Day: August 6, 2013

I finally got already to going through all the bills that were plowed through by our General Assembly on June 30. Yes, it took over a month. No, not really, I've been enjoying the summer too. This time, the Vote Tracker is downloadable in PDF form, rather than the Excel spreadsheet. Further, the Tracker, or rather, the legislation we are tracking, is organized into the following categories: 1) Passed and Signed Bills, 2) Passed One House, But Not the Other, 3) Waiting for Votes, either in Committee or on the floor, and 4) Defeated and Tabled Bills. Now, remember, this Tracker only keeps track of legislation that is of a priority or of concern to those of us on the liberal and progressive side of the aisle. Indeed, the Tracker is a joint effort between Delaware Liberal and the Progressive Democrats for Delaware (PDD). The PDD announced their legislative priorities earlier this year, and it was and is a pretty good, and long, list (in no order of priority):

Minimum Wage Increase Opposing Cuts to Medicaid Marriage Equality Death Penalty Repeal Gun Control Legislation Progressive Tax Rates Single Payer Healthcare Lobbying Disclosure Reform Independent Redistricting Reform Amending the Anti-Discrimination Law to Include Transgendered Persons Charter School Reform No Excuse Absentee Voting Manufactured Home Rent Justification

So it is best to view the Vote Tracker in terms of the above priorities. That's 13 priorities. How many were achieved? How many were defeated? And how many are a work in progress? Come inside to see.