The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | 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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| Published at: | 1:00 PM on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility |
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| Excerpt: | 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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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Permanent Defense |
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| Excerpt: | The bill, which passed 86-11, would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction. |
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| Published at: | 8:17 PM on Thursday, July 27th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | National Defense, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Effective Procurement, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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| Excerpt: | 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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| Published at: | 12:30 PM on Saturday, July 1st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Poll Watch, Strong Commonwealth |
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| Excerpt: | The so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act received yea votes from almost two-thirds of the Senate, passing 63-36. Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Ed Markey, and John Fetterman voted no, along with independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and seventeen Republican senators. |
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| Published at: | 11:05 PM on Thursday, June 1st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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| Excerpt: | 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. |
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| Published at: | 9:52 PM on Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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| Excerpt: | The White House announced late Saturday night that it has reached a deal with Kevin McCarthy and his deputies in the United States House of Representatives to avert a fiscal crisis that Republicans have been enthusiastically prepared to manufacture by refusing to provide the votes needed to raise the debt ceiling. |
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| Published at: | 9:11 PM on Saturday, May 27th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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| Excerpt: | As the clock clicks down on debt obligations, we are waking up to the consequences of Republicans' fiscal demands. Any evaluation goes beyond hyperbole, both in the stock market crash and loss of millions of jobs likely resulting from a default, but also for impacts of Republican-championed cuts on the state and federal services such as those provided by Veterans Affairs. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Friday, May 12th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility |
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| Excerpt: | ESSB 5187 is the vehicle for this year's operating budget. Its title is making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. It is prime sponsored by Senator Christine Rolfes (D-23rd District: Kitsap Peninsula), the Chair of the Ways & Means Committee, which has budget writing responsibility in the Senate. |
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| Published at: | 4:04 PM on Sunday, April 23rd, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI alum Patrick Stickney's assessment of the oral argument in Quinn et al v. State of Washington et al, the right wing legal challenge to Washington State's new capital gains tax on the wealthy. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, February 20th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
| Categories: | Litigation, Views & Reviews |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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| Excerpt: | “Only this extreme Republican majority would use its first bill of the 118th Congress to embolden tax cheats and cut services for working Americans: For decades, Republicans have been cutting necessary resources from the IRS,” Representative Suzan DelBene, D-Washington, a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said in a statement. |
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| Published at: | 8:46 AM on Thursday, January 12th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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| Excerpt: | The historic climate and health focused Inflation Reduction Act is one of the most consequential environmental bills ever enacted by Congress. It now heads to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. |
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| Published at: | 3:35 PM on Friday, August 12th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Fiscal Responsibility, Pharmaceuticals, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | "Today, Senate Democrats sided with American families over special interests, voting to lower the cost of prescription drugs, health insurance, and everyday energy costs and reduce the deficit, while making the wealthiest corporations finally pay their fair share," said President Joe Biden in a special statement. |
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| Published at: | 1:45 PM on Sunday, August 7th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Fiscal Responsibility, Pharmaceuticals |
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| Excerpt: | "This is the action the American people have been waiting for," President Joe Biden said in a statement. "This addresses the problems of today – high health care costs and overall inflation – as well as investments in our energy security for the future." |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Fiscal Responsibility, Pharmaceuticals, Strong Commonwealth |
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