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A consortium representing 59,000 Roman Catholic nuns, as well as a pro-life congressman and former seminarian, endorse passage of health care reform....

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Rep. Brian Baird went on CNN's State of the Union yesterday and told Democrats something they didn't want to hear. Just because the Washington state Congressman isn't running for reelecti......

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In a probable preview of interrupted dinners and kiddie bedtimes this year, the good folks at the NRCC have unleashed a last-ditch effort to stop health reform with that most hated of intrusive tactics, the robo-call, including down here in WA-03. Th...

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Joel Connelly says musclebound congressman Dave Reichert hasn t ruled out a run against incumbent U.S. Senator Patty Murray:Rumors in Washington, D.C., this week have Reichert being encouraged to run against Murray. They didn t come from me, he jok...

topics: committee, congressman, republican, senate, senator

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Hello governor, Congressman Dave Reichert said, walking in Saturday morning. And governor, governor, governor... There were six in all - Mike Lowry, John Spellman, Dan Evans, Booth Gar... Continue reading Governorpalooza: Wall...

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U.S. House Republican Whip Eric Cantor has sent out a memo naming the 37 Dems who voted for the House health care reform bill, but who he believes can be persuaded to vote against final passage, and our very own Rep. Adam Smith (WA-9) is amongst them...

topics: congressman, health-care, republican

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Okay, so here s how it works.The Senate version of health care reform absolutely sucks, and progressives need to oppose it as loudly and effectively as they can, even threatening to torpedo health care reform entirely if there aren t some pretty big ...

topics: clinton, congressman, conservative, democrats, health-care

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When was the last time you read a story about a politician that was dismissive, critical, and called for their head? Probably five minutes ago! I also want to write about a congressman wh... Continue reading Big Shoes To Fill In ...

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Local Congressman Jay Inslee heads off to Copenhagen as part of congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi....

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I hate to make it Dump on Joel Week, and I ve got no big quibbles with the rest of his column, but this is the sort of conventional wisdom that really ticks me off:A tireless practitioner of town meetings, Baird had a grip on his southwest Washingt...

topics: congressman, democrats, political