Senate Ways and Means passes bill that would ease way for tax increases!

The Washington State Senate Ways and Means Committee on Monday afternoon approved Senate Bill 6843, which would suspend Tim Eyman's Initiative 960 and let lawmakers increase taxes with a simple majority vote.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6843&year=2010
The measure now goes to the full Senate for consideration.
Here are three floor speeches from Republican Senators against SB 6843:
5th District State Senator Cheryl Pflug delivers her floor speech against the passage of Senate Bill 6843, which would suspend the taxpayer protection law created by Initiative 960.

Sen. Joseph Zarelli's floor speech against SB 6843

Sen. Curtis King's floor speech against SB 6843