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Friday | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

House votes to repeal Obamacare - for 37th time

The sequester is forcing layoffs across the Pentagon's civilian workforce, no budget negotiators have been named, and the Farm Bill is a year late in coming.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Cathy McMorris, Rick Larsen, Democrat

Wed May 15, 2013

Hot Air

No, the Obama admin still isn't charging wind companies for killing eagles

When it comes to enforcing the environmental laws concerning certain species of federally-protected birds, the Obama administration and their environmentalist allies have been impressively diligent in charging oil companies, coal plants, and power stations when said birds get tangled up in their power lines or drown in their waste pits; in the past ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, US Politics, David Vitter, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives

Mon May 13, 2013

Roll Call

SNL Benghazi Skit Mismatches Members, Nameplates

"Saturday Night Live" had some fun with last week's marathon Benghazi hearing, marrying House Republicans' fervor for media attention with the basic tenet of sweeps week programming, like stunt casting: We can't quibble with the logic of exploiting newsmakers to make people notice what's happening on Capitol Hill - frustrated conservatives bemoaned ... (more)

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, US News, US Politics, Elijah Cummings, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Representative Trey Gowdy

Sun May 12, 2013

The Montgomery Advertiser

Alabama refusing to repay U.S. Forest Service $94K

The federal government has sent Alabama a bill for $94,000, and Gov. Robert Bentley is refusing to pay it.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Robert Bentley, US Governors, Agriculture, Science, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives

Thu May 09, 2013

American Institute of Physics

Helium Update: House Passes Bill, Senate Committee to Move Legislation

"You're absolutely right about the urgency of this," said Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden to Lisa Murkowski .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, US House of Representatives, Edward Markey, Rush Holt, Representative Bill Flores

UPI

Fracking debate stirs in U.S. House

The U.S. government has an obligation to ensure that oil and natural gas deposits are developed responsibly, a natural resource advocate testified.

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

Wed May 08, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

No fee to cross Canadian border - Congress members

Members of Congress from Washington, New York, North Dakota and Michigan, from both parties, are moving to shoot down a trial balloon in which people entering the United States by land from Canada and Mexico would be forced to pay a fee.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Suzan DelBene, Rick Larsen, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Republican, Representative Derek Kilmer, Washington

The Hill

Interior's fracking rules in cross hairs ahead of upcoming release

Lawmakers from both parties are pouncing on the federal government's attempt to regulate hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas extraction method also known as fracking, even before the draft rules have been released.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Rush Holt, Democrat

Mon May 06, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

House members: Don't uproot historic Green Mtn. Lookout

Two U.S. House members have appealed for quick action on a bill that would head off removal of the restored, historic Green Mountain Lookout, under legal fire from an extreme green group based in Montana.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Suzan DelBene, Rick Larsen, Republican, Snohomish County, WA

Biking Bis

Mountains-to-Sound Greenway seeks federal status

The sprawling Mountains-to-Sound Greenway that stretches from Ellensburg to the Puget Sound shoreline is seeking status as a National Heritage Area.

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

Sun May 05, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

Congressional Votes for Maine the Week of 04/26 - 05/02/2013

Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. There were no key votes in the Senate this week.

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Related Topix: Michael Michaud, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Chellie Pingree, Republican, Federal Aviation Administration, Tom Latham

Thu May 02, 2013

UPI

Obama likely to support more oil exploration in Gulf of Mexico

President Barack Obama expected to tell Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto that he will back a plan to open up more oil drilling for both countries near the maritime border.

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Related Topix: us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, US News, Washington D.C. Travel, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives

OregonLive.com

Merkley, Cantwell, Murray, Wyden Et. Al. not Interested In Jobs Lost, ...

Many years ago I was on the verge of selling another software program I wrote that would track capital assists using bar codes.

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Related Topix: Oregon, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat, Republican, US House of Representatives, Banking, Financial Services, Pacific Northwest Bancorp

Wed May 01, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Marching on May Day to be part of America

The boisterous, three-block long May Day crowd that marched on Seattle's Federal Building - and similar demonstrations Wednesday in six other Washington cities - carried a message: The latest generation of immigrants want to legally pursue the American dream.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Cathy McMorris, Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington

Tue Apr 30, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

National Heritage Area for our Greenway: What's up, Doc?

The Mountains to Sound Greenway project, which rescued the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass corridor from becoming a mountain slum, would be recognized as Washington's first National Heritage Area under legislation newly introduced in Congress by the bipartisan team of Republican Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Adam Smith, Democrat, US Senate, Patty Murray, Snoqualmie Pass, WA, Washington

Crosscut.com

In the Senate, Dream Act remains the stuff of dreams

Eric Balderas just finished his freshman year at Harvard, where he is majoring in molecular and cellular biology.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Washington

Tri-cityherald.com

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler tours Hanford

A Washington congresswoman in a position to influence the federal dollars available for Hanford environmental cleanup got her first look at Hanford on Monday since becoming a U.S. representative.

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Related Topix: Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy

Mon Apr 29, 2013

Saipan Tribune

Territorial sea, Rota Park bills move in Congress

The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee approved by unanimous consent Friday legislation conveying submerged lands to the Northern Mariana Islands and authorizing a study of the feasibility and suitability of a national park on Rota.

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Related Topix: US News, Oceania, Northern Mariana Islands, World News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative John Fleming, Rob Bishop, Jeff Flake

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Marin Independent Journal

Marin Voice: Scientific questions and Point Reyes' oysters

IN JUNE 2011, the United States Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration launched a nationwide initiative to increase shellfish populations in the nation's coastal waters.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Jared Huffman, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Agriculture, Science, Republican, Opinion

American Thinker

Why Washington can't cut the budget: Ex. #987

This is so unbelievable that it fits in with the notion that Washington lives in a fantasyland.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Washington, Washington Government, Barney Frank, Democrat