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Couture: This Harmful Budget Won't Make Anything More Affordable in Washington!

House Republican Budget Leader Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, led the fight for Republicans Saturday, in the more than 9 hour debate on the majority Democrats' proposed budget. Couture and House Republicans orchestrated a battle plan via amendments to try to limit the damage from the $80 billion dollar spending plan Couture described as being built on quicksand due to its reliance on billions from an unconstitutional income tax and legally questionable raid of law enforcement and firefighter pension. While Democrats did accept amendments to help crime victims and the developmentally disabled they rejected nearly 20 others that would have helped with affordbility, including a sales tax break, gas tax rebate, and $2 billion in property tax relief. Democrats also rejected Republican amendments to protect classrooms, restore Medicaid funding for the most vulnerable, stop fraud, truly invest in more law enforcement, and save babies and toddlers from fentanyl amid a record number of fentanyl-related deaths of children involved in Washington's child welfare system. Watch Rep. Couture's fight for Washingtonians.