Fast track trade authority for Obama splits state’s House Democrats
A bill to expand President Obama’s trade negotiating powers, viewed as his highest legislative priority, is due for a tight vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, with Republicans...
View ArticleCongressmen Smith and Heck, key votes, will say no to giving President Obama...
Two previously undecided Washington congressmen, viewed as key players in the House, said Thursday morning that they will vote against giving President Obama fast-track authority to negotiate new...
View ArticleCantwell, last Democrat to decide, will support the Iran nuclear accord
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., on Tuesday night became the 42nd Democratic senator to support the Iran nuclear accord and the last Democrat in Congress’ upper chamber to declare her position. Along with...
View ArticleReichert: President Obama will violate his oath of office with Iran nuclear...
Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., in a strongly worded statement, says President Obama will violate his oath of office by going ahead with the Iran nuclear agreement, which Reichert describes as a “bad...
View ArticleRepublican state Sen. Andy Hill: I’m not running for governor
State Sen. Andy Hill, R-Redmond, many Republicans’ hope as their most viable 2016 challenger to Gov. Jay Inslee, said Friday in a message to friends that he won’t seek the state’s highest office. “I...
View ArticleEx-Gov. Dan Evans endorses Republican long shot Bill Bryant, recalls when he...
Early starting Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Bryant was endorsed Monday by former three-term GOP Gov. Dan Evans, with Evans recalling when he started traveling the state and registered at 3...
View ArticleRepublicans try to close Planned Parenthood clinics while federal government...
The U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., spent hours Friday debating and voting for a measure to block federal financing of Planned Parenthood, while a partial government shutdown looms...
View ArticleRepublican Rep. Dave Reichert, after many hints, won’t run for governor
U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., has spent the last five years giving out regular hints that he might run for governor and that Republican governors were begging on bended knee that he make the race....
View ArticleBipartisan budget agreement passes House: 2 Washington Republicans vote no
A bipartisan deal that would keep the federal government operating, and suspend the national debt, until after the 2016 presidential election passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday by...
View ArticleRepublicans in Washington, D.C., seek to undermine Obama’s climate...
Republicans in Congress moved Tuesday to block and undermine President Obama’s moves to curb carbon emissions from power plants, just as Obama was pledging in Paris to make the United States a global...
View ArticleThe House brings U.S. Export-Import Bank back to life
The U.S. House of Representatives, casting off its year-long dysfunction, on Thursday passed a five-year, $305 billion transportation bill that includes a provision reviving the U.S. Export-Import...
View ArticleExport-Import Bank: Lawmakers praised for persistence — and more — as Obama...
The Washington congressional delegation basked in praise Friday as President Obama signed a big transportation bill that revives the U.S. Export-Import Bank and allows 228 state exporters — most...
View ArticleCongressional delegation wants feds’ help in repairing storm-damaged highways...
Washington state’s politicians in the “other” Washington have received and responded to a reality check: There is nothing like a natural disaster to focus the mind. The full Washington delegation,...
View ArticleCongress revives Land and Water Conservation Fund, which has saved Washington...
The Land and Water Conservation Fund, a federal program which has built playfields and protected heron rookeries in Washington, has been revived in Congress’ new omnibus spending bill and given a hefty...
View ArticleCongress set to make sales tax deduction permanent
A tax break strongly beneficial to Washington residents has been included in the omnibus spending and tax bills set to pass Congress before Capitol Hill begins its Christmas break. It would make...
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