WA Democrats Blast Common Core

Delegates to the Democratic Party Central Committee meeting in Olympia on January 24, 2015, passed a resolution in opposition to the Common Core State Standards. The resolution received nearly two-thirds support from the over 200 committee members. They follow the lead of the Washington State Republican Party, whose committee members passed a similar resolution in 2014. As a matter of fact, it was your very own Douglas County Republican Central Committee who brought the original resolution to the WSRP.

We thank the Washington State Democratic Party for their courage in adopting this resolution and hope that this can be a catalyst for bipartisan education reform with greater state and local control, for the sake of our children. Read more about the how the resolution was passed by following this link and then see how it compares to your DCRCC's resolution!

Senate Approves 2/3 Tax Rule

In an effort led by Sen. Michael Baumgartner (R-Spokane) and Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale), the Washington Senate today agreed to Senate rules requiring a 2/3 majority vote for all new tax increase proposals. These temporary rules, which last only for the current two-year term, were adopted to honor the wishes of WA voters who have consistently and overwhelmingly passed initiatives requiring a 2/3 majority vote of the Legislature for tax increases.

The Douglas County Republican Party would like to thank Sen. Linda Evans Parlette and the rest of the Majority Coalition Caucus for listening to the desire of Washington voters.

Read more about the rule change here or tell Sen. Parlette thanks by going here.

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