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A Bonneville Power Administration proposal to build a new high-voltage electrical transmission line across one of several possible corridors between Castle Rock, Wash., and Troutdale, Ore., is drawing heated comment.

Rep. Brian Baird Baird issued a statement Thursday saying his staff failed to bring to his attention a letter calling on President Obama to support full funding for land purchases and economic development in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

Engineers representing Oregon and Washington have slimmed the project down; now our political representatives need to do their part For months now, Columbia River Crossing officials have worked to remove a sizable obstacle from the Interstate 5 bridge project.

The FBI said Tuesday it has closed its investigation of an alleged death threat against U.S. Rep.

A story universally missed last week was the extraordinary debate that occurred in Congress in advance of a vote on a resolution against the Goldstone Report.

Cheers: To state Rep. Jim Jacks for listening to his constituents in the business community.

David Hedrick of Camas, who attracted national attention last summer for his tirade against health care reform at Rep.

We can't afford delusional vision Unemployment close to 12 percent, business is down, no true signs of recovery in sight, and the City of Vancouver and The Columbian present a new bridge, a freeway cap and a new high-rise development as Vancouver's future image of who they may be one day.

U.S. Rep. Brian Baird said today that his name should have been among Northwest congressional colleagues who signed a letter voicing their support for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

WASHINGTON // The significance of the congressional debate of the Goldstone report on the Gaza conflict last week may have been ignored by many given what appeared to be the lopsided vote in favour of the anti-Goldstone resolution.

Area's identity lost to outside world A major league pitcher, Tim Lincecum, gets busted for speeding and dope, nothing new.

Well, okay, this is not a secret if you follow Washington politics, but it's worth bringing up right now.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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