The week’s major votes included House and Senate passage of a clean continuing resolution to prevent a federal government shutdown.
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Shutdown averted: Surprising pundits, Congress adopts clean continuing resolution
To the astonishment of many pundits, who often lack imagination, Congress on September 30th voted to keep the federal government open and buy more time to pass a slew of longer-term appropriations bills.
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (September 18th-22nd)
The week’s major votes included House passage of the Native American Child Protection Act, the rejection of a Kevin McCarthy backed defense appropriations bill, and Senate confirmation of several military commanders.
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Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans can’t even agree on how to waste time anymore
They don’t know what they want and lack a strategy for getting it, so, consequently, Republicans can’t even agree on how to waste time anymore. Political theater is getting supplanted by utter chaos and paralysis.
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (September 11th-15th)
The week’s major votes included House passage of a Republican bill intended to block California’s clean auto regulations and Senate approval of a motion to consider a Veterans Affairs funding bill.
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (September 5th-8th)
The week’s major votes included Senate confirmation of Anna Gomez to the Federal Communications Commission and Philip Jefferson, Adriana Kugler, and Lisa DeNell Cook to the board of the Federal Reserve.
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New fiscal dashboard proposed by NPI and Senator Kuderer goes live for Washingtonians
Prepared by the Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program (LEAP) and the Office of Financial Management (OFM), the Budgeting for Washington’s Future fiscal dashboard provides useful, truthful, and accurate information about state revenue and expenditures, as required by the legislation we created to get rid of Tim Eyman’s push polls.
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Kamala Harris talks climate damage amidst a summer of record heat and extreme weather
“It is clear the clock is not just ticking, it is banging,” Harris told a crowd at the McKinstry, a Seattle based firm which has been a national leader in energy-efficient building construction.
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (July 10th-14th)
The week’s major votes included House passage of a Republican-drafted National Defense Authorization Act for the 2024 fiscal year chock full of discriminatory riders and Senate confirmation of several Biden judicial nominees.
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Putting a right wing poll of Washington State under the microscope: An evaluation of Echelon/Future42’s spring 2023 survey
This detailed analysis examines the flaws of a statewide public opinion research survey released by a right wing group in Washington State in late June of 2023.
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Support for increasing the size of the U.S. Supreme Court inches upward in Washington
52% of 773 likely 2024 general election voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling earlier this month said they supported increasing the size of the Court to make it a more diverse and representative body, while 40% were opposed and 8% were not sure.
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 5th-8th)
The week’s major votes included House passage of the Encouraging Public Offerings Act (H.R. 2793) and Middle Market IPO Cost Act (H.R. 2812), plus Senate confirmation of two Biden executive branch nominees.
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 30th-June 2nd)
The week’s major votes included House and Senate passage of the so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act and Senate passage of a resolution to force students to repay loans that the Biden administration has tried to forgive.
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U.S. House votes to raise debt ceiling, impose Republican-demanded austerity measures
By a vote of 314–117, the House adopted the so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which “increases the federal debt limit, establishes new discretionary spending limits, rescinds unobligated funds, and expands work requirements for federal programs,” as summarized by Congress’ official legislative website.