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Eleven Republican state senators filed a bill yesterday, SB 6883, that would bar legislators from collecting a per diem during the coming special session, which I suppose might be taken as a serious attempt to protect the interests of taxpayers, if n...

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Rep. Eric Massa, D-NY, who just resigned yesterday amidst charges of sexual harassment, and who went insane on a New York radio station over the weekend, is supposed to appear on the Glenn Beck cable television show today. Some righties think this wi...

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Tim Burgess is pushing a measure to outlaw panhandling near ATM s, or parking meters. One of the reasons he says that people from the rest of the city and elsewhere are afraid to come downtown. The visitors do not feel comfortable walking from their...

topics: city-council, committee

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It's a little hard to find -- since it's not yet on the bill's page -- but the proposed substitute for the income tax bill is available under that page's Committee Materials link. It's not an amendment, but a completely......

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In a probable preview of interrupted dinners and kiddie bedtimes this year, the good folks at the NRCC have unleashed a last-ditch effort to stop health reform with that most hated of intrusive tactics, the robo-call, including down here in WA-03. Th...

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House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Dave Obey raises money in Seattle, with heir apparent Rep. Norm Dicks by his side....

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Last year, when an internal labor email surfaced threatening to cut off contributions to Democrats if they failed to pass the Workers Privacy Act, the Democratic Governor, House Speaker and Senate Majority leader literally called the cops on the unio...

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Via Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, posted at Huffington Post:In the wake of last week s bipartisan summit which proved that no Republicans in Congress will vote for health care reform an avalanche of Democratic senator...

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Democrats on the House Ways & Means Committee voted to eliminate funding for The Washington State Executive Ethics Board, which:investigates complaints against public employees accused of misusing state computers and other resources. It also trains s...

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When people blithely talk about how only a moderate can win down here in WA-03, I feel like pulling my hair out. But then I m reminded that the machinations of politicians often mean little compared to what the public actually thinks.From The Colum...

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