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...
WHEREAS the Washington State Democratic Party Central Committee resoundingly passed resolution 20.02.01-957 opposing military training in Washington State Parks; 1 WHEREAS that resolution identified concerns including liability to state and local governments, Environmental Impact...
WHEREAS the United States Constitution guarantees the states the right to certify their Electoral College delegates, and the states, many with Republican Legislatures and Secretaries of State, certified 306 votes electing Joe Biden and...
WHEREAS The filibuster today creates a de facto supermajority requirement to pass any legislation despite being accidentally created in 1806 during a cleanup of Senate rules even though the authors of the U.S. Constitution...
Submitted by 27th Legislative District Democrats to the Washington State Democratic Central Committeefor consideration at its January 30, 2021 reorganization meeting held virtually.
