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2004 SENATE Voting Record

Vote descriptions are at the bottom of this page.  
Click here if you don't know what Legislative District you live in, or who your Senator is.
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(Download a 238 PDF file of the 2004 WSLC Voting Records.)

 

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 = Voted WRONG   E = Excused   A = Absent
STATE SENATOR Party
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 WSLC
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 WSLC
Voting
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Sen. Don Benton R-17          

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 27% 15%
Sen. Dale Brandland R-42          

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 18% 12%
Sen. Jean Berkey D-38

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 91% 88%
Sen. Lisa Brown D-3

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 100% 96%
Sen. Don Carlson R-49          

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 27% 19%
Sen. Alex Deccio R-14          

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         A 10% 8%
Sen. Mark Doumit D-19

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 82% 82%
Sen. Tracey Eide D-30

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 91% 89%
Sen. Luke Esser R-48          

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 18% 15%
Sen. Darlene Fairley D-32

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 100% 96%
Sen. Bill Finkbeiner R-45          

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 18% 22%
Sen. Rosa Franklin D-29

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 100% 94%
Sen. Karen Fraser D-22

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 100% 96%
Sen. Patricia Hale R-8          

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 18% 10%
Sen. Jim Hargrove D-24

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 73% 68%
Sen. Mary Marg. Haugen D-10

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 55% 58%
Sen. Mike Hewitt R-16          

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 18% 6%
Sen. Jim Honeyford R-15          

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 18% 3%
Sen. Jim Horn R-41          

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 18% 7%
Sen. Ken Jacobsen D-46

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 82% 91%
Sen. Stephen Johnson R-47          

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 18% 9%
Sen. Jim Kastama D-25

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 82% 82%
Sen. Karen Keiser D-33

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 91% 98%
Sen. Adam Kline D-37

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 100% 95%
Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36

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 82% 93%
Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe D-1

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 91% 87%
Sen. Bob McCaslin R-4          

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 18% 6%
Sen. Bob Morton R-7          

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 18% 4%
Sen. Joyce Mulliken R-13          

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 18% 7%
Sen. Brian Murray R-6          

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 18% 18%
Sen. Bob Oke R-26          

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 18% 11%
Sen. Linda Parlette R-12          

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 18% 8%
Sen. Cheryl Pflug R-5          

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 18% 20%
Sen. Erik Poulsen D-34

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 90% 90%
Sen. Margarita Prentice D-11

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 91% 90%
Sen. Marilyn Rasmussen D-2

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 64% 75%
Sen. Debbie Regala D-27

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 100% 97%
Sen. Pam Roach R-31          

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 18% 32%
Sen. Dave Schmidt R-44          

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 18% 10%
Sen. Larry Sheahan R-9          

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 18% 8%
Sen. Betti Sheldon D-23

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 91% 90%
Sen. Tim Sheldon D-35          

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 18% 28%
Sen. Paull Shin D-21

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 91% 85%
Sen. Harriet Spanel D-40

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 100% 94%
Sen. Val Stevens R-39          

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 18% 4%
Sen. Dan Swecker R-20          

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 18% 15%
Sen. Pat Thibaudeau D-43

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 E 100% 97%
Sen. Shirley Winsley R-28    

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 45% 61%
Sen. Joseph Zarelli R-18          

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 18% 8%

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2004 Senate Vote Descriptions

  1. SB 6239 (Poulsen am.) -- Outsourcing amendment to Senate R&D tax break bill; break would be calculated based on percentage of U.S. employment. "Right" vote was YES. Failed 23-26 on Jan. 28.

  2. SHB 2546 (final passage) -- House version of R&D tax break bill with insufficient language on disclosure and accountability for job creation among recipient businesses. "Right" vote was NO. Passed 40-9 on Feb. 10.

  3. SSB 5697 (final passage) - Essentially freezing the state minimum wage by linking future inflationary increases to the unemployment rate, falsely implying they are related. "Right" vote was NO. Passed 27-22 on Feb. 10.

  4. 2SSB 5378 (final passage) - Across-the-board benefit cuts in workers’ compensation through 4-quarter averaging similar to the 2003 cuts in unemployment insurance. "Right" vote was NO. Passed 25-23 on Feb. 11.

  5. SSB 6395 (final passage) - Requiring employer reporting to begin workers’ comp claims process, rather than giving injured workers the option of reporting to medical providers. "Right" vote was NO. Passed 30-19 on Feb. 11.

  6. ESB 6180 (final passage) - Prohibiting genetic testing as a condition of employment. "Right" vote was YES. Passed 49-0 on Feb. 12.

  7. 2SSB 6599 (final passage) - Questioning validity of testing farm workers exposed to toxic pesticides as required by the court. "Right" vote was NO. Passed 30-19 on Feb. 17.

  8. ESB 6317 (final passage) - Deregulating self-insured companies by allowing them to make their own claims decisions and manage claims. "Right" vote was NO. Passed 29-20 on Feb. 17.

  9. SSB 6187 (Fraser am.) - Amend. to supplemental budget reducing state employee health care costs. "Right" vote was YES. Needed 60% majority, failed 26-23 on Feb. 25.

  10. 2SHB 2295 (final passage) - Authorizing charter schools. "Right" vote was NO. Passed 27-22 on Mar. 10.

  11. EHB 1777 (final passage) - Implementing home-care workers' contract. "Right" vote was YES. Passed 47-0 on Mar. 10.

For more information about these bills and issues, see the 2004 WSLC Legislative Report,
which will be published in mid-April. (In the meantime, check out the 2003 edition.)

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