From AHNC: ACTION Alert: Attend upcoming hearings on revenue bills- pack the room!

ACTION Alert: Attend upcoming hearings on revenue bills- pack the room!

At a 10:30am press conference today, the Senate Budget will be released (Senate Hearing Room 4), and a public hearing is scheduled for 5:30pm this afternoon in the Senate Ways and Means Committee.

Tomorrow (2/29) at 10:00am in House Hearing Room A, the House Ways & Means Committee will hear several revenue bills, including Rep. Jinkins' capital gains tax (HB 2563) and Rep. Carlyle's bill to sunset and review all existing tax preferences (HB 2762).  

We need to provide a very strong showing of support to underscore the need for new forms of revenue to prevent further devastating cuts.

The AHNC 2012 Legislative Agenda calls for a balanced approach to the state budget as one of our top priorities. In just the past three years, our legislature has already cut $10 billion from education, healthcare and other essential services.

Cuts have been felt in all programs, including hunger-relief programs. We continue to urge the Governor and the legislature to take a balanced approach to addressing our state budget, including new sources of revenue and reviews and reforms our current tax exemptions and expenditures.

Without new sources of revenue, hunger relief programs and other critical services Washingtonians rely on are in jeopardy.  

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