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SJR 18                                                                                                                        
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 18 Supporting the leases issued                                                                     
by the United States Department of the Interior to Royal Dutch Shell                                                            
in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas; urging the Governor of the State of                                                           
Washington, the Seattle City Council, and other public officials in the                                                         
State of Washington to refrain from destructive attacks on the                                                                  
economy, jobs, and lives of the people of this state and the State of                                                           
Washington and to look first at closing the Boeing production facilities                                                        
to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from commercial activity;                                                                 
inviting Royal Dutch Shell to use a port in this state as the homeport of                                                       
its Arctic drilling fleet if the lease with the Port of Seattle is                                                              
terminated; and requesting that the Alaska Congressional delegation                                                             
support restricting the Export-Import Bank of the United States to                                                              
lending only to small businesses, was read the second time.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Senator Giessel, Chair, moved and asked unanimous consent for the                                                               
adoption of the Resources Committee Substitute offered on page 1037.                                                            
Without objection, CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION                                                                               
NO. 18(RES) was adopted.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senator Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                      
resolution be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and                                                               
placed on final passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 18(RES) was read the                                                                         
third time.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                

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The question being: "Shall CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION                                                                       
NO. 18(RES) Supporting the leases issued by the United States                                                                   
Department of the Interior to Royal Dutch Shell in the Chukchi and                                                              
Beaufort Seas; urging the Governor of the State of Washington, the                                                              
Seattle City Council, and other public officials in the State of                                                                
Washington to refrain from destructive attacks on the economy, jobs,                                                            
and lives of the people of this state and the State of Washington and to                                                        
look first at closing the Boeing production facilities to reduce                                                                
emissions of carbon dioxide from commercial activity; inviting Royal                                                            
Dutch Shell to use a port in this state as the homeport of its Arctic                                                           
drilling fleet if the lease with the Port of Seattle is terminated; and                                                         
requesting that the Alaska Congressional delegation support restricting                                                         
the Export-Import Bank of the United States to lending only to small                                                            
businesses, pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following                                                             
result:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CSSJR 18(RES)                                                                                                                   
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bishop, Coghill, Costello, Dunleavy, Egan, Ellis, Gardner,                                                               
Giessel, Hoffman, Huggins, Kelly, MacKinnon, McGuire, Meyer,                                                                    
Micciche, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Stoltze, Wielechowski                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
and so, CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 18(RES)                                                                              
passed the Senate.