Three-fifths of Washington voters want to balance the budget primarily with new taxes on the wealthy and large corporations

Support climbs to 62% when voters are presented with the specifics of the revenue package unveiled by Senate Democrats earlier this month, with opposition staying at 31%.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/03/three-fifths-of-washington-voters-want-to-balance-the-budget-primarily-with-new-taxes-on-the-wealthy-and-large-corporations.html

These billionaires abandoned Trump after January 6th – taxes are bringing them back in line

The Los Angeles Times' David Lauter reports: "Many of the nation’s richest people said after the January 6th, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that they would never again back former President Trump. Now, they’re changing their minds."

https://www.nwprogressive.org/microblog/2024/04/these-billionaires-abandoned-trump-after-january-6th-taxes-are-bringing-them-back-in-line/

Initiative 2111 (prohibiting fair taxation based on ability to pay) gets certified

Although Washington State does not currently levy an income tax, Initiative 2111 nevertheless seeks to prohibit the state and its localities from levying one. …

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2024/01/initiative-2111-prohibiting-fair-taxation-based-on-ability-to-pay-gets-certified.html

Initiative 2109 (repealing billions of dollars in education funding) gets certified

Initiative 2109 would eradicate nearly $900 million a year in funding from Washington’s K-12 schools, early learning, and childcare to give a tax cut to the very wealthiest Washingtonians. …

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2024/01/initiative-2109-repealing-billions-of-dollars-in-education-funding-gets-certified.html

Property tax reform must be a priority, NPI tells Senate Ways & Means Committee

Read NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve’s prepared testimony in support of Senate Bill 5770, a long overdue effort to revisit Tim Eyman’s Initiative 747, which is choking the life out of our essential public services. …

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2024/01/property-tax-reform-must-be-a-priority-npi-tells-senate-ways-means-committee.html

Congress sends President Biden a new stopgap bill to keep federal government open

H.R. 2872, dubbed the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024, was sent to President Biden for signature after receiving affirmative votes in Congress on January 18th. …

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2024/01/congress-sends-president-biden-a-new-stopgap-bill-to-keep-federal-government-open.html

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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Quinn legal challenge to Washington’s capital gains tax on the wealthy, dashing right wing hopes

The decision keeps hundreds of millions of dollars flowing each year to education, childcare, and early learning in the Evergreen State. …

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2024/01/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-quinn-legal-challenge-to-washingtons-capital-gains-tax-on-the-wealthy-dashing-right-wing-hopes.html

U.S. Senate passes its version of the 2024 NDAA, with PNW Democrats split yea and nay

The bill, which passed 86-11, would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/07/u-s-senate-passes-its-version-of-the-2024-ndaa-with-pnw-democrats-split-yea-and-nay.html

House Republicans seek billions in cuts to rail, water infrastructure spending

Ultra MAGA lackeys of Donald Trump who currently control the United States House of Representatives want to force the Senate and the Biden administration to reverse the investments made to Amtrak and clean drinking water infrastructure as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which is unacceptable to Democrats.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/microblog/2023/07/house-republicans-seek-billions-in-cuts-to-rail-water-infrastructure-spending/

Putting a right wing poll of Washington State under the microscope: An evaluation of Echelon/Future42’s spring 2023 survey

This detailed analysis examines the flaws of a statewide public opinion research survey released by a right wing group in Washington State in late June of 2023.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/07/putting-a-right-wing-poll-of-washington-state-under-the-microscope-an-evaluation-of-echelon-future42s-spring-2023-survey.html

U.S. Senate sends bill to raise debt ceiling, satisfy Republican ransom demands to Biden

The so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act received yea votes from almost two-thirds of the Senate, passing 63-36. Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Ed Markey, and John Fetterman voted no, along with independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and seventeen Republican senators.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/06/u-s-senate-sends-bill-to-raise-debt-ceiling-satisfy-republican-ransom-demands-to-biden.html

U.S. House votes to raise debt ceiling, impose Republican-demanded austerity measures

By a vote of 314-117, the House adopted the so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which "increases the federal debt limit, establishes new discretionary spending limits, rescinds unobligated funds, and expands work requirements for federal programs," as summarized by Congress' official legislative website.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/05/u-s-house-votes-to-raise-debt-ceiling-impose-republican-demanded-austerity-measures.html

Biden, McCarthy say they've reached a deal to respond to Republicans' ransom demands

The White House announced late Saturday night that it has reached a deal with Kevin McCarthy and his deputies in the United States House of Representatives to avert a fiscal crisis that Republicans have been enthusiastically prepared to manufacture by refusing to provide the votes needed to raise the debt ceiling.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/05/biden-mccarthy-say-theyve-reached-a-deal-to-respond-to-republicans-ransom-demands.html