King County Dems Legislative Action Newsletter has good info about bills moving and dying in the state legislature
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Which Washington State lawmakers are most similar in voting?
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I downloaded from leg.wa.gov detailed data about bills before the legislature this session, including roll calls. There were 2668 bills listed; 797 of them were voted upon. Only 100 of them were sent on to the governor, according to the data. The tables below — first for the state Senate, then for the State House […]
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Why I Don't Trust "Isms": Chris Hedges Versus The Black Bloc
Posted on Author MarkTC
Originally published by CounterPunch – Editor Jeffery St Clair http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/05/07/hedges-vs-the-black-bloc-round-two/ by MARK TAYLOR-CANFIELD A recent article by Chris Hedges is once again causing heated arguments among activists in the Occupy Wall Street movement. “Black Bloc: The Cancer in Occupy,” was published in his syndicated Truthdig.com column back in February, but folks are now talking about […]