I think all legislators are equal and their votes ought to be counted the same.
— Washington Governor Jay Inslee, explaining on TVW’s The Impact why he supports majority rule and opposes Doug Ericksen and Michael Baumgartner’s scheme to require a two-thirds procedural vote to move any bill that raises revenue. The scheme would transfer power from the many to the few, hence Inslee’s comments that every lawmaker’s vote should be equal.
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