April 1, 2023
LEGISLATIVE UPDATES (Links are in blue)
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There are 21 days left in the 2023 session. The next deadline is fiscal committee cutoff – opposite house on April 4. This means a lot of work in the House Appropriations and Transportation committees.
Learn more about what is going on with the budgets and public safety from the House Republicans,
click: Current
Republican Senate Minority Leader John Braun has a response to Governor Inslee:
“Do your job or go home!”
Washington State House Republicans have K-12 education facts everyone should see. We must address the staggering student learning loss from Legislative Democrats and Governor Jay Inslee's shutdown policies. The Senate Budget helps.
"House Republicans believe school districts should be given resources to succeed, but should be held accountable to the students and communities they serve. Under Democrat control, K-12 spending has grown exponentially while student learning and performance has declined. Washington students deserve better."
Read more here: K-12 EDUCATION FACTS
LEGISLATIVE UPDATES (Links are in blue)
Follow WFRW on Facebook and Twitter for Legislative Alerts and
see other *Resources below
There are 21 days left in the 2023 session. The next deadline is fiscal committee cutoff – opposite house on April 4. This means a lot of work in the House Appropriations and Transportation committees.
Learn more about what is going on with the budgets and public safety from the House Republicans,
click: Current
Republican Senate Minority Leader John Braun has a response to Governor Inslee:
“Do your job or go home!”
Washington State House Republicans have K-12 education facts everyone should see. We must address the staggering student learning loss from Legislative Democrats and Governor Jay Inslee's shutdown policies. The Senate Budget helps.
"House Republicans believe school districts should be given resources to succeed, but should be held accountable to the students and communities they serve. Under Democrat control, K-12 spending has grown exponentially while student learning and performance has declined. Washington students deserve better."
Read more here: K-12 EDUCATION FACTS
LEGISLATIVE UPDATES
The 2023 session began Jan 9th and will last 105 days. >Stay connected to the House Republicans via a variety of options. Click here: House Republican Updates >Keep up with the Senate Republicans, sign up for their updates. Click here: Senate Republican Caucus |
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Republican leaders are prioritizing public safety, inflation relief, and improved educational outcomes.
They want to find common ground with majority Democrats to make Washington safe from crime, affordable for families, improve student performance, and fix the state's housing crisis.
Senate Republicans have just released "Rational Steps toward a better Washington."
This is a call to bipartisan action on five critical issues.
To read the full document click Rational Steps
They want to find common ground with majority Democrats to make Washington safe from crime, affordable for families, improve student performance, and fix the state's housing crisis.
Senate Republicans have just released "Rational Steps toward a better Washington."
This is a call to bipartisan action on five critical issues.
To read the full document click Rational Steps

House Republicans have released their priorities.
To read more click Real Solutions
- Reducing Your Cost of Living
- Making Communities Safer
- Fixing Our Housing Crisis
- Empowering All Families
To read more click Real Solutions
If you would like to track U.S. Congressional legislation visit GovTrack
National Federation of Republican Women Legislative Priorities
At the NFRW 2023 Spring Board of Directors Meeting, four resolutions were adopted:
KEEP 9 - Please ask your Representatives & Senators to sign on as a co-sponsors of the #Keep9 Amendment
(co-sponsors should contact Sydney Powers with Rep Johnson: Sydney.Powers@mail.house.gov) or
(co-sponsors should contact Chris Jaarda with Sen Cruz: Chris_Jaarda@cruz.senate.gov)
PARENTAL RIGHTS - Protecting parental rights is a key legislative priority for the NFRW, and members are urged to call your U.S. Representative and ask him or her to sign on as an original sponsor of the Parental Rights Amendment. Just call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121, ask to be connected to your Representative, and tell the staffer why you support the Parental Rights Amendment, and that they can find more information by talking with Annie Clark in Representative Debbie Lesko's office.
Lower Energy Costs - H.R. 1
National Federation of Republican Women Legislative Priorities
At the NFRW 2023 Spring Board of Directors Meeting, four resolutions were adopted:
- Supporting the Keep Nine Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- Supporting the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- Supporting the Stop Taxpayer Funding of Traffickers Act
- Oppose Ranked-Choice Voting
KEEP 9 - Please ask your Representatives & Senators to sign on as a co-sponsors of the #Keep9 Amendment
(co-sponsors should contact Sydney Powers with Rep Johnson: Sydney.Powers@mail.house.gov) or
(co-sponsors should contact Chris Jaarda with Sen Cruz: Chris_Jaarda@cruz.senate.gov)
PARENTAL RIGHTS - Protecting parental rights is a key legislative priority for the NFRW, and members are urged to call your U.S. Representative and ask him or her to sign on as an original sponsor of the Parental Rights Amendment. Just call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121, ask to be connected to your Representative, and tell the staffer why you support the Parental Rights Amendment, and that they can find more information by talking with Annie Clark in Representative Debbie Lesko's office.
Lower Energy Costs - H.R. 1
- Increasing domestic energy production
- Reforming the permitting process for all industries
- Reversing anti-energy policies advanced by the Biden Administration
- Streamlining energy infrastructure and exports
- Boosting the production and processing of critical minerals