State Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage

Ross Reynolds
02/02/2012 at 12:00 p.m.

The Washington State Senate Passes Same–Sex Marriage Bill: NPR's Austin Jenkins explains what happens next.

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Coping With Government Layoffs: Cutting government budgets solves one problem but creates another. Suddenly there are unemployed government workers. We'll hear how government layoffs have affected Washington, Oregon and Idaho. NPR's Chris Lehman, Emilie Ritter Saunders and Austin Jenkins report.