Survival of the fittest: Both sides prep for state budget battle

Today, the Democratic-controlled Washington House will likely pass the $34.5 billion 2013-2015 budget it unveiled two days ago.

The House's Republican minority will gripe and make symbolic gestures against the size of that budget, complaining that it is too big and will hurt business too much by eliminating tax exemptions and extending a beer and a business-and-operations tax for service-related firms.