Legislative Commentary

It’s one thing for the news media to report on the possibility of a state-government shutdown, but now organizations with political agendas are trying to make hay out of the situation.

The Washington State Democrats and the activists at a liberal group called Fuse Washington have taken to calling me “Shutdown Schoesler,” behind the ridiculous claim that I have kept our Senate majority from negotiating a new state budget in good faith.

Through their contacts in Olympia, groups like these know full well that Republicans and Democrats have been meeting for many weeks on all aspects of the new bud...