A leaner capital gains tax, a second GOP budget and a $5 fine

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OLYMPIA, Feb. 17, 2021 — Good morning.

We’ve made it a third of the way through session.

Senate Democrats are once again whittling away at Gov. Jay Inslee’s agenda. In recent days, they halved his proposed tax to fund public health. They are allowing the continued use of credit scores to set insurance rates — although only to lower them, not raise them — a practice he wanted to end.

And Tuesday, they overhauled his signature capital gains tax proposal to make it apply to fewer people and bring in less money. Inslee said he had not seen it and could not comment.

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https://www.heraldnet.com/news/a-leaner-capital-gains-tax-a-second-gop-budget-and-a-5-fine/

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1. repubs control the legislature? nt

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2. No, but...

...we have a few DINOs in the State Senate (including, unfortunately, the one who represents us) that are enough to cause problems.