Washington State G-O-Pooh

Remember when the Washington State Republican Legislators announced they had a plan, a "Commitment to Washington"? Well they have a progress report on their plan. And it turns out their plan is to take credit for what the Democrats have done!

Rep. Doug Ericksen (R) - Press Room

Commitment to Washington update

Jan. 19, 2006 - (Olympia) - This is the first of several periodic updates on the progress of legislation proposed by House and Senate Republicans in their Commitment to Washington - an 11-point agenda for the 2006 legislative session.


* House Bill 2370 passed the House and Senate and signed into law -– Provides $7.6 million in low-income energy assistance and is one part of our commitment to help reduce energy costs for families.
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Yes, Doug Ericksen Republican Floor Leader, added his name to the co-sponsors of Bill 2370 and now that's the number one accomplishment of the House Republican Caucus. Just one wee little problem, Ericksen is the only Republican co-sponsor and their are thirty Democratic co-sponsor!!!

HB 2370 - 2005-06
Funding low-income home energy assistance.

Sponsors: Representatives Green (D-28th), Williams (D-22nd), Kessler (D-24th), Kilmer (D-26th), Chase (D-32nd ), Blake (D-19th), Morrell (D-25th), Appleton (D-23rd), Moeller (D-49th), Hasegawa (D-11th), Murray (D-43rd), Linville (D-42nd), Conway (D-29th), P. Sullivan (D-11th), Springer (D-45th), Takko (D-19th), Lantz (D-26th), Dickerson (D-36th), Kenney (D-46th), Fromhold (D-49th), Kagi (D-32nd), McIntire (D-46th), B. Sullivan (D-21st), Simpson (D-47th), Ericks (D-1st), Sells (D-38th), Upthegrove (D-33rd), Ormsby (D-3rd), McDermott (D-34th), Schual-Berke (D- 33rd), Ericksen (R-42nd )

By Request: Governor Gregoire

And the Senate companion bill doesn't make the Republicans look any better, with only four Republicans versus twenty-two Democrats co-sponsoring the bill.

SB 6285 - 2005-06
Funding low-income home energy assistance.

Sponsors: Senators Eide (D), Poulsen (D), Rockefeller (D), Pridemore (D), Rasmussen (D), Brown (D), Haugen (D), Berkey (D), Keiser (D), Prentice (D), Fairley (D), Kastama (D), Fraser (D), Kohl-Welles (D), McAuliffe (D), Thibaudeau (D), Spanel (D), Regala (D), Kline (D), Shin (D), Sheldon (D), Franklin (D), Mulliken-R, Morton-R, Roach-R, Oke-R

By Request: Governor Gregoire
Companion Bill: HB 2370

There are some words for what Republican Floor Leader Ericksen and his GOPals are trying to do, and the polite ones are: lie; perjure, equivocate, fudge, palter; beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, snow, take in, trick; defame, libel, slander, traduce; falsify, misrepresent, misstate; distort, garble; dissemble, dissimulate; misguide, misinform, mislead