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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Posted inLitigation
Whichever way the Supreme Court decides the Quinn case, it will be making public policy
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.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
McCarthy’s uneasy majority tries to give rich tax cheats a gift as its first legislative act
“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.
Posted inOur Environment
Inflation Reduction Act passes the U.S. House, heads to President Joe Biden’s desk
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.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
A win for America! U.S. Senate passes climate and health focused Inflation Reduction Act
“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.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
Schumer, Manchin announce agreement on major climate and health focused budget bill
“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.”
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
Washingtonians remain supportive of a capital gains tax on the wealthy, despite right wing efforts to overturn ESSB 5096
56% of 1,039 Washington voters interviewed from June 1st-2nd, 2022 expressed support for levying a capital gains tax on the wealthy after hearing a selection of arguments for and against it, while 37% expressed opposition. 7% were not sure.
Posted inPolicy Topics
A late winter thaw in Congress yields another long-haul win for Senator Patty Murray
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).
Posted inLitigation
Lawsuits challenging Washington’s new state capital gains tax on the wealthy seek to re-rig our tax code in favor of the rich — indefinitely
Read NPI alum Patrick Stickney’s assessment of the legal challenge to ESSB 5096, the most important tax reform legislation passed in decades, which is being contested in court in a pair of cases known as Quinn et al v. State of Washington et al.
Posted inPolicy Topics
House of Representatives approves historic Build Back Better Act, sending it to the Senate
At 6:44 AM Pacific on November 19th, 2021, by a vote of 220–213, the House adopted H.R. 5376, known as the Build Back Better Act, after Biden’s campaign slogan, with all but one Democrat in favor and all Republicans opposed.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Lynnwood’s $40 city vehicle fee stays intact in victory for multimodal transportation
A Tim Eyman-backed attempt in the Snohomish County city of Lynnwood to repeal the city’s $40/year vehicle fee has been thwarted by a mayoral veto, leaving funding for vital multimodal transportation projects intact.
Posted inMedia & Culture
Yo, NYT! Washington’s tax code is definitely regressive, but the state’s Democratic leaders have actually been working on changing that
“Blue States, You’re the Problem” certainly has excellent production values and slick visuals. The discussion, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be desired. The opinion video by the New York Times’ Johnny Harris and Binyamin Appelbaum could have been so much better… deeper, richer, and more informative.
Posted inPolicy Topics
NPI’s July 2021 survey of Seattle voters found deep support for JumpStart revenue plan
67% of Seattle voters support Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda’s JumpStart revenue ordinance, with 27% opposed and 6% not sure. That’s a margin of well over two-to-one.
Posted inAnnouncements
The Biden-Harris administration’s American Rescue Plan is popular with Washingtonians
60% of nine hundred and ninety two likely 2022 Washington State voters surveyed late last month by Public Policy Polling said they supported the American Rescue Plan, while 32% were opposed and 8% were not sure.