Dear Friends, It’s just two weeks until your ballot will be mailed to your home. FCWPP supports a “Yes” vote on Initiative 594, which would require criminal and public safety background checks on all firearms sales and transfers including gun shows, online sales, and private sales with certain exceptions. These background checks would be the … Read more
Dear Friends of FCWPP, You are invited to participate in the fall meeting of the Steering Committee of Friends Committee on Washington Public Policy (FCWPP). The meeting will be at 7 pm on Friday September 26 at Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting (PNQM), at Lazy F camp near Ellensburg. We’ll be meeting at 7 pm in … Read more
Your elected representatives say they want you to meet with them before the 2015 legislative session begins in January. Many organizations are already firming up their work plans for the 2015 legislative session. Groups are finding legislators who will take lead roles advocating for the bills their constituents want passed, and they are continuing to … Read more
Dear Friends of FCWPP,You are invited to participate in the spring meeting of the Steering Committee of Friends Committee on Washington Public Policy (FCWPP). The meeting will be at 7 pm on Friday April 25 at Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting (PNQM), at Lazy F camp near Ellensburg.As part of the agenda for this meeting, we’ll … Read more
This post “Challenging session ends with several significant successes” is also available as a PDF file: 2014 End of Session Report-1. The importance of your voice to the Washington state legislature’s decision making process increases as the Senate’s majority caucus becomes increasingly dominated by other voices that advocate most strongly for reduced government and increased … Read more
Two issues from FCWPP’s workplan are still being considered by the Washington legislature. Both will be decided by Thursday, and both are in the Supplemental Operations Budget that the House submitted last week to the Senate. The effort to reduce crime by providing post-secondary education opportunities to eligible individuals while incarcerated is supported with a … Read more
Friends, The Washington state legislative session is down to the wire! All bills, unless necessary to implement the budget, must be passed by tomorrow: Friday, March 7th. If you have not communicated with your state senator in the last week, we encourage you to copy the following message into an email, addyour name and your … Read more
Dear Friends of Friends Committee of Washington Public Policy, The following four bills are currently in the Senate Rules Committee and must be moved out of Rules and voted on by the full Senate by this Friday, March 7. So time is at a premium! We urge you to contact your state Senator to urge … Read more
Dear FCWPP Activist- Most bills still under consideration by the 2014 state legislature must be voted on by the end of this week to become law this year. If you have not yet sent your legislators an email, or called their offices, this is your last chance this session. Encourage action on the bills described … Read more
Friends- Click here for the status as of Feb. 20 of all the bills the Friends Committee on Washington Public Policy has been working on this session. Bill numbers, which committees the bill is in, and what needs to happen next is listed for each one, along with a brief summary of what change will … Read more