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Incumbent U.S. Reps. Brian Baird, Kathy McMorris Rodgers and Adam Smith have earned re-election to Congress.

Talking to the former House Ways and Means Committee chairman, state Rep. Norman Major, R-Plaistow, since the beginning of the state's two-year budget cycle in 2007, I found the committee was not allowed to ...

Following public fears and concerns over privacy, Democrats have submitted a bill that would curtail the Department of Homeland Security's policy of seizing laptops at U.S. borders and demanding access to every ...

Here is Sen. Feingold's press release on the bill. The new bill has more privacy-protecting safeguards than the previous one , which we discussed last month.

The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, a non-profit, non-partisan veterans group composed of those who have fought in the nation's current wars, released its report cards Tuesday on those in Congress who ...

WASHINGTON, DC Congress has proposed legislation that would end the US Customs' and Homeland Security's right to seize laptops, phones, cameras and other electronics when US nationals enter the country.

ASSET bubbles like the one that caused the current economic crisis have long plagued financial markets.

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.

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 ...

Fourth Amendment rights could be restored at the border. October 3, 2008 By Richard Adhikari : In a move widely hailed by rights groups, several members of Congress have introduced bills that will prevent ...

U.S. Rep. Brian Baird explains his position on the bailout bill at Hockinson High School Tuesday.

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

Republicans Cathy McMorris Rodgers , who represents Eastern Washington's 5th District; Doc Hastings , of Central Washington's 4th District; Washington Democrat Jim McDermott ; Washington Republican Dave ...

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

Congressmen Jim McDermott of Seattle is the only member of the House delegation from Washington to switch his vote on the financial bailout plan.

A few minutes ago, enough members of the United States House were finally coerced into voting for the Bush administration's bailout legislation to get it through Congress.

A very old story is once again being retold, with a few of the characters' names updated to besmirch the innocent.

This week, the "Travelers' Privacy Protection Act" bill was introduced to both the United States House of Representatives as well as the Senate.

YES: Rep. Adam Smith, D-Tacoma "This bill was not a perfect solution and it is not exactly how I would have drafted it.

Jeff Bjornstad, chief of staff for Sen. Patty Murray , fills his job with a fierce and infectious energy that one former colleague described as the approach of a 'happy warrior.' Where some chiefs focus on ...