Obama and Holder taking on Arizona's SB1070

Professor Terry J. Lovell on Obama and Holder suing the state of Arizona and its immigration law SB1070.

House Bill 2203

This bill would essentially make voter registration automatic for people who obtain driver's licenses or ID cards. Right now you have to fill out a separate form, this bill would do away with that. In fact, you would have to proactively opt-out in order to not be registered.

House Bill 2205

This goes hand in hand with HB 2203, as it allows 16 and 17-year-olds to register to vote. How is that legal without changing the constitution? Well, the auditors will put the registration "on ice" until the voter turns 18, so potentially up to two years. We went to court with Secretary Reed after discovering the auditors were already doing this and that it had resulted in illegal voting.

Bush warned about economic crisis in 2001

This video clearly shows that George Bush warned Congress starting in early 2001, that this economic crisis was coming, if something was not done.

Holder takes on voting rights

Attorney General Eric Holder called for an end to state laws requiring voters to show identification at polling stations. NBC's Pete Williams reports. (Nightly News)

You don't need to be a CPA to figure this out

WOW this really puts the out-of-control spending in perspective! Think they need to quit spending? Why did the EPA just grant 4.5 billion more in "loans" to "green energy" companies like the failed Solyndra?

Obama Called Bush "UNPATRIOTIC"

Obama blasts Bush in 2008 for adding 4 trillion to our national debt.

Obama's "Shovel Ready" Jobs

Obama admits his "Shovel Ready" jobs program didn't work out.

State leadership already spent $400 million on the 520 bridge

KING-5 had an absolutely unbelievable story Thursday night. They have learned that the state has already spent $400 million on the 520 bridge project.

House Bill 1267

HB1267 - allows couples in a same sex relationship to hire a woman to carry a child to term and immediately upon the birth

Collective Bargaining and the Influence of Public-sector Unions in Washington State

Washington Policy Center speaks to collective bargaining in Washington State.

Government Unions Busting State Budgets

When Obama or others attack Governor Walker in Wisconsin for scaling back collective bargaining rights for state workers, we all need to remember that, for very good reasons, federal government employees have no collective bargaining rights.

Legislative Review

02/14/11 Legislative Review features highlights from Monday's legislative activity.

King County Council's Bob Ferguson to run for attorney general

State Attorney General Rob McKenna hasn't announced his plans for 2012, but political jockeying to succeed him has already begun if - as widely expected - he runs for governor.

GOP Response to President Obama's 2012 Budget Request

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) held a briefing to respond to the President's fiscal year 2012 budget request.

Speaker Boehner at CPAC '11

Speaker Boehner @ CPAC '11 : Liberating America's Economy 2/10/2011 Mr. President where are the jobs? The spending spree is hurting the American people.

UPDATE: Senator Val Stevens on Senate Bill 5274, Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Senator Val Stevens talks about the overwhelming turnout in opposition to SB 5274, February 3 in Olympia, which would severely restrict privately owned crisis pregnancy centers.

A rocky start in county executive race

Why it's important to work well together as a party.

Reid discounts Tea Party as short-lived and reactionary

Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is dismissing the tea party as short-lived, saying it will "disappear" once the economy gets better.

Rep. Dan Kristiansen identifies key differences between Republicans and Democrats

While Democrats voted to keep expensive social programs on life support and cut deeply into education to bring the current budget closer to balance, the GOP proposed eliminating programs that are unlikely to survive the next round of cuts anyway, and restore badly needed investments in elementary education.

Initiative Measure No. 1122 Concerns Public and Private Enforcement of Immigration Laws

This measure would require state and local agencies to enforce federal immigration laws and verify immigration status to issue driver's licenses and public benefits. All employers would have to "E-Verify" employees' immigration status.

Bills would prevent illegal immigrants from getting state licenses

More than half a dozen bills have been introduced in the Legislature to require those applying for a driver's license to first prove their legal presence in this country. It's a record number of bills on the issue - some, for the first time, proposed by Democrats.

1122 Works to minimize deliberate or unwitting illegal employment

1-1122 offers five mechanisms that will minimize deliberate or unwitting illegal employment, minimize the current taxpayer subsidy of employers/illegal aliens and also make our streets safer.

State Labor Council calls for putting $3 billion in taxes before voters

The state Labor Council thinks voters should have the chance to suspend up to $3 billion in tax breaks to bail out the state's budget.

02/14/11 Legislative Review features highlights from Monday's legislative activity.

SB 5297 eyes reform on the initiative signature gathering process. Tim Eyman takes it personal.

Student Drop Out - costs the state $10,500 per student, per year, and for the rest of their life. HB 1599 will establish the pay for actual student success dropout prevention program.