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A United States Senate page (Senate page or simply page) is a high-school age teen serving the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. Pages are nominated by senators, usually from their home state, and perform a variety of tasks, such as delivering messages and legislative documents on the Senate floor and the various Capitol Hill offices. [1]
The state constitution allows both houses to write their own rules of procedure (article II, section 9) and to elect their own officers (article II, section 10) with the proviso that the lieutenant governor may preside in each house and has a deciding vote in the Senate, but that the Senate may choose a "temporary president" in the absence of the lieutenant governor.
As part of her duties, Rivers has also hosted high-school aged pages for the Washington State Senate Page Program. [29] Rivers introduced legislation to increase taxes on medical marijuana. Washington is one of only a few states that has legalized marijuana for both medical and recreational use. Recreational marijuana has a 25% tax for consumers.
Washington Democrats voted Monday to elect Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, to be the new Senate Majority Leader. Pedersen will replace Sen. Andy Billig, D-Spokane, who is retiring after 14 years ...
The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives, composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senate, with 49 Senators plus the Lieutenant Governor acting as president. [1]
Manka Dhingra is the current Democratic Deputy Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate and has been in the Legislature since 2017 after being voted in during a special election that year ...
Claire E. Wilson [2] (born 1956) is an American educator and politician from the state of Washington. She is a Democratic member of the Washington State Senate, representing Washington's 30th legislative district, an area that includes Federal Way, Algona, Auburn, Pacific, Milton, and Des Moines. [3]
Tina Louise Orwall [1] (born April 3, 1965) [2] is an American politician serving in the Washington State Senate.She previously served as the Speaker pro tempore of the Washington House of Representatives from 2017-2018 and from 2021-2024,. [3]