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VIDEO: Legislative Republican Leadership Media Availability: Leaders Oppose Taxes, Push for Public Safety

Published on February 11, 2025
Washington Republican leaders criticize Democratic policies on crime, taxes, and education, pushing for parental rights, lower costs, and safer communities. They oppose tax hikes, minimum wage increases, and school bond changes while advocating for balanced budgets and accountability.
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AUDIO/VIDEO: Tell Olympia what you think about balancing emergency powers

Published on February 11, 2025
Help balance state emergency powers by sharing your thoughts at a crucial Valentine’s Day hearing. Tracy Ellis explains.   AUDIO VIDEO  
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VIDEO: FOX News: America Reports: Sen. John Braun on Parental Rights

Published on February 10, 2025
Washington State Senate Republican Leader John Braun talks with FOX News’ John Roberts about parental rights.
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VIDEO: Protecting Parents’ Rights, Kids’ Safety & Fiscal Responsibility with Sen. John Braun

Published on February 07, 2025
Senate Republican Leader John Braun, 20th LD, shares his weekly legislative update. This week in Olympia, Senate Democrats pass SB 5181 — a bill that undermines the Parents’ Rights Act. Braun’s bill that adds fentanyl to the list of drugs in the child endangerment law passes in the Senate. Recent test scores show our kids...
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AUDIO: Senate Republican Leadership Update with Sen. John Braun

Published on February 06, 2025
Sen. Braun talks about a bill that cleared the State Senate that removes key parental notification rights codified in last year’s Parents’ Rights Initiative.
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News from the Caucus

February 09, 2024
John Braun

Property tax increase bill dies, won’t get a vote

  OLYMPIA…Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, made the following comments in reaction to the announcement that the proposal to allow local governments to raise property taxes by up to 3% annually without a vote of the people is dead for this legislative session. The Democratic sponsor of Senate Bill 5770 told The Washington State...
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January 25, 2024
Senate Republican Caucus

Legislative Republicans support ban to prohibit a personal income tax

Click here for a timeline of the 11 voter rejections of an income tax in Washington state.  OLYMPIA…Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, and House Republican Leader Drew Stokesbary, R-Auburn, released the following statement in response to the certification of I-2111, which would enact a ban that would prohibit any level of government from imposing...
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January 18, 2024
Senate Republican Caucus

Republican leaders support Initiative 2117 to repeal carbon tax, call for public hearings on the measure

Senate Republican Leader John Braun and House Republican Leader Drew Stokesbary released a joint statement today following the certification of Initiative 2117 (Concerning carbon tax credit trading) by the Secretary of State on Tuesday. “Governor Inslee and Democrats misled the public about the costs of the carbon tax on working families, farmers and small businesses. Now...
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October 05, 2023
Perry Dozier

Senator says Ecology must be open about program driving up fuel prices

OLYMPIA… While raking in more than $1 billion from the carbon-pricing program that is behind Washington’s crushingly high fuel prices, the state Department of Ecology isn’t being fully open about who is buying and holding the carbon credits. A state senator says that has to change. The state’s Climate Commitment Act requires Ecology to post...
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July 10, 2023
Senate Republican Caucus

Let people choose whether payroll tax is right for them, Republicans say

OLYMPIA… Several of Washington’s Senate Republicans say the next time legislators are in session, they’ll try again to give workers an opportunity to opt out of the mandatory long-term care tax that began cutting into paychecks July 1. “Workers around our state are looking at their pay stubs and saying ‘I didn’t ask for this...
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October 20, 2022
Senate Republican Caucus

Don’t count on Democrats for relief from high prices

At the risk of dating myself, I was a young mother right around the last time the inflation rate in our state was like it is now… very high and skyrocketing! I know what it’s like to do the dollar-stretching and prioritizing that has suddenly become a necessity for today’s younger generation, especially parents. I...
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April 12, 2021
John Braun

Cutoff highlights refusal to address emergency powers — one of many majority Democrat failures, say top Senate Republicans

OLYMPIA…Senate Republican leaders released the following remarks after Sunday’s legislative deadline for bills that passed in their house origin to be considered by the opposite chamber. Bills that did not pass in both chambers by Sunday’s cutoff are considered ‘dead’ except for those considered necessary to implement the budget, such as the income tax proposed...
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