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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>Economy</title><link>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/9.aspx</link><description>Regulation, Labor, Professions, Energy, Communications, Business Subsidies</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: 2009 Senate Bill 5693 (Eliminating art purchases for public buildings)</title><link>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/119931.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:09:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8aea812f-02a0-4622-bb63-b8c2fd430f3a:119931</guid><dc:creator>principles</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/119931.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=119931</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;This is one common-sense decision that really shouldn&amp;#39;t be at all difficult for legislators to make.&amp;nbsp; We don&amp;#39;t need to be funding non-essential items ever -- but particularly during times like these.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2009 Senate Bill 5693 (Eliminating art purchases for public buildings)</title><link>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/119926.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:55:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8aea812f-02a0-4622-bb63-b8c2fd430f3a:119926</guid><dc:creator>jason330</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/119926.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=119926</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Yes Yes Yes.&amp;nbsp; This is possibly the first bill of the session that I&amp;nbsp;could really get behind.&amp;nbsp; We have a huge deficit.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;It is not the time to redecorate state buildings or to fancy up these wasteful public works projects that are being pushed.&amp;nbsp; trim the fat from government including the art budget.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 5693 (Eliminating art purchases for public buildings)</title><link>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/119925.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8aea812f-02a0-4622-bb63-b8c2fd430f3a:119925</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/119925.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.washingtonvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=119925</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on January 29, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.washingtonvotes.org/2009-SB-5693'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>