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Congress unpopular but state’s incumbents poised for reelection

Just one in five Americans approves of the job being done by Republicans in Congress, with Democrats not much higher at 32 percent, according to a nationwide McClatchy-Marist poll taken just as...

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Dan Newhouse leads Clint Didier in 4th District Republican shootout

Ex-state Agriculture Director Dan Newhouse is 2,182 votes ahead in the race for Washington’s open 4th Congressional District seat, following a bruising Republican-vs.-Republican battle against Tea...

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‘Independent’ redistricting panel gave us incumbent protection

  Our state’s headline writers will likely need to change just one figure in articles on 2016 races for Congress in Washington: Instead of nine, stories will be topped with, “All 10 of state’s U.S....

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McMorris Rodgers blocks vote but blasts president for going it alone

The most blistering denunciation of President Obama’s immigration order, in this Washington, has come from a Republican leader who helped block the U.S. House of Representatives from voting on a...

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Republicans in the House: Deport undocumented young people

  The Republican-run U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to roll back President Obama’s new immigration policies and went further to end a 2012 program that allows undocumented young people,...

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Mr. Smith goes to Washington … and gets put on a bill he opposes

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., this week discovered that, without his knowledge, his name was added as co-sponsor of an anti-abortion bill that he opposes. The mixup brought an angry floor reaction...

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McDermott joins growing boycott of Netanyahu speech to Congress

Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., will absent himself from the House chamber next month when Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu delivers a controversial address to a joint session of...

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Fast track trade authority for Obama splits state’s House Democrats

A bill to expand President Obama’s trade negotiating powers, viewed as his highest legislative priority, is due for a tight vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, with Republicans...

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Congressmen Smith and Heck, key votes, will say no to giving President Obama...

Two previously undecided Washington congressmen, viewed as key players in the House, said Thursday morning that they will vote against giving President Obama fast-track authority to negotiate new...

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Rep. Adam Smith, senior Democrat on Armed Services, backs Iran nuclear deal

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday that he will support the “historic deal” negotiated by the United States and five other powers that...

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Rep. Larsen is latest in Washington delegation to back Iran agreement

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., announced Thursday he will vote to support the Iran nuclear deal, the fifth member of Washington’s congressional delegation to back the agreement negotiated between the...

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DelBene becomes sixth member of Washington delegation, 101st House member, to...

U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, late on Thursday, became the sixth member of Washington’s congressional delegation to support the agreement negotiated by the Obama administration and five major powers, under...

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Cantwell, last Democrat to decide, will support the Iran nuclear accord

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., on Tuesday night became the 42nd Democratic senator to support the Iran nuclear accord and the last Democrat in Congress’ upper chamber to declare her position. Along with...

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‘What we have learned here is nothing,’ Rep. Adam Smith on Clinton’s Benghazi...

Veteran U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., came out swinging in defense of Hillary Clinton on Thursday as Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee staged a day-long inquisition of ex-secretary of state...

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Bipartisan budget agreement passes House: 2 Washington Republicans vote no

A bipartisan deal that would keep the federal government operating, and suspend the national debt, until after the 2016 presidential election passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday by...

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