'Roadkill' Democrats Want Spending Reform With Tax Hike
Washington lawmakers have adjourned their special session without re-balancing the state budget -– as the governor had demanded. Instead, majority Democrats took a modest bite out of the $1.4 billion shortfall.
But they left the tough decisions for January. That's when a group of fiscally conservative Democrats will hold particular sway. They call themselves the "Roadkill Caucus" because they've often felt run over by the left and the right. Now they're standing up.