[Superman]

Legislative sessions usually begin with grandstanding like this. Pet legislation. Eventually, there comes deadlines when a bill has to be out of committee, or out of its house of origin. Bills that don't make it by this time are dead. Things start to get more serious once this has happened. Then finally, every two years in Washington State, the budget has to be written. That's the part where the fun really stops and they are forced to quit playing fun games and instead roll up their sleeves and get to work. If they had done that in January, they'd be better off, but they cannot seem to resist playing around.