed the measure on a 44-2 bipartisan vote and sent the bill to the governor for her signature. The House earlier passed the negotiated agreement on a 64-34 vote.
Lawmakers worked through the early morning hours passing several bills before taking up the budget.
The flurry of activity over the past two days was the culmination of months of negotiations over how to close a roughly half-billion dollar shortfall for the two-year budget cycle ending June 2013.
