A few days ago I published Who’s progressive in the Washington State Senate? — based on combined data from four scorecards. Below is the similar ranking for Washington State House members. Here is the list of five scorecards on which the ranking is based: Washington Conservation Voters Legislative Scorecard 2011-2012 Washington State Labor Council 2012…
At the King County Democrats’ meeting in Renton Tuesday evening, Rep. Adam Smith spoke and took questions. I asked him why he didn’t sign onto the Grayson-Takano letter promising not to cut Social Security. He said that the math doesn’t add up: mandatory spending is too high and it has to be cut, in order…
Poster for town halls
(Via Walter Kloefkorn) Public Citizen is sending Aquene Freechild to Washington to conduct three workshops on “How to connect across party lines.” They will focus on the issues of money in politics, campaign reform, and reversing the Citizens United decision. These events are free and open to the public.   On Monday March 25 at…
See also Who’s progressive in the Washington State House? — based on combined data from five scorecards Here is the list of five scorecards on which the ranking is based: Washington Conservation Voters Legislative Scorecard 2011-2012 Washington State Labor Council 2012 SENATE Voting Record Facing Race: 2012 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity 2012 Washington…
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“A new report on state tax systems found that Washington state had the most regressive tax system in the country. The Washington D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released the report yesterday. Combining state and local property taxes as well as sales and excise taxes, the data shows a greater disparity in tax…
Democrat Pedersen Offers Astounding Explanation for Epic Flopperoo of Gun-Control Bill – It’s the Republicans Seems to me the blame lies mostly with the Republicans and the NRA. But the fact that the Dems were unable to control their caucus brings up a reasonable theory: Among those who maintain nothing ever happens in the House…