Builders Say Dems Playing Payback with Retro Rebate Disclosure Bill

A Washington state employer group that donated $7 million to the losing Republican candidate for governor says Democratic lawmakers are playing payback with a bill that would prevent it from spending any revenue from workers' compensation administration fees on political causes.Democrats say they are simply trying to return the “Retrospective Rating Program” that created the group to its true purpose.The Senate Labor and Commerce Committee is expected to vote today on Senate Bill 6035 by Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle. The bill would prohibit organizations that administer r...