Derek Kilmer: Early bird gets the House seat?
If the early bird gets the seat in Congress, then State Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, has an enviable perch in his bid to replace retiring, larger-than-life Democratic U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks. Kilmer,...
View ArticleDicks backs Kilmer as successor in Congress
Retiring U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks on Thursday backed State Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, as his successor, completing a month-long blitz of Kilmer endorsements that has included unions, greens,...
View ArticleKilmer: Out of the gate like Secretariat
State Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, is out of the gate like Secretariat in the horse race — so far HIS horse race — to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash. The Kilmer campaign reported...
View ArticleA midsummer’s unlikely election day — in August
Used to a September primary, and “tuning out” politicians during gorgeous days of August, Washington voters are being forced to focus on an election held during a season when the state finds itself...
View ArticleHow the NRA grades our Washington lawmakers
Members of Congress learn a lesson even before they arrive on Capitol Hill. You can be either for the National Rifle Association or against it. The NRA has accumulated vast influence and great power...
View ArticleHouse members: A pre-season demand for dollars
If you were naive enough to believe that politicians’ email money appeals would slacken after the November election, think again. The drive for dollars, and evocations of angst, are underway for...
View ArticleState lawmakers in D.C. hope shutdown drama won’t repeat
All 10 U.S. House members from Washington, six Democrats and four Republicans, voted with the majority Wednesday night as Congress’ lower chamber approved, by a 285-144 vote, Senate-written...
View ArticleLeaked GOP memo: How to spin delay for unemployment benefits
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to move ahead with legislation restoring — for three months — unemployment benefits to 1.3 million Americans that expired on Dec. 28. In the House, however, Republican...
View ArticleRep. Nancy Pelosi to collect much booty if 49ers win
Showing their confidence in the Seattle Seahawks, U.S. House members from Washington have made a ridiculously uneven bet with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on the outcome of Sunday’s NFC...
View ArticlePatty Murray and Derek Kilmer proposed bill to protect Olympics’ wild places
Big chunks of the Olympic National Forest would get protection as wilderness, and 19 Olympic Peninsula streams would receive Wild and Scenic Rivers designation under a bill introduced by Sen. Patty...
View ArticleEPA moves to block mammoth Bristol Bay mine
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in an action cheered by Seattle-area fisheries, has moved to block a giant open pit mine and tailings dam proposed near the headwaters of two rivers vital to...
View ArticlePoll: Washington headed in right direction, Congress going downhill
Washington is a state that remains bullish about itself in troubled times, but its citizens worry that forces are changing America “for the worse” and don’t like gridlock in the “other” Washington,...
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