Washington's Legislature staggered toward final adjournment Sunday night, pushing past a staredown between Senate and House Democrats that threatened to derail the 105-day session at its very end.

The political brawl was centered on proposed changes to a voter-approved clean-energy initiative, a bill being pushed by Senate leadership. Initiative 937 directs utilities with more than 25,000 customers to get 15 percent of their power from new sources such as wind or solar by 2020.

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