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2 hrs ago | The Seattle Times

FBI no longer investigating threat to Rep. Baird

The FBI is no longer investigating a threat against Rep. Brian Baird. A spokeswoman for the agency, Lindsay Godwin, told The Vancouver Columbian that agents did not feel a phone message left at Baird's D.C. office was serious.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

9 hrs ago | Center for Cooperative Research

August 12, 2009: Democrats Receive Racially Demeaning Faxes Threatening Violence to Obama

President Obama as 'The Joker.' [Source: Paul M. Jones] Representative David Scott , whose office was recently vandalized with a spray-painted swastika , receives an anonymous fax depicting President Obama with a swastika drawn on his forehead.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, David Scott, Democrat

17 hrs ago | The Free Lance-Star

Health vote pits Democrat vs. Democrat

Democrats who thought a vote against the sweeping health care package would inoculate them from political attack are facing serious blowback from angry constituents and interest groups on the left - fierce opposition that could prove as consequential as anything Republicans could have thrown at them.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Representative Suzanne Kosmas, Jim Matheson, Ike Skelton, Representative Larry Kissell, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Columbian

FBI to investigate alleged threat against Baird

An alleged death threat reported by U.S. Rep. Brian Baird at the height of last summer's furor over health care reform has been turned over to the FBI.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Vancouver, WA

The Olympian

Baird under fire for a noa vote

Brian Baird's weekend vote against health care reform, and they dropped off letters of protest at his Olympia office.

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Related Topix: Olympia, WA, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Olympia Metro, Adam Smith, Jay Inslee

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Will health care vote be bad for Reichert?

Late Saturday night the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed sweeping health care legislation that would expand coverage and place restrictions on insurance companies.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, David Reichert, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Seattle Metro, Medicare, Health

Sun Nov 08, 2009

The Olympian

Reps. Smith, Baird, Reichert explain votes on health reform

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith put out a statement explaining his vote late Saturday in favor of H.R. 3962, the House Democrats' latest health-reform measure.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Adam Smith, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Health Insurance, Health

Mydd.com

Democrats against healthcare reform

The netroots have given Larry Kissell $485,795 , over the past couple of cycles.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Representative Larry Kissell, US House of Representatives, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, Artur Davis, Representative Heath Shuler

The Columbian

Baird plans a Noa vote on health bill

U.S. Rep. Brian Baird said Friday that he would vote against the Affordable Health Care for America Act because Congress still lacks reliable estimates of how the legislation will affect premiums paid by people who already have insurance, including those on Medicare.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Medicare, Health, Medicaid, Vancouver, WA

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Tri-cityherald.com

HEALTH: 2 WA Democrats divided on health insurance vote

With a historic vote looming this weekend, one Washington state representative, Brian Baird, said Friday he couldn't support the Democratic health care reform bill, while another, Adam Smith, said he had yet to make up his mind.

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Related Topix: US News, Health Insurance, Health, US Politics, Adam Smith, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Slog

A Defector in the Delegation

Brian Baird, the Democratic congressman from Vancouver, Washington, says he's going to vote against his party's landmark health insurance reform bill this weekend .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Healthcare Law, Law, Health Insurance, Health, Medicare, Medicaid

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Northwest Progressive Institute

Action alert on healthcare reform for progressives in WA-03 and WA-09

Editor's Note : This post has been updated to include Congressman Adam Smith of Washington's 9th Congressional District in the call to action.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Adam Smith, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Thurston County, WA

Kansas City InfoZine

House Condemns - Biased' U.N. Report That Charges Israel, Palestinian Militants with War Crimes

29, deals with the fighting last winter that left more than 1,000 people dead, all but a handful Palestinians.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Politics, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Dan Burton, Democrat

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Munger: House panel takes fresh look at fusion

The House Science subcommittee on energy and environment hosted a hearing last week on fusion research.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Entertainment

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Grassroots Journal

Judge Goldstone Refutes Allegations in Congressional Resolution

On Tuesday, November 3, a bipartisan resolution cosponsored by Reps. Howard Berman and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in the House will be likely voted on that condemns the Goldstone report released in September by the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict .

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Related Topix: US Politics, Howard Berman, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican, World News, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories

Examiner.com

H.R. 554 will require legislation be posted online for 72 hours before consideration

In June, Representative Brian Baird proposed H.R. 554, which would amend the rules of the House of Representatives to require that non-emergency legislation and associated reports be available on the Internet for 72 hours before consideration by the House.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Seattle Times

Repeal the insurance industry's exemption from antitrust laws

Momentum is picking up in Congress to repeal an exemption from federal antitrust laws for the insurance industry that has its origins in the Civil War era.

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Related Topix: Insurance, US News, Health Insurance, Health, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Opinion

Thu Oct 29, 2009

AIP Bulletin

Questions Raised About DOE High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics Programs

"We may be going toward the spices in India, but we may run into America," said Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Director Pier Oddone about future research results from the Large Hadron Collider .

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Related Topix: Physics, Science, Department of Energy, US Politics, US News, Democrat, Harvard University

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Vancouver mayor's race surpasses $260,000 mark, with Pollard ahead

This year's Vancouver mayoral election long ago became the costliest in the city's history.

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Related Topix: Vancouver, WA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Portland Metro, Battle Ground, WA

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Buffalo News

Post all bills

October 25, 2009, 7:27 AM / This is an age of instant global communication, where everything from stupid pet trick videos to the entire text of the Bhagavad Gita is available to anyone who can click a mouse.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Brian Higgins

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