Excerpt: | The week's major votes included legislation to protect U.S. elections against attack and an emergency package to address the humanitarian crisis on the southwest border. |
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Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, June 30th, 2019 |
Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Monthly Archives: June 2019
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 24th-28th)
We’re watching the second night of the first 2020 Democratic presidential debate. Join us!
Excerpt: | NPI staff are watching and sharing impressions of the debate as it progresses, which will take place over the course of two nights in Miami, Florida. |
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Published at: | 6:06 PM on Thursday, June 27th, 2019 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Democratic Presidential Debates, US-Pres |
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We’re watching the first night of the first 2020 Democratic presidential debate. Join us!
Excerpt: | NPI staff are watching and sharing impressions of the debate as it progresses, which will take place over the course of two nights in Miami, Florida. |
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Published at: | 5:45 PM on Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Democratic Presidential Debates, US-Pres |
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U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera-Beutler returns from multi-week maternity leave
Excerpt: | Washington State's congressional delegation is back at full strength now that Jaime Herrera-Beutler has returned to work with her newborn daughter Isana. |
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Published at: | 2:13 PM on Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | NE-02, NY-24, PA-01, TX-10, TX-22, TX-23, TX-31, WA-03 |
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Don’t want our public discourse dominated by the right wing? Then don’t use their language
Excerpt: | Words matter. Words mean things. Words are like flags for ideas. That's why an alliance of women's rights organizations is asking the BBC to stop using loaded language in its reporting. |
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Published at: | 1:17 PM on Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Media & Culture |
Tags: | Reframing 101 |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 17th-21st)
Excerpt: | Find out how our region's United States Representatives and Senators voted in this installment of our recurring feature Last Week In Congress. |
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Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 |
Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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VICTORY! Cap and invest bill clears Oregon State House of Representatives
Excerpt: | By a vote of thirty-six to twenty-four, lawmakers in Oregon's more populous legislative chamber advanced House Bill 2020, a landmark climate justice bill. |
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Published at: | 11:46 PM on Monday, June 17th, 2019 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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SIFF Documentary Review: Reconnect to the effort to save Alaska’s salmon with The Wild
Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of The Wild, a new film by Mark Titus that examines the renewed campaign to stop the proposed Pebble Mine from inflicting massive damage on Alaska's Bristol Bay. |
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Published at: | 7:03 PM on Sunday, June 16th, 2019 |
Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
Categories: | Our Environment, Views & Reviews |
Tags: | Conservation, Seattle International Film Festival |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 10th-14th)
Excerpt: | Find out how our region's United States Representatives and Senators voted in this installment of our recurring feature Last Week In Congress. |
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Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, June 16th, 2019 |
Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Book Review: With “No One at the Wheel”, the rich can steal the roads from us — if we let them
Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of No One At The Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future by Samuel Schwartz. |
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Published at: | 8:30 PM on Saturday, June 15th, 2019 |
Written by: | David A Johnson |
Categories: | Views & Reviews |
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Oregon poised to enact groundbreaking “cap and invest” legislation with HB 2020
Excerpt: | It's time to accelerate the clean energy revolution in the Pacific Northwest! Let's get HB 2020 passed and to the desk of Governor Kate Brown to be signed into law. |
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Published at: | 2:33 PM on Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power |
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Book Review: We can still make “A Bright Future” with nuclear energy