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Links/Info to support 3 Public Financing Bills up now for Hearings

By noemie maxwell
Tue Jan 30, 2007 at 10:36:37 AM PST
Section: Washington State Topic: Campaign Finance

Hearings on public financing of bills are coming up this Thursday (February 1) and next Wednesday (February 7). Here's the Exact How-To on supporting these bills before or during the hearings.

If your Repesentative or Senator sponsors any of these or sits on any of the committees holding these hearings, your support is even more powerful. Click on "Full Story", below, for everything you need to find that out quickly. Washington Public Campaigns Legislative Action page tells you everything you need to know to be a Clean Campaign lobbyist for a day. Your 5 minutes -- or if you can devote a day -- can make a difference in the fate of these bills. Here are the bills involved:

PUBLIC FINANCING OF LOCAL ELECTIONS
Senate Bill 5278
PUBLIC FUNDING OF JUDICIAL CAMPAIGNS
Senate Bill 5226
COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC FINANCING OF CAMPAIGNS
House Bill 1360

To find your Senators and Representative, go to the District Finder. Follow the links on their pages for their contact info and their committees.

Thursday, February 1
PUBLIC FINANCING OF LOCAL ELECTIONS
Senate Bill 5278
Hearing Committee:
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS.
Darlene Fairley, Eric Oemig, Pam Roach, Don Benton, Adam Kline, Craig Pridemore, Dan Swecker
Bill Sponsors:
Franklin, Kastama, Kline, Spanel, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Regala, Pridemore, Poulsen, Fraser, Rasmussen, Rockefeller

Thursday, February 1
PUBLIC FUNDING OF JUDICIAL CAMPAIGNS
Senate Bill 5226
Discussion Committee:
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS
Committee Members: (See above.)
Bill Sponsors
Oemig, Fairley, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles, Kline
This one's a discussion (public welcome to attend but not to participate).

Wednesday, February 7th:
COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC FINANCING OF CAMPAIGNS
HB 1360
Hearing Committee:
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT AND TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Sam Hunt, Sherry Appleton, Bruce Chandler, Mike Armstrong, Tami Green, Joel Kretz, Joe McDermott, Mark Miloscia, Timm Ormsby
Bill Sponsors
Miloscia, Chase, McDermott, Hasegawa, Pettigrew, Ormsby, Kagi, Appleton, McIntire, Goodman

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