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Washington: Walt Minnick

August 5, 2009 - 08:07 am
NEWS FEED: Northwest Progressive Institute

Going to Pittsburgh? Join us for the Pacific Northwest caucus at Netroots Nation

By Andrew (noreply@blogger.com)

Netroots Nation, here we come!

In just over a week, the netroots community will be meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for its fourth annual gathering to talk about infrastructure building, strategy, and blending tried and true methods of community organizing with new online techniques. Daniel and I are very much looking forward to representing NPI in the City of Bridges next weekend, and we're also pleased to announce today that NPI will host a Pacific Northwest caucus inside the convention on Thursday at noon.

The caucus is open to Washingtonians, Oregonians, and Idahoans, as well as any conventiongoer who is interested in talking about local, state, and regional politics with us.

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February 13, 2009 - 07:52 am
NEWS FEED: Northwest Progressive Institute

U.S. House passes final version of stimulus plan without a single Republican vote

By Andrew (noreply@blogger.com)

The United States House just voted 246-183 to pass the final version of H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Not surprisingly, the legislation was again opposed by the entire House Republican caucus.

So, Dave Reichert, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Doc Hastings, Greg Walden, Mike Simpson, Dong Young, Denny Rehberg ... we'd love to hear your answer to this question: Why do you hate America?

To be fair, there are seven Democrats who also apparently don't care if our nation's economy falls off a cliff and smashes into smithereens. Among those seven are Idaho's Walt Minnick, who deserves the same scorn as the Republicans.

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January 28, 2009 - 08:37 pm
NEWS FEED: Northwest Progressive Institute

Democrats in U.S. House pass American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

By Andrew (noreply@blogger.com)

Earlier today, by a vote of 244-188, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - the massive economic stimulus package that President Barack Obama has requested from Congress.

All votes in favor were cast by Democrats, with every Republican voting no. The Republicans were joined by eleven conservative Bush Dog Democrats, including Idaho's Walt Minnick.

Republicans have supplied various phony excuses for voting against the rescue legislation, from "there's not enough tax cuts" to "the Democrats drafted this bill and didn't seek our input."

When Republicans were in the majority, they didn't think twice about excluding Democrats when putting legislation together.

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Thu, 08/14/2008 - 13:53

Democrats have high profile fundraisers

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

By the end of the week, Seattle will have been host to two prominent Democratic fundraising events. The Seattle P-I reports that Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the U.S. House Majority Leader, stopped by yesterday on behalf of 8th District Democrat Darcy Burner.

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