Nice to see the emotional lefties didn't get there way after what happened to the four cops in Washington State.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420a...ngs_stand.html

(Re-directed from http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13428)

Budget challenge lies ahead for Legislature

By BRIAN EVERSTINE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- With the Legislature's session half over, the biggest problem confronting lawmakers - filling a $2.8 billion budget hole - is largely unresolved.

But that doesn't mean they've been idle. In long committee hearings and late-night floor sessions, lawmakers have mostly focused on other high-profile issues, hoping to get them resolved before focusing on the budget.

Among the hot topics: new laws in response to last year's fatal shootings of four Lakewood police officers, changing tuition-setting control for major universities and expanding laws aimed at distracted drivers.

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BILLS THAT APPEAR DEAD: Here are a few bills that did not have the support to make it to a floor vote in either the House or Senate.

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- ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN: An attempt to ban "military style" assault weapons died in committee despite high-profile killings in Seattle last year involving such weapons. Gun-rights advocates packed a a Senate Judiciary Committee and several senators vowed that the bill would not pass in this or any year.