Daily Archives: April 6th, 2017

Posted inLegislative Advocacy, Party Politics

Kudos to Senate Democrats for forcing Mitch McConnell to gut his precious filibuster

by Andrew Villeneuve

We need to restore the norms and tra­di­tions of the Sen­ate and get past this unprece­dent­ed par­ti­san fil­i­buster. – Mitch “Fil­i­buster” McConnell, speak­ing ear­li­er today The man who staged an unprece­dent­ed num­ber of par­ti­san fil­i­busters of exec­u­tive and judi­cial nom­i­nees dur­ing Barack Oba­ma’s pres­i­den­cy today pulled the trig­ger on the so-called “nuclear option”, mar­shal­ing Sen­ate Republicans […]

Posted inElections

45th District Democrats unanimously endorse Manka Dhingra for Washington State Senate

by Andrew Villeneuve

Eager to reclaim the Wash­ing­ton State Sen­ate fol­low­ing the treach­ery of Rod­ney Tom and Tim Shel­don, the Demo­c­ra­t­ic grass­roots in Wash­ing­ton’s 45th Dis­trict vot­ed enthu­si­as­ti­cal­ly yes­ter­day evening to endorse Man­ka Dhin­gra, an expe­ri­enced senior deputy pros­e­cut­ing attor­ney who has been mov­ing swift­ly to build a cam­paign focused on amply fund­ing edu­ca­tion and men­tal health. The 45th, which is […]