WHEREAS Kyle Rittenhouse traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin from his home in Antioch, Illinois, on August 21, 2020 during a period of sometimes violent racial unrest, and without authority of any kind, took it upon...
RESOLUTION ON USING TAX DEFERMENT TO IMPROVE EQUITY IN SUPPORT OF CLEAN ENERGY WHEREAS nuclear power remains the second most important low-carbon source of electricity after hydropower worldwide and nuclear power jobs are among...
Resolution to reinstate the Chinook Indian Nation as a Federally recognized tribe by the Department of the Interior. Whereas the Chinook Indian Nation became a Federally recognized tribe by the Department of Interior on...
WHEREAS the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 caps the size of the House of Representatives at 435 people; and WHEREAS in 2018 there was an estimated one voting member of the House for about...
WHEREAS the Southern Resident Killer Whale (Orca) population was listed as endangered in 2005 under the Endangered Species Act and is considered depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act1; and Southern Resident Orcas survive...
WHEREAS the Washington State Legislature will take up the issue of transportation funding in the midst of a climate crisis, with transportation creating 45%1 (and increasing2) of Washington State’s greenhouse gases; WHEREAS Washington State...
WHEREAS, the 2020 Washington State Democratic party platform recognizes health care as a human right and states that an affordable, universal, single-payer system for Washington residents is essential to an equitable and effective system;...
WHEREAS, the Washington State Democratic Central Committee has a long history of opposing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex; and WHEREAS,...
Whereas history shows that increased unionization has the power to dramatically decrease economic inequality and build broadly shared prosperity; and Whereas making the economy work for working people will restore faith in our economy...
RESOLUTION URGING GOVERNOR INSLEE TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER RESCINDING GOVERNOR’S DIRECTIVE 98-01 WHEREAS in 1998, Washington voters passed Initiative 200 (I-200) which clearly stated in the November 3, 1998 Washington State Voters Pamphlet, that...
