Excerpt: | The blackmail continues: House Republicans plan to attach a one-year delay of [the Patient Protection Act] and a repeal of its medical device to a stopgap spending bill on Saturday, a move that could ensure much of the federal government shuts down on Tuesday. Speaker John Boehner (R‑Ohio) outlined the maneuver to Republicans in a […] |
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Published at: | 11:57 AM on Saturday, September 28th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Economic Security, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Social Safety Net |
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Monthly Archives: September 2013
House Republicans bent on taking another vote to defund the Patient Protection Act
The tech pundits are wrong: BlackBerry may be struggling, but it’s not a doomed company
Excerpt: | On Friday, BlackBerry Limited (formerly Research in Motion) announced that it expected to lose somewhere between $950 million to $995 million in the second quarter of its current fiscal year, and plans to lay off forty percent of its workforce in an attempt to control costs and adjust to the decline in revenue. Inevitably, this […] |
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Published at: | 8:36 PM on Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
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House Republicans vote to slash food stamps with disgraceful “let them starve” legislation
Excerpt: | Once again, we have occasion to say: So much for compassionate conservatism. By a vote of two hundred and seventeen to two hundred and ten, the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has voted to make significant and destructive cuts to SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, colloquially known as food stamps. Their legislation reduces funding […] |
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Published at: | 5:47 PM on Thursday, September 19th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Economic Security, Healthcare, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Nutrition, Social Safety Net |
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Why creating House districts could make the Washington State Legislature more diverse
Excerpt: | Editor’s Note: The NPI team is pleased to welcome Richard Champion as a contributor to the NPI Advocate. Richard is a committed Democratic activist who currently serves as the 2nd Vice Chair of the King County Democrats. He resides in the 30th LD and is active in the 30th LD Democrats. As with all posts […] |
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Published at: | 2:45 PM on Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Redistricting, WA-Leg |
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White House: Larry Summers has withdrawn his name from consideration as Fed Chair
Excerpt: | The White House has just dropped a Sunday evening bombshell: Neoliberal economist Larry Summers — who President Barack Obama was on the verge of nominating to be the next Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve — is no longer being considered for the position, at his own request! “Earlier today, I […] |
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Published at: | 3:39 PM on Sunday, September 15th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Economic Security, Policy Topics, Public Service |
Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility |
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Larry Summers’ nomination for Fed Chair isn’t official yet — but it’s already in trouble
Excerpt: | If the Beltway rumor mill is to be believed, President Obama is on the verge of nominating his old pal Larry Summers to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve. Summers, as most readers probably know, is one of the country’s most prominent neoliberal economists and an admirer of Milton Friedman and Alan Greenspan. […] |
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Published at: | 9:43 PM on Saturday, September 14th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Economic Security, Policy Topics, Public Service |
Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility |
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Dissecting conservative Justice Jim Johnson’s dissenting opinion in Freeman v. State
Excerpt: | Yesterday’s seven-to-two decision in Freeman et al. v. State of Washington et al. was a pretty resounding victory for the people of Washington and two public agencies that build and maintain transportation infrastructure on the people’s behalf (Sound Transit and the Washington State Department of Transportation). But it wasn’t a unanimous decision. The court’s two […] |
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Published at: | 2:24 PM on Friday, September 13th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Transportation |
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Dwight Pelz to retire as Washington State Democratic Party Chair in February