The Seattle Times reports that Democrats in Olympia are looking to Republican Sen. Bill Finkbeiner to help them pass the Anderson-Murray Civil Rights Bill, which would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing, and public accommodations.Democrats, who excoriated him for defeating the bill when it died by one vote on the Senate floor in April, are now banking on Finkbeiner as its savior when the measure is reintroduced this coming legislative session. The Legislature convenes Jan. 9 for a 60-day session.
"The X factor will be Sen. Finkbeiner," said state Sen. Erik Poulsen, D-Seattle, a key negotiator in the Senate last year for the bill, which would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Finkbeiner twice voted for the bill while serving in the state House of Representatives. Currently, he represents the 45th Legislative District (Redmond, Kirkland and rural parts of King County) in the Senate.
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