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King County Dems Legislative Action Day: Feb 20th 0

King County Dems Legislative Action Day: Feb 20th

We are more than halfway through the short 60-day election-year legislative session, which is scheduled to end March 8th. Whether or not the Legislature will close the $1.4 billion budget gap, and put us...

Link: WA Senate passes bill to rein in tax breaks 0

Link: WA Senate passes bill to rein in tax breaks

The Seattle P-I reports that the WA Senate passes bill to rein in tax breaks “Approved by a 45-3 margin Saturday, the measure would put five-year sunsets on all new and extended tax breaks...

The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs 2

The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs

[Yesterday I posted to OpEdNews the article copied below.  Contributors to and readers of OpEdNews tend to be quite progressive or socialist. Many of them refuse to support the Democratic Party, saying that it’s...

A Joint Memorial Addressing Deficit Reduction and Jobs 0

A Joint Memorial Addressing Deficit Reduction and Jobs

The 45th Legislative District Democrats, Washington State Progressive Caucus, and The Washington State Democrats have voted unanimously to endorse the adoption of this Joint Memorial and ask our Washington State Senators and Legislators to...

Wedge issues only? 0

Wedge issues only?

In Olympia and  in D.C. Democratic politicians are delivering progressive legislation on gay rights and women’s rights.   That’s good. But these issues ARE wedge issues and I feel like I’m being taken for a...