| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and Recovering America's Wildlife Act along with Senate passage of the Honoring our Pact Act. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, June 19th, 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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Category Archives: Legislative Advocacy
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 13th-17th)
Bipartisan group of U.S. Senators announces deal to advance modest gun safety package
| Excerpt: | Considering that the Senate has done pretty much nothing to protect Americans from the scourge of gun violence for decades, this is indeed a breakthrough. It is far from enough, but it is a start... and we have to start somewhere. |
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| Published at: | 3:31 PM on Sunday, June 12th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods, Secure Firearms Ownership |
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Joe Manchin joins Republicans to defeat Women’s Health Protection Act in U.S. Senate
| Excerpt: | The bill, known as the Women's Health Protection Act, had been expected to get filibustered. Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer staged the vote anyway to put Republicans on record as opposed to reproductive rights |
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| Published at: | 2:54 PM on Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Privacy, Reproductive Rights |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 2nd-6th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included Senate confirmation of three Biden nominees and the passage of multiple Republican-sponsored motions to instruct conferees on the negotiations for the America Competes Act. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, May 8th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (April 4th-8th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included Senate confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court and House passage of a resolution holding two Trump aides in contempt of Congress. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, April 10th, 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 (March 28th – April 1st)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of the Affordable Insulin Now Act (H.R. 6833) and Senate passage of the tech and manufacturing-focused America COMPETES Act (H.R. 4521). |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, April 3rd, 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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A win for the Emerald City’s trees: Seattle will soon require registration for tree removal
| Excerpt: | The implementation of Council Bill 120207 will make the tree care industry in Seattle more accountable and its collective conduct more transparent to residents. |
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| Published at: | 5:46 PM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Conservation, Green Development |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (March 21st — 25th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included Senate confirmation of Alison Nathan to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals, along with confirmation of over half a dozen district court judge nominees. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, March 27th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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A late winter thaw in Congress yields another long-haul win for Senator Patty Murray
| Excerpt: | Last week, Congress approved an omnibus budget bill, long-overdue legislation to rescue the Postal Service, and a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). |
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| Published at: | 4:28 PM on Monday, March 21st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Nondiscrimination, United States Postal Service |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (March 14th-18th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act and Senate confirmation of Shalanda Young to be OMB Director, along with the approvals of two Biden judicial nominees to sit on the federal district court bench in California. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, March 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 (March 7th-11th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included congressional passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2471), Senate passage of the Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 3076), and House passage of the Suspending Energy Imports From Russia Act (H.R. 6968). |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, March 13th, 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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Move Ahead Washington transportation package gets final legislative approval
| Excerpt: | The package's revenue bill passed 54-54 in the House and 29-20 in the Senate, while its appropriations bill passed 57-41 in the House and 30-19 in the Senate. |
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| Published at: | 7:45 PM on Thursday, March 10th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Two NPI priority bills get concurrence and head to Governor Jay Inslee for signature
| Excerpt: | Senate Bill 5228 (providing flexible new revenue authority to Sound Transit) and House Bill 1630 (prohibiting the carrying of weapons at local government meetings and election sites) have completed their journey through the legislative process. |
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| Published at: | 7:22 PM on Monday, March 7th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods, Secure Firearms Ownership, Transportation |
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Washingtonians remain supportive of a capital gains tax on the wealthy, despite right wing efforts to overturn ESSB 5096