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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Welfare, Medicaid and Social Services</title><link>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/14.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>SB 5256 formerly HB 1102</title><link>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/118004.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:28:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8aea812f-02a0-4622-bb63-b8c2fd430f3a:118004</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/118004.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=118004</wfw:commentRss><description>Why hasn't the Governer signed this legislation. Her husband is a Vietnam Vet.At every Photo op at election time, she will claim her concern for veterans. This legislation wil exempt VA copmpensation not to be counted as income.It will assist those 100% DAV severely wounded veterans; with combat disabilities, to fend off the ever growing tax burden to the property they own. Instead, the Governer signed SB 2488 to entittle dommestic parteners to quilify for the senoir tax exemption.
Lets see.... Where are the priorities? I can serveve my country and incurr severe lifetime disabilites(gunshot wounds) and the Governer cannot sign that legislation for a DAV exemption. However, the Governer can take time to  sign a SB 2488 concerning legislation for domestic parters to to share in the same type of senoir property tax exemption. HuH.</description></item><item><title>2007 Senate Bill 5256 (Providing for the exclusion of veterans benefits from the income calculation for the retired person property tax relief program.)</title><link>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/104864.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8aea812f-02a0-4622-bb63-b8c2fd430f3a:104864</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/104864.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=104864</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on January 15, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 48 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Senate Roll Call 0 at Senate Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.washingtonvotes.org/2007-SB-5256'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>