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Legislative and Public Affairs Committee
Analyzes pending federal and state legislation and candidates' positions as they relate to SPEEA's goals and objectives.

“We in America do not have government by Majority.
We have government by the majority who participate.”-Thomas Jefferson

Meets - 3rd Thursday of each month, 5 p.m.

Staff Focal: Kristin Farr (206) 433-0991

Chair: Joel Funfar (206) 655-6143
Vice-Chair: Debbie Logsdon
Secretary: Judy Mogan


2008 - SPEEA State Legislative Priorities
WA State runs Jan. 14 - Mar. 14, and Kansas runs Jan. 14 - Apr. 12

Healthy Washington Coalition - 2008 Agenda

WORKER PRIVACY ACT


2007 Legislative Issue - Position Paper

July 30, 2007 - Letter to Candidates about Presidential Candidates Questionnaire

Listing of 2008 Candidates receiving questionnaire

List of Questions 2008 Candidates were asked

Sample of Candidate responses from the October 2006 Spotlite


NATIONAL

IFPTE Political Action

IFPTE Political Action website

IFPTE Home page - Issues listed


CongressVotes

Congressional voting records
Current & data back to 1991


Federal:
www.vote-smart.org
Non-partisan site includes voting records for
US senators and representatives, as well as ratings
for each legislator from various interest groups,
broken down by issue e.g. look at “labor” to see
a legislator’s rating from the AFL-CIO.  Also lists
state government leaders.  This site also gives
voting records of state lawmakers.


Thomas Guide
Comprehensive legislative information, including
voting records, from the Library of Congress.


www.aflcio.org/issues/legislativealert
/votes/vr_rep.cfm
Congressional voting records available on the AFL-CIO website

WASHINGTON STATE

WSLC

Washington State Legislative Update

Washington State Legislature Issues Tracker

2006 WA State Legislative Session overview

Washington state representative
or senotors - Voting records

Non-partisan site with voting records for Washington state senators and representatives.  Navigate by individuals, bill numbers or keywords.

Washington state legislators - Voting records
Search by representatives or senators.  See voting results and also find WSLC percentage ratings of legislators for the current session and for the legislator’s lifetime.

KANSAS

Kansas Workbeat

Kansas Workbeat

Kansas Legislature website

www.vote-smart.org
Non-partisan site; click on House or Senate
to see state legislators records.

TEXAS

Texas:
www.congress.org/congressorg/e4/browse
Non-partisan site.  Click on your district, then the incumbent’s name to see how he/she voted on key legislation.

OREGON

Oregon:
www.oraflcio.org/Legislative/state legislature voting.htm
AFL-CIO Oregon legislator voting records,
broken down by labor issues.