Excerpt: | Find out who will be on each of the Senate's standing committees for the 2021 legislative session that begins in January. |
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Published at: | 4:45 PM on Monday, November 30th, 2020 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy |
Tags: | Committee Assignments, WA-Leg |
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Monthly Archives: November 2020
Washington State Senate Democrats unveil their 2021 standing committee assignments
Washington’s thirty-nine counties certify the (almost record setting) 2020 general election
Excerpt: | Voter turnout reached 84.14% -- not quite as high as the 2008 general election twelve years ago, but pretty close to a record. |
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Published at: | 8:28 PM on Tuesday, November 24th, 2020 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Fair Elections, Voter Turnout |
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Formal transition to Biden-Harris begins as GSA finally recognizes Democratic victory
Excerpt: | Administrator Emily Murphy has notified the Biden-Harris team that they will be able to access resources made available by the Presidential Transition Act of 1963. |
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Published at: | 7:32 PM on Monday, November 23rd, 2020 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Open Government, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Transitions and Successions |
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The Biden-Harris administration takes shape with the announcement of key appointees
Excerpt: | Joe Biden's picks indicate the direction that the President-Elect wants to take the country. |
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Published at: | 9:44 AM on Monday, November 23rd, 2020 |
Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
Categories: | Announcements, Our Environment, Policy Topics, Public Service |
Tags: | Climate Crisis, Transitions and Successions |
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Jay Pearson, 1948–2020: Mellow manager of Democrats’ victories and comebacks helped build Washington’s governing party
Excerpt: | Read NPI contributor Joel Connelly's celebration of the life and accomplishments of Jay Pearson, who for decades worked to help elect Democrats and empower them to govern well once in office. |
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Published at: | 12:30 PM on Sunday, November 22nd, 2020 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances |
Tags: | Obituaries |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (November 16th-20th)
Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of a bill that would authorize several billion dollars to expand federally funded apprenticeship programs and Senate confirmation of Stephen Vaden to be a U.S. Trade Judge. |
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Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 22nd, 2020 |
Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Republican civil war: Loren Culp lashes out at Kim Wyman and J.T. Wilcox after big loss
Excerpt: | The Washington State Republican Party appears to be splitting into two factions: those who accept Jay Inslee's overwhelming victory and those who baselessly believe the election was fraudulent. |
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Published at: | 2:35 PM on Saturday, November 21st, 2020 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Fair Elections, WA-Gov |
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The mother of all grocery bills: GMA must pay $18 million fine for 2013 disclosure violations
Excerpt: | The Grocery Manufacturers Association remains on the hook for a record-setting judgment because it flagrantly violated Washington State's public disclosure laws during its efforts to defeat a GMO labeling initiative. |
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Published at: | 8:34 PM on Friday, November 13th, 2020 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Categories: | Elections, Litigation, Open Government, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Clean Campaigns, WA-Ballot |
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Scramble for the Senate: The results are in; here’s how the candidates and parties fared
Excerpt: | Although the Democrats made gains, control of the upper chamber of Congress will not be decided until January of 2021. |
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Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, November 13th, 2020 |
Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | AK-Sen, AZ-Sen, CO-Sen, GA-Sen, KS-Sen, ME-Sen, MT-Sen, NC-Sen, Scramble for the Senate |
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President-elect Joe Biden appoints Ron Klain as his incoming White House Chief of Staff
Excerpt: | Klain has decades of experience in the White House, as well as a close personal relationship with Biden. |
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Published at: | 4:20 PM on Thursday, November 12th, 2020 |
Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
Categories: | Announcements, Party Politics |
Tags: | Joe Biden, White House |
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Trump booster Doug Ericksen wants to abolish vote at home in Washington State
Excerpt: | The pandemic has demonstrated just how useful and valuable vote at home is. Let's build on that, and discuss ways to make it easier for people to participate in our democracy, not harder. |
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Published at: | 12:45 PM on Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Fair Elections, Voting At Home |
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Adam Smith: Trump’s “childish” firing of Mark Esper will embolden America’s adversaries
Excerpt: | Members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest and beyond strongly condemned Donald Trump's dismissal of the fourth Secretary of Defense to serve in his regime, which comes weeks before he will be out of office. |
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Published at: | 9:47 PM on Monday, November 9th, 2020 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Categories: | National Defense, Open Government, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Military Readiness |
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House Public Safety Committee reviews ideas for police reform ahead of 2021 session