News Team | January 18, 2011
Manuel Valdes, Asoociated Press| 1-18-2011 OLYMPIA – Lawmakers were pressed Monday to quickly act on two bills that Gov. Chris Gregoire’s office says will save hundreds of millions of dollars for businesses and help spur the state’s economy. But labor organizations are opposing…… Read More
News Team | November 17, 2010
Joran Schrader, The Politcal Buzz | 11-17-2010 At least 158 inscrutable ballots will go before the Pierce County Canvassing Board today. With the public invited to look on at projected images of the ballots, the board will pore over confusing marks and try to divine voters’ intent. In most races, today’s outcomes hardly matter. But [...]
News Team | October 25, 2010
Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSnews.com | 10-25-2010 When Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gave her inaugural address as speaker of the House in 2007, she vowed there would be “no new deficit spending.” Since that day, the national debt has increased by $5 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department….Read More
News Team | September 30, 2010
FoxNews.com | 9-30-2010 What do mariachi classes, wine studies and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have in common? They were all funded by federal Department of Education earmarks, according to an extensive new report released Thursday by Sen. Tom Coburn. ………. Read More
News Team | September 26, 2010
Pallavi Gogoi, AP | 9-24-2010 NEW YORK — President Barack Obama’s $30 billion small community business lending program faces one big challenge: many of the community banks and businesses it’s supposed to help don’t want it. The lending program is part of a bill that passed the House of Representatives on Thursday and now awaits [...]
News Team | September 8, 2010
John Boehner, House Republican Leader | 9-8-2010 Washington (Sep 8) – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today proposed a two-point plan for immediate, bipartisan action to get people working again. Appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America, Boehner said that President Obama’s recent economic proposals fall well short of what is needed to address the [...]
News Team | July 23, 2010
Evergreen Freedom Foundation Press Release | 7-21-2010 OLYMPIA—Today a group of six taxpayers filed a lawsuit to invalidate an executive order issued by Gov. Chris Gregoire. “We believe Gov. Gregoire’s climate change executive order is an unconstitutional order,” said Michael Reitz, director of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation’s Constitutional Law Center, who represents the taxpayers in [...]
News Team | July 16, 2010
Newsmax.com | 7-15-2010 WASHINGTON – The Senate Republican leader promised on Thursday to rein in the size of government and make it more efficient if the party does well in November’s congressional elections. Republicans head into the autumn campaign ……… Read More
News Team | June 30, 2010
Michael O’Brien, THE HILL.com | 6-30-2010 The top two House Republicans signed onto two petitions to force votes to repeal Democrats’ healthcare reform law in its entirety. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said they had signed onto discharge petitions set to be offered by members of their [...]
News Team | May 28, 2010
Jeff Brunner, Seattle Times | 5-27-2010 Contrasting himself with Sen. Patty Murray, Republican Dino Rossi on Thursday vowed not to pursue budget earmarks for Washington state if elected to the Senate. In one of his first interviews since announcing his candidacy this week, Rossi argued earmarks are a symptom of federal spending that will bankrupt [...]