Both houses of the Legislature mainly along party lines passed this year's workers' compensation benefit increase bill in a single day yesterday.By the end of Monday, the State Senate had passed AB 749 on a 23-14 vote. Despite objections from Republican members, the bill passed due to the influence Senate President Pro Tem John Burton holds over the upper house and because it was his pet legislation.Next the Assembly Insurance Committee hastily met -- without prior public notice, it
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