Washington Republicans made one last Hail Mary pass to restrict Gov. Jay Inslee’s emergency powers in the final stretch of a historic legislative session.

Calls to hand the reins of Washington’s shutdowns from the grip of the governor over to the state legislature have bled across party lines since the onset of the pandemic. Critics on the left and right have condemned the shutdowns for failing to stop the state’s rising caseload and decimating local businesses. In Olympia, more lawmakers have come to agree their changing health metrics have failed to line up with the hard science Inslee promised to follow more than a year ago.