Washington Republicans vote
Most, but not all, of the state’s Republican representatives rejected the legislation.
The bill was heard in the House College and Workforce Development Committee, as well as in the chamber’s Appropriations Committee. Rep. Kelly Chambers, R-Puyallup, who sits on both, voted against the proposal, preferring to support measures that put money in people’s pockets so they can run their households.
“Right now, with inflation, with supply chain issues, with affordability in Washington, we’re just seeing the squeeze on typical, working families in Washington,” she said in an interview with Crosscut.
Chambers noted that the state has made recent investments in higher education. In 2019, legislators passed the
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