.@PattyMurray votes against limiting audits to those making over $400,000. Democrats are voting to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after middle class Americans. Are you looking forward to being audited thanks to @PattyMurray ? https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1556269395818827777
Crapo amendment to the Manchin bill to limit the bill’s 87,000 new IRS agents to auditing comapnes and individuals with income of $400,000 or more FAILED 50-50.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00296.htm
Come meet @SmileyForWA and @MattLarkin4WA on Tuesday August 9th. Together we will #flipthe8th https://wsrp.org/2022events/
Tackling this epidemic requires more than a state – it requires our President and senators to make a plan. The first step should be securing the point of origin: our porous southern border!
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-high-toll-of-fentanyl/
This is horrible, and yet our drug crisis worsens. https://twitter.com/fox13seattle/status/1555395727869837314
A 2-year-old was rushed to the hospital on Thursday after he ingested a fentanyl pill he found while playing at a Tacoma park. #FOX13 https://www.q13fox.com/news/2-year-old-ingests-fentanyl-found-while-playing-at-tacoma-park?taid=62ec8ec51a1c2c0001b497e4&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
Why it is so important to vote Republican. Our communities need new leadership in Olympia.
https://www.q13fox.com/news/south-king-county-mayors-blast-county-state-officials-over-recent-crime-surge
Sen. Lynda Wilson: Costly new budget just signed by @GovInslee just made WA a more regressive place to live. People would have been far better off with the Republican approach…which offered tax relief, not new/higher taxes. #waleg #Washington #taxapalooza http://ow.ly/9vJ050EPQLJ
Jay Inslee on signing carbon legislation which has conservatively been estimated by respected consulting firms to raise the cost of gas by 95 cents/gal by 2028: “Don’t let anyone give you that swill that it is going to increase prices.” 2:07 pm 5/17/21 #waleg
And just like that, with a single-vote margin (25-24) and bipartisan opposition, an income tax passes off the Senate floor. Not an excise tax…an income tax. Something Washingtonians have voted down 10 times and still oppose according to a recent Elway Poll. #NoIncomeTax #waleg
For months conservatives have criticized WA Gov Inslee’s handling of the pandemic. But now even some Democrats are exasperated at the pace of reopening. As are some local officials. Here’s our story: https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/inslee-defends-reopening-plan-face-growing-frustration-including-fellow-democrats #COVID19 #wagov #waleg
Sen. Braun to Inslee: Time to take the fencing down. Read his letter to the governor: http://ow.ly/70RA50Drv74 #waleg #OpenSafeOpenNow
Capitol Buzz: WA Ecology report admits clean fuel standard will add to price at the pump; South King County mayors ask for help in fight against crime; Working WA high school students could have ‘more flexibility’ under new OSPI plan. #waleg https://houserepublicans.wa.gov/stay-connected/capitol-buzz/
Capitol Buzz: Inflation weighs on back-to-school buying for many families; Multiple wildfires burning in Eastern WA; ‘Totally unacceptable’: Mayor Woodward says about second officer injured by gunfire this summer. #waleg https://houserepublicans.wa.gov/stay-connected/capitol-buzz/
Capitol Buzz: To help WA kids get ahead, schools must spend more pandemic aid now, experts say; Ferry captain resigns after ‘hard landing’ that damaged vessel at West Seattle dock; Tacoma homicides up more than 50% over same period in 2021. #waleg https://houserepublicans.wa.gov/stay-connected/capitol-buzz/
Capitol Buzz: WA judge overturns insurance rate credit scoring ban; After the WA ferry crash, what’s ahead for passenger service and the investigations?; Inslee to rescind 12 emergency decrees related to COVID-19. #waleg https://houserepublicans.wa.gov/stay-connected/capitol-buzz/
Capitol Buzz: WA hospitals facing ‘unsustainable’ financial losses, in danger of cutting services; Thanks ‘Junuary’: No more drought for WA state; Homicides in WA highest in nearly 30 years, violent crime on the rise. #waleg https://houserepublicans.wa.gov/stay-connected/capitol-buzz/