The state senate Republican leader, Bill Finkbeiner, represents the district where Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, WA. 

Microsoft had withdrawn its support for the non-discrimination bill after being threatened with a national boycott by a right-wing minister, Ken Hutcherson, as reported by the New York Times The Stranger and America Blog.  (Visit the Tell Me More Page For Links To These Sites)

WashTech / CWA reports that last month Microsoft launched a lobbying offensive in support of the U.S. free-trade agenda and placed advertisements in the New York Times, Capitol Hill's Roll Call, and other publications. Microsoft is calling for passage of a proposed expansion of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to six additional nations through a Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), among other trade initiatives (See link below.)

CAFTA would serve to push ahead the corporate globalization model that has caused the "race to the bottom" in labor and environmental standards and would promote privatization and deregulation of key public services.

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