{"id":769,"date":"2015-11-19T14:10:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T22:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/liias\/?p=769"},"modified":"2020-09-15T23:02:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T23:02:10","slug":"liias-to-take-on-role-of-assistant-floor-leader-for-senate-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/liias\/2015\/11\/19\/liias-to-take-on-role-of-assistant-floor-leader-for-senate-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Liias to take on role of assistant floor leader for Senate Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Marko Liias, D-Lynnwood, has been chosen to serve as assistant floor leader for the Senate Democrats, where he will help control floor action on all legislation that comes up for a for a vote in the Senate.<br \/>\n\u201cI am excited to join the Senate Democratic leadership team,\u201d Liias said. \u201cWe have big challenges that need solutions and I look forward to reaching across the aisle to build bipartisan coalitions and address the issues that matter to the future of our state.\u201d<br \/>\nAt the same time, Liias has also been chosen by his peers to continue in his role as assistant ranking member on the Senate Transportation Committee, where he helps negotiate and write the state\u2019s transportation budget, and on the Senate Higher Education Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Marko Liias, D-Lynnwood, has been chosen to serve as assistant floor leader for the Senate Democrats, where he will help control floor action on all legislation that comes up for a for a vote in the Senate. \u201cI am excited to join the Senate Democratic leadership team,\u201d Liias said. \u201cWe have big challenges that need solutions and I look forward to reaching across the aisle to build bipartisan coalitions and address the issues that matter to the future of our state.\u201d At the same time, Liias has also been chosen by his peers to continue in his role as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Liias to take on role of assistant floor leader for Senate Democrats - Sen. 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