| Excerpt: | The U.S. has already agreed to provide Strykers and Bradleys to Ukraine. The Abrams is the final frontier with respect to what the U.S. can offer in terms of armored vehicles. |
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| Published at: | 8:44 PM on Tuesday, January 24th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | National Defense, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Alliances, Diplomacy & Conflict |
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Category Archives: Policy Topics
Biden administration reportedly now willing to send U.S. made Abrams tanks to Ukraine
NPI urges Senate to advance constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom
| 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, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Legislative Testimony, Reproductive Rights |
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NPI urges Legislature to enact a ban on military style assault weapons with HB 1240
| Excerpt: | Read NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve's written testimony in support of House Bill 1240, which would prohibit the manufacture, importation, distribution, sale, or offer for sale of any assault weapon, subject to various exceptions for licensed firearm manufacturers and dealers, and for individuals who inherit an assault weapon. |
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| Published at: | 3:30 PM on Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties |
| Tags: | Secure Firearms Ownership |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: We will reach the goal of freedom because that is America’s goal
| Excerpt: | Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, January 16th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Holidays |
| Tags: | Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Nondiscrimination |
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Amtrak will restore a second daily round trip between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.
| Excerpt: | Amtrak will restore a second daily round-trip train service between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., as of March 7th, and promises to boost daily trips between Seattle and Portland from four to six come fall, according to a letter sent to the transportation departments of Washington and Oregon. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Saturday, January 14th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Mr. Zelenskyy goes to Washington: D.C. offers a warm welcome to the President of Ukraine
| Excerpt: | Making his first trip abroad since the escalation of the war Putin began many years ago in an attempt to gobble up Ukrainian territory and weaken the second largest country in Europe, Zelenskyy explained in a series of appearances that Ukraine is fighting against autocracy and oppression on behalf of the entire free world and needs all of the help that it can get from allies like the United States. |
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| Published at: | 7:36 PM on Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Diplomacy & Conflict |
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House Republicans vow to “unleash American energy” as big oil pipeline spill hits Kansas
| Excerpt: | The pipeline, owned by TC Energy, carries up to 600,000 barrels a day of heavy oil from the tar stands of northern Alberta to Cumberland, Oklahoma. This isn't the first time it has ruptured. |
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| Published at: | 7:35 PM on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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President Joe Biden signs Respect for Marriage Act into law at the White House
| Excerpt: | With the stroke of a pen, the discriminatory "Defense of Marriage" Act from the 1990s was finally repealed and the right wing Supreme Court put on notice that this country won't stand for the overturning the landmark Obergefell decision. |
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| Published at: | 5:05 PM on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties |
| Tags: | Marriage Equality |
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2022 Republican electoral losses and Trump legal defeats spur ultra MAGA infighting
| Excerpt: | The hard right has taken a hard drubbing of late. Its election deniers were denied wins from seats in legislatures, to secretary of state races, to contests for the Senate. That's led to unexpected recriminations. |
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| Published at: | 2:00 PM on Sunday, December 4th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, GA-Sen, January 6th Attack on the Capitol |
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U.S. Senate Republicans use chamber’s undemocratic sixty-vote threshold to deny railroad workers sick leave they need
| Excerpt: | Senate Republicans used the chamber's undemocratic sixty vote threshold to nix a concurrent resolution in Congress to require paid sick leave for railroad workers. Democratic and independent senators voted for it, but most Republicans withheld their votes. |
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| Published at: | 8:11 PM on Thursday, December 1st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Economic Security |
| Tags: | Fair Wages & Leave, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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U.S. House votes to adopt railroad labor agreement plus provide workers sick leave
| Excerpt: | If the Senate signs off on the proposed modification to the labor agreement, President Biden could sign the new terms into law and obligate railroads to provide sick leave to their workers, which they should have simply agreed to do in the first place in negotiations, obviating the need for congressional intervention. |
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| Published at: | 7:04 PM on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Economic Security |
| Tags: | Fair Wages & Leave |
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Respect for Marriage Act wins final passage in the U.S. Senate; returns to U.S. House
| Excerpt: | “Nobody should face the gut-wrenching pit in their stomach with the possibility that some politically motivated Supreme Court justices might suddenly tell them that their marriage is no longer recognized," said Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon. |
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| Published at: | 7:19 PM on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties |
| Tags: | Marriage Equality |
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Net pen aquaculture in Washington’s waters must end, Commissioner Hilary Franz orders
| Excerpt: | "We, as a state, are going to do better by our salmon, by our fishermen, and by our tribes," said Washington's Commissioner of Public Lands. "Commercial finfish farming is detrimental to salmon, orcas and marine habitat." |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Diane Jones |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment |
| Tags: | Sustainable Farms |
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U.S., Canadian officials act to rescue rainforests in Alaska and British Columbia