Great News!!!
Washington State Initiative 2117 - to repeal the cap and trade gas tax scheme - has been filed with the Secretary of State's office.
Keep those signatures coming as they are very close to securing the number needed to file the remainder.
Initiatives filed and accepted will go on the November ballot regardless of what the legislature does. See initiative link below*
Legislative Updates and Election News
For information on Caucuses and County Conventions and the State Convention in Spokane on April 18-20, 2024 visit the WAGOP website
If you are interested in participating in the Jan 13 Caucuses, contact your local County GOP Office.
If you are interested in participating in the Jan 13 Caucuses, contact your local County GOP Office.
WA State Senate Republicans release their 2024 agenda to protect our state's agriculture called Cultivate Washington <Learn more at the link.
The priorities include:
Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber, R-Republic, who serves as House Republican floor leader, sat down with KPQ’s Dave Bernstein in the Wenatchee radio station to preview issues expected to be addressed during the coming 2024 legislative session in January. Topics included crime and police pursuits, a rebate from the cap-and-trade program to offset gasoline prices, Maycumber’s apprenticeship program, mental health response with law enforcement, the drug crisis, and concerns over reintroducing the grizzly bear in the North Cascades.
Listen here: 2024 Session
The priorities include:
- Reducing the regulatory burden on farming operations while balancing the interests of farmworkers
- Ease the pain of high fuel costs
- Promote new opportunities for the state to support small- and mid-sized farms
- Continue work toward a reliable supply of water for crops and farm housing
- Seek a balance between the needs of wildlife and the needs of farming operations
- Work toward a renewed public appreciation for agriculture
Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber, R-Republic, who serves as House Republican floor leader, sat down with KPQ’s Dave Bernstein in the Wenatchee radio station to preview issues expected to be addressed during the coming 2024 legislative session in January. Topics included crime and police pursuits, a rebate from the cap-and-trade program to offset gasoline prices, Maycumber’s apprenticeship program, mental health response with law enforcement, the drug crisis, and concerns over reintroducing the grizzly bear in the North Cascades.
Listen here: 2024 Session
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*Initiatives 2023
Learn more about them and where to get or sign at Let's Go Washington 325,000 signatures are needed by Dec 29, 2023 Public Safety I-2113 Reasonable Police Pursuit Cost of Living I-2117 The Hidden Gas Tax I-2124 State Run Long Term Care I-2109 Repeal the Capital Gains Tax I-2111 No State Income Tax Parental Rights I-2081 Parental Notification |
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) has new initiative "Bank Your Vote".
The Bank Your Vote initiative encourages GOP voters (like YOU!) to get your vote in and make absolutely sure that your voice is heard in the critical 2024 elections. Click here to learn more: Bank Your Vote
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
The Bank Your Vote initiative encourages GOP voters (like YOU!) to get your vote in and make absolutely sure that your voice is heard in the critical 2024 elections. Click here to learn more: Bank Your Vote
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:
- 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
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