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5 hrs ago | Washington Examiner

Goolsbee: Get a doggie bag

In a CNBC classic, economic advisors Austan Goolsbee and Douglas Holtz-Eakin discuss whether or not their candidates eat, and how much they pay.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, John McCain

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Tri-cityherald.com

Washington House members maintain 'no' votes on bailout bill

In the end, none of them flipped. The four Washington state House members who voted against the $700 billion Wall Street bailout Monday voted against it again Friday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Rick Larsen, Jay Inslee, Adam Smith, US House of Representatives, Brian Baird, Democrat, Jim McDermott, Republican

Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog

Microsoft urges Congressional bailout

Today Microsoft sent an e-mail to members of Washington state's congressional delegation urging them to reconsider legislation restoring stability to the U.S. economy.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jay Inslee, Republican, US House of Representatives, Cathy McMorris, Democrat

Bellingham Herald

Stopgap spending bill contains funds for Washington

Even as Congress and the White House struggled to deal with the nation's mounting financial crisis, President Bush quietly signed a stopgap spending bill last week that provides hundreds of millions of dollars ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Rick Larsen, Adam Smith, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Cathy McMorris, Patty Murray

Sat Oct 04, 2008

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Battelle receives contract extension from DOE

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 4--The Department of Energy is giving Battelle Memorial Institute a four-year extension on the management and operations contract for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Richland Metro, Kennewick, WA

Seattle Times

Most Dems in Wash. delegation back bill

Washington's congressional delegation voted mostly along party lines Monday on a doomed $700 billion financial-bailout package.

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Related Topix: Washington, Spokane Metro, Richland Metro, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Cathy McMorris, Adam Smith, Democrat

Charleston Daily Mail

New bailout bill gains goodies in hope of changing minds

Bit by bit, lawmaker by lawmaker, forces in favor of the massive financial rescue plan rejected just days ago are turning around the tide of opinion in Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Shelley Moore Capito, Zach Wamp, Marsha Blackburn

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Spokesman Review

House Backs Bailout 263-171

Yes -- Mike Simpson , Barbara Cubin No -- Bill Sali , Cathy McMorris-Rodgers , Doc Hastings , Dennis Rehberg The House of Representatives gave final approval on Friday to the $700 billion bailout for the ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barbara Cubin, Republican, US House of Representatives, Cathy McMorris, Dennis Rehberg

Statesman Journal

Bailout bill includes timber payments

WASHINGTON - The financial rescue plan approved by Congress extends a program that pays rural counties hurt by federal logging cutbacks.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jay Inslee, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jim McDermott, Rick Larsen, Adam Smith, Republican, Brian Baird

Yakima Herald-Republic

Pressure mounts on lawmakers to switch bailout votes

Just days after they voted against the $700 billion Wall Street bailout, four Washington state lawmakers faced mounting pressure Thursday to change their minds as the House prepared to take up the rescue ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jay Inslee, Democrat, Cathy McMorris

The Seattle Times

GOP leaders wrangle bailout vote

House Republican leaders struggled Thursday to persuade some of their members to reverse course and support the $700 billion economic bailout package, but leaders in both parties said they were guardedly ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Steny Hoyer, Republican, Zach Wamp

Northwest Progressive Institute

U.S. House rejects bailout plan in bipartisan vote, Clerk's website inaccessible

The United States House has just voted to reject the Bush administration's bailout compromise plan , supported by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the Democratic leadership, and the Republican leadership: In a ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Jay Inslee, Republican, US House of Representatives, Cathy McMorris, Democrat, Jim McDermott

Thu Oct 02, 2008

The Associated Press

NW lawmakers who voted no under pressure to switch

They range from a liberal Democrat in Portland and Seattle to a conservative Republican from Idaho.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Jay Inslee, Republican, US House of Representatives, Cathy McMorris, Democrat, Earl Blumenauer, David Wu

Argus Observer

Sweeteners help lawmakers back bill

Bit by bit, lawmaker by lawmaker, forces in favor of the massive financial rescue plan rejected just days ago are turning around the tide of opinion in Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Boehner, Ohio, Henry Cuellar, Joe Barton, Democrat

Washington Examiner

Public Campaign raises Keating

And since today's theme seems to be indiscriminately posting third-party ads that probably won't air widely enough to matter much, here's another .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Jim Ramstad, John Shadegg, Steven LaTourette, Judy Biggert

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sweeteners entice lawmakers back to bailout plan

Bit by bit, lawmaker by lawmaker, forces in favor of the massive financial rescue plan rejected just days ago are turning around the tide of opinion in Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Zach Wamp, Marsha Blackburn, Henry Cuellar, Joe Barton, Democrat

Wed Oct 01, 2008

Yakima Herald-Republic

Is Rossi-Gregoire rematch an east-west fight?

Plastered on dozens of billboards across Eastern Washington, the phrase implores rural voters: "Don't Let Seattle Steal This Election." The sentiment recalls the bitterly contested gubernatorial race between ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Washington, Seattle Metro, 2008 Presidential Election

Washington Examiner

Only in D.C.: Facebook statuses and the White House

This is pretty funny. AFP reporter Olivier Knox gots called out for his Facebook update at the WH, of all places, which has now led to several concerned staffers and citizens to question, "is Facebook on the ...

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Related Topix: Social Software, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, Republican, US House of Representatives

Wenatchee World

Why Hastings voted against bailout

U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings voted with the majority Monday to defeat the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street and the financial system, saying the latest legislation was only "marginally better" than the plan put out ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, John Boehner, 2008 Presidential Election

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

How state's House members voted

How Washington's U.S. House members voted on the $700 billion financial rescue package defeated Monday: No: Dave Reichert.

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Related Topix: Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, Adam Smith, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jim McDermott, Jay Inslee, Republican, Cathy McMorris

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