| Excerpt: | Washingtonians worried about Donald Trump's efforts to destroy the Patient Protection Act can take comfort in knowing that their state government has taken action to protect the health freedoms they gained during the Obama years. |
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| Published at: | 10:12 AM on Friday, April 5th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Tags: | Insurance & Coverage |
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Category Archives: Legislative Advocacy
Bill to enshrine Patient Protection Act provisions into state law heads to Inslee
Senate Democrats unveil their own capital gains tax plan, but it doesn’t fund our schools
| Excerpt: | Levying a capital gains tax on the wealthy is a very good idea, but the Senate Democrats' plan sadly does not dedicate the money to our schools. |
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| Published at: | 1:19 PM on Friday, March 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Republican Jim Walsh’s angry tirades disrupt the work of the Washington State House
| Excerpt: | Recent House floor proceedings have revealed that a Trump-loving member of the Washington State House of Representatives has an anger management problem. |
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| Published at: | 3:39 PM on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Insurance & Coverage |
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VICTORY! Washington State Senate approves legislation to repeal Tim Eyman’s push polls
| Excerpt: | We're halfway towards our objective of sending Governor Jay Inslee legislation to repeal Eyman's push polls, which he falsely calls "advisory votes". |
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| Published at: | 2:53 PM on Friday, March 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, Permanent Defense |
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Bored House Republicans waste our resources on bill mocking statue replacement task force
| Excerpt: | Fourteen of our Republican elected representatives just made fools of themselves by trying their hands at satire, wasting public resources in the process. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Lessons from History |
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Good news: House Democrats introduce bill to create progressive tax reform task force
| Excerpt: | The legislation would create a task force to set Washington on a pathway to developing a credible plan to overhaul our unfair, broken tax code. |
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| Published at: | 3:55 PM on Thursday, February 21st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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U.S. Senate votes to keep the federal government funded through September 2019
| Excerpt: | The legislation would avert another Trump shutdown just three weeks after Congress temporarily voted to reopen the government without funding Trump's wall. |
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| Published at: | 5:25 PM on Thursday, February 14th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility |
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Committee meetings at the Washington State Capitol cancelled for Monday, February 11th
| Excerpt: | Due to snowy weather, the Washington State Legislature will be mostly closed for business on Monday, February 11th, legislative leaders have announced. |
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| Published at: | 9:18 PM on Sunday, February 10th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Snow Closures |
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Trump caves to Democrats, says he’ll sign bill to temporarily reopen the federal government
| Excerpt: | Donald Trump has agreed to temporarily reopen the federal government without money for the construction a wall on the border with Mexico. |
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| Published at: | 1:42 PM on Friday, January 25th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility |
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U.S. Senate fails to advance legislation to reopen the federal government
| Excerpt: | The federal government remains shut down, but the Senate Republicans are splintering, which could mean Congress might soon finally stand up to Trump. |
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| Published at: | 6:34 PM on Thursday, January 24th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility |
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“We are the state that invests in our people”: Jay Inslee delivers 2019 State of the State
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's recap of Governor Jay Inslee's 2019 State of the State Address. |
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| Published at: | 12:30 PM on Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | State of the State Address |
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House Democrats use their new majority to pass bills to reopen the federal government
| Excerpt: | The House acted on two bills: one to re-open and fund the government until September (H. R. 21) and one to fund the Department of Homeland Security without money for a border wall (H. J. Res 1). Each passed easily. |
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| Published at: | 10:00 PM on Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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Bill requiring a clean electric grid clears Washington State House, returns to Senate