| Excerpt: | How did United States Representatives from the Pacific Northwest vote on two resolutions seeking Donald Trump's removal? Find out in this edition of Last Week In Congress. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 17th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Impeachment, Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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Monthly Archives: January 2021
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted on Donald Trump’s removal
Loren Culp, Stephen Pidgeon scrap their absurd lawsuit against elections officials
| Excerpt: | In an attempt to explain their retreat, Culp and Pidgeon offered a plethora of excuses to their rabid right wing followers during a Facebook Live event, none of which were true. |
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| Published at: | 3:49 PM on Friday, January 15th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Litigation |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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NPI again urges Washington State Legislature to embrace equity with a capital gains tax
| Excerpt: | Voters in Washington State have told the Northwest Progressive Institute they support a capital gains tax on the wealthy for six years running. It's time to act. |
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| Published at: | 6:40 PM on Thursday, January 14th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Republican lawmakers are still harping about building access, even after attack on Capitol
| Excerpt: | So much for "Law and Order!" and respecting law enforcement. Once again, Republicans have proven that they are wholly unwilling to accept the rules and standards that they want to impose on everybody else. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Thursday, January 14th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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America’s wrong wing tries bevy of ploys to recover from the trashing of the U.S. Capitol
| Excerpt: | How does the right -- or, more accurately, wrong -- wing plan to regroup with President-elect Joe Biden assuming office? |
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| Published at: | 9:21 PM on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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Donald Trump has become the first person holding the presidency to be impeached twice
| Excerpt: | Voting two hundred and thirty-two to one hundred and ninety-seven, the House agreed to transmit a single new article of impeachment to the Senate. Every Democrat who participated in the vote backed the article, along with ten Republicans who crossed over. |
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| Published at: | 1:53 PM on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Impeachment |
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Jaime Herrera Beutler will be one of the Republicans voting to impeach Donald Trump
| Excerpt: | We still don't know how many Republicans will vote to impeach. But we do know that at least one from our region will be among their number, and that is Jaime Herrera Beutler, who represents the 3rd Congressional District, spanning Southwest Washington. |
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| Published at: | 11:46 PM on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Impeachment |
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NPI calls on Pacific Northwest congressional delegation to impeach Donald Trump — again
| Excerpt: | Read a letter from the leadership of the Northwest Progressive Institute to the region's members of Congress urging them to impeach Donald Trump for a second time. |
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| Published at: | 9:36 PM on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Impeachment |
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Progressive champion Representative Pramila Jayapal has tested positive for COVID-19
| Excerpt: | Sad news to share: our own Representative Pramila Jayapal says that she has tested positive for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Read her full statement. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, Accountable Leaders |
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2021 legislative session begins in Olympia with a series of defeats for pro-Trump forces
| Excerpt: | After months of planning and preparation, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate gaveled their respective chambers to order and promptly proceeded to adopt rules providing for the first ever mostly remote legislative session |
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| Published at: | 8:21 PM on Monday, January 11th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Opening Ceremonies |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (January 4th-8th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included adoption of House rules for the 117th Congress and the defeat of two objections to the counting of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' Electoral College votes. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 10th, 2021 |
| 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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Trump’s deplatforming accelerates as Twitter finally bans him and several of his associates
| Excerpt: | "In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action," the company said in a statement announcing its action. |
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| Published at: | 8:45 PM on Friday, January 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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Scramble for the Senate: Democrats finally prevail in their quest to regain a majority
| Excerpt: | With the victories of Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, the Democrats have secured tenuous control of the upper house of Congress. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, January 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Tags: | GA-Sen, Scramble for the Senate |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nonviolent direct action is what makes negotiation possible