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Mar 14

2008

Cantwell Supports Budget to Strengthen Economy

Posted by Editor in Politics, Government

Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) lent her support to the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Resolution. The Senate Budget Resolution will strengthen the economy, creates jobs, cuts middle class taxes, and makes key investments in energy, education, and infrastructure. It passed the Senate by a vote of 51-44.

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Mar 10

2008

Maria's Monday memo - March 10, 2008

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Senator Maria Cantwell's Weekly Update
March 10. 2008

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Mar 06

2008

Murray Encourages People to 'Sign the Petition'

Posted by Editor in Politics, Government

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) is encouraging constituents to sign a petition on her website denouncing the Air Force's recent decision to outsource a $40 billion defense contract to build the next generation of air refueling tankers. Murray will use the petition to help make her case as she works to fight the decision to give the contract to Airbus and its foreign workforce.

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Mar 06

2008

Cantwell: We Must Turn Back New FCC Rules

Posted by Editor in Politics, Government

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell lent her support to a resolution of disapproval introduced by Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) that makes null and void the Federal Communications Commission 's (FCC) new media ownership rules.

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Mar 04

2008

Legislature bans radio chips to spy on consumers

Posted by Editor in Politics, Government

From state Representative Jeff Morris:

Some believe RFID chips have great promise for commerce. Others raise the specter of an Orwellian society where an individual’s every move and purchase are analyzed.

Whether one believes this RFID technology to be auspicious, suspicious, or somewhere in between, if that’s the road that commerce is headed down, then the Washington state Legislature just constructed the first techno-checkpoint of its kind.

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