WebTeam | March 31, 2011
Your organization is invited to join the Gig Harbor Republican Women in sponsoring a Regional Membership Drive Event to recruit more Republicans! ~~~ The Membership Drive Event ~~~ Presentation: “The Current Reality of Terrorism in the U.S.” There have been 50+ terrorism cases in the U.S. since 9/11. We will learn how to prepare for, [...]
News Team | March 26, 2011
Jordan Schrader, TNT | 3-26-2011 The Legislature has agreed to end poll voting in Washington. A measure that would close the polls in the last holdout – Pierce County – passed the House on Friday on a largely partisan 52-43 vote that sends it to Gov. Chris Gregoire for her signature……… Read More
News Team | March 23, 2011
Molly Line, Fox News | 3-23-2011 The price at the pump is painful, but the agony doesn’t end there. Faced with soaring shipping costs, food suppliers and manufacturers are raising prices. Now, a trip to the local supermarket can be as shocking as a stop at the gas station. According to the U.S. Labor Department, [...]
WebTeam | March 21, 2011
Happy One-Year Birthday of ObamaCare Dear Friends, Today marks the 1-year birthday of President Obama’s featured piece of Legislation, lovingly called by most “ObamaCare.” You probably remember one of Obama’s promises was there would be an open and transparent legislative process. However, Democrats rammed through a $2.5 trillion health care takeover, that was riddled with [...]
News Team | March 18, 2011
Washington House Republicans | 3-18-2011 Rep. Jan Angel was honored this week as the Northwest Region Legislator of the Year at a recognition reception by the Washington Association of Vocational Administrators. The organization awarded Angel for “promoting and supporting the efforts and value of career and technical education within the legislative processes and venues throughout [...]
WebTeam | March 17, 2011
News Team | March 8, 2011
Rob McKenna, | 3-8-2011 Congressional supporters of the health reform act had plenty of warning that, however good its intentions, the bill was venturing into unprecedented legal ground. The accusations are as insidious as they are inaccurate. An e-mail was circulated earlier this month by a member of Congress accusing me of trying to “wipe [...]
News Team | March 4, 2011
Jordan Schrader, TNT | 3-4-2011 A vote today in the Legislature likely is a death warrant for Pierce County’s remaining polling places. A mandate for the state to vote entirely by mail eked 26-23 through the Senate, where similar proposals have foundered in the past. Republican opponents called it an attack on Pierce County, the [...]
News Team | March 3, 2011
Scott Lanman, Bloomberg | 3-3-2011 Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said a surge in U.S. government “activism,” including fiscal stimulus, housing subsidies and new regulations, is holding back the economic recovery. Increased bond issuance by the Treasury Department crowds out borrowers with the weakest credit ratings…… Read More