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Category: Legislative Advocacy

Danny Westneat: Forsaking the legislative process will yield bad results

March 4th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Legislative Advocacy

This is a bad road we’re going down. For all their foibles, legislatures are still better places to solve public problems than the alternatives. They

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Nancy Pelosi to Republicans: “You have made a mess”

February 28th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Legislative Advocacy

You have made a mess. — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, scolding Republicans for manufacturing a Department of Homeland Security funding crisis (via The Associated

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Pennsylvania Republican chides his colleagues: “It’s time for all these D.C. games to end”

February 27th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Legislative Advocacy

I think a lot of people around here have to get serious about governing… It’s time for all these D.C. games to end, all these

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Boehner Says Homeland Security Could Go Unfunded – Washington Wire – WSJ

February 16th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Legislative Advocacy

With only four legislative days left until the Republican Homeland Security Shutdown, Speaker Boehner made it clear that he has no plan to avoid a

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Surprise! Even with control of both houses of Congress, Republicans still consumed by internal strife

February 14th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Open Government

Surprise! Even with control of both houses of Congress, Republicans still consumed by internal strife As the first few weeks of the 114th Congress have

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Oregon Democrats plan to put their bigger legislative majorities to good use

February 2nd, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, Legislative Advocacy

Oregon Democrats plan to put their bigger legislative majorities to good use Last year, the Oregon Democratic Party did something remarkable. In an election year

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A rising economy lifts Obama going into State of the Union Night

January 20th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Legislative Advocacy

Bottom line: You can hardly tell from our NBC/WSJ poll that the Republican Party was the big winner from the midterm elections just two months

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Democrats plan tough votes for Republicans on Keystone pipeline bill

January 12th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment

Democrats plan tough votes for Republicans on Keystone pipeline bill The Hill looks at some of the amendments Democrats plan on putting before the Senate

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Brad Owen tells The News Tribune: Constitution trumps Senate rules

January 12th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Legislative Advocacy

A rule can never supersede or nullify the Constitution. — Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen, explaining to Melissa Santos of The News Tribune that the Legislature’s

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Must-see chart: Washington state and local tax collections as a share of personal income

December 18th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Legislative Advocacy
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Elizabeth Warren to House Democrats: Kill the “cromnibus”

December 11th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Open Government

Now, the House of Representatives is about to show us the worst of government for the rich and powerful. The House is about to vote

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California offers budgetary lessons for U.S., Stanford professor says

December 4th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy

California offers budgetary lessons for U.S., Stanford professor says A Stanford law professor says California Proposition 30, passed in 2012, is worth emulating at the

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