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Let’s think + act beyond presidential politics to build a progressive agenda for America

Excerpt:	In this thoughtful longread, MLK County Democratic Chair Shasti Conrad outlines a path forward for progressive activists and movement leaders following the suspension of the Sanders and Warren campaigns.
Published at:	5:00 PM on Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Written by:	Shasti Conrad
Other Categories:	Elections, Party Politics
Tags:	Partybuilding, US-Pres
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 18th-22nd)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included the Mitch McConnell engineered confirmations of Trump nominees John Ratcliffe (to be DNI) and James Trainor (to the FEC).
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, May 24th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
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 (May 11th-15th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included House approval of the HEROES Act (a coronavirus relief package) and Senate approval of a flawed domestic surveillance reauthorization bill.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, May 17th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
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 (May 4th-8th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included the confirmation of the director of the NCSC as well as the failure of an attempt to override Donald Trump's veto of a resolution to reassert Congress' power to declare war.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, May 10th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
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 20th-24th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included House passage of a resolution to establish a committee to oversee trillions of dollars in COVID-19 response funding and the fourth coronavirus aid package (H.R. 266).
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, April 26th, 2020
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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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (March 23rd-27th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes consisted of House and Senate passage of the The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, H.R. 748.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, March 29th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
Other Categories:	Series & Special Reports
Tags:	Last Week In Congress, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes
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U.S. Senate unanimously adopts gargantuan $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package

Excerpt:	The legislation now goes to the United States House of Representatives for further consideration. It is backed by Donald Trump.
Published at:	10:30 PM on Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Other Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense
Tags:	2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Budgeting, Disaster Recovery, Fiscal Responsibility, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (March 16th-20th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included Senate approval of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the rejection of several amendments to the Act.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, March 22nd, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
Other Categories:	Series & Special Reports
Tags:	Last Week In Congress, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes
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Elizabeth Warren proposes conditions for bailouts of big firms due to COVID-19 impacts

Excerpt:	The senior United States Senator from Massachusetts says it would be irresponsible to offer federal aid with no conditions, as Congress unwisely did twelve years ago.
Published at:	11:44 AM on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Other Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity
Tags:	Disaster Recovery, Ethical Business, Fiscal Responsibility, Global Health
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (March 9th-14th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included House approval of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Senate disapproval of a Betsy DeVos rule on student loan forgiveness.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
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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COVID-19 Update: U.S. House passes Families First Coronavirus Response Act in 1 AM vote

Excerpt:	Good news: The United States House of Representatives has approved a sweeping bill that will help families respond to the worst public health crisis in a century.
Published at:	10:30 PM on Friday, March 13th, 2020
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Other Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, World Commmunity
Tags:	Budgeting, COVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Global Health, Personal Wellness, U.S. House Roll Call Votes
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2020 Washington State Legislature adjourns Sine Die after upping COVID-19 response

Excerpt:	Lawmakers are heading home from Olympia after concluding a sixty day, even-numbered year regular session.
Published at:	8:45 PM on Thursday, March 12th, 2020
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Other Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare
Tags:	Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Personal Wellness, Sine Die
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (March 2nd-6th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included House and Senate approval of an emergency coronavirus response package and House passage of a bill to add airport security workers to the civil service.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, March 8th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
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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VICTORY! Comprehensive sexual health education bill is enroute to Governor Inslee

Excerpt:	Progress is possible, and Democrats in the Washington State Legislature have proved it by getting a bill to require CSHE across the finish line.
Published at:	7:05 PM on Saturday, March 7th, 2020
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Other Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Education, Healthcare
Tags:	Curriculum, Personal Wellness
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