OLYMPIA – As Attorney General Rob McKenna prepares to convince the state Supreme Court why he can fight federal health care reform, a state legislator joined a group trying to tell a federal court that he shouldn’t.McKenna is scheduled to be in the state's highest…
OLYMPIA -- The winner of a disputed Senate election in Snohomish County should take his seat despite questions over how he won the primary, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown said today.Senate Minority Leader Mike Hewitt suggested Monday that Democrat Nick Harper not be seated until…
OLYMPIA -- Remember all those polls in the U.S. Senate race that were all over the place in the last week of the election?Democrat Patty Murray was up by 4. No, Republican Dino Rossi was up by 3. No, they're tied.Turns out the most accurate…
After regular missives for months from the folks at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, things had been quiet for two whole weeks. In other words, since the election in which the NRSC's guy, Dino Rossi, lost to Democrat Patty Murray. They didn't call, they didn't…
Sen. Patty Murray achieved her second re-election in two weeks today, winning another term as the Senate Democratic Conference secretary, the Number 4 position in Democratic leadership.There were no changes, on either side of the aisle, in leadership positions. Harry Reid of Nevada is the…
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