 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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DEMOCRATS LOOK EAST FOR A SEAT TO END LOGJAM.(News)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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April 27, 1999| Author:
Shapley, Thomas; Stiffler, Lisa
| COPYRIGHT 1999 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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The solution to breaking the 49-49 tie that bound the House of Representatives during the 1999 regular session may lie in a sprawling district at the eastern edge of the state and a special election this fall.
If Democrats can wrest that House seat away from the Republican who now holds it, they would gain a two-seat majority. That would end the power-sharing agreement that slowed legislation in the 1999 session and frustrated lawmakers of both parties.
Only ...
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