| Excerpt: | Read NPI's founder's remarks in support of Senate Joint Resolution 8202, a proposed constitutional amendment which declares that "the state shall not deny or interfere with an individual's reproductive freedom decisions." |
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| Published at: | 2:30 PM on Tuesday, January 24th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Legislative Testimony, Reproductive Rights |
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NPI urges Senate to advance constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (January 9th-13th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of a Republican bill to roll back part of the Inflation Reduction Act and the adoption of several antiabortion resolutions pushed by Republicans. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 15th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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NPI-requested bill to repeal Eyman’s push polls moves out of Senate State Government
| Excerpt: | After getting a hearing on the second day of session earlier this week, the bill was reported out of the Senate State Government & Elections Committee with a "do pass" majority recommendation. |
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| Published at: | 5:45 PM on Friday, January 13th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Tim Eyman's Push Polls |
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McCarthy’s uneasy majority tries to give rich tax cheats a gift as its first legislative act
| Excerpt: | “Only this extreme Republican majority would use its first bill of the 118th Congress to embolden tax cheats and cut services for working Americans: For decades, Republicans have been cutting necessary resources from the IRS,” Representative Suzan DelBene, D-Washington, a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said in a statement. |
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| Published at: | 8:46 AM on Thursday, January 12th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Governor Inslee delivers first in-person State of the State Address since pandemic’s onset
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's recap of the annual address delivered by Washington Governor Jay Inslee to a joint session of the Legislature on the second day of the 2023 legislative session. |
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| Published at: | 5:30 PM on Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Kamil Zaidi |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | State of the State Address |
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NPI to Legislature: Let’s make voting in WA easier by abolishing Eyman’s “advisory votes”
| Excerpt: | Read the written version of the testimony prepared by NPI's founder and executive director in support of NPI's 2023 bill to repeal Tim Eyman's "advisory votes." |
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| Published at: | 2:30 PM on Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, Permanent Defense, Research Poll Findings, Tim Eyman's Push Polls |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (January 3rd-7th)
| Excerpt: | The week's only consequential vote was the fifteenth attempt to elect a Speaker of the House, which ended in a Pyrrhic victory for Republican Kevin McCarthy. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 8th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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Washington State House Democrats set committee assignments for 2023 session
| Excerpt: | Several committees have been given new names and scopes, and several have new chairs. The membership of most committees has also changed in the wake of retirements and the election of new members to the House. Here's a summary of those changes. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Committee Assignments |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (December 5th-9th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House final passage of the Respect for Marriage Act and Senate confirmation of more than half a dozen of President Biden's judicial nominees. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 11th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (Nov. 28th — Dec. 2nd)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included congressional adoption of a resolution to avert a rail strike, Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, and House votes on bills to advance human rights and pregnancy care. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 4th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Washington State Senate Democrats announce leadership changes, committee assignments for 2023 legislative session
| Excerpt: | Fresh of an outstanding midterm election cycle in which every frontline Democratic senator's reelection was secured, the Washington State Senate Democrats on December 1st announced a set of leadership changes for the 2023 session along with the caucus' complete committee assignments. |
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| Published at: | 7:36 PM on Thursday, December 1st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Committee Assignments, Legislative Leadership Elections |
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Washington State Supreme Court rules capital gains tax on wealthy can be collected for now
| Excerpt: | The ruling, requested by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, frees the Department of Revenue (DOR) to proceed with collecting the new capital gains tax, which is a crucial new funding source for education, preschool, and early learning. |
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| Published at: | 1:36 PM on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (November 14th-18th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of the Speak Out Act and the Lymphedema Treatment Act as well as the Senate's invocation of cloture on the Respect for Marriage Act. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 20th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (January 23rd-27th)