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Congressman Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.) and Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-Wa.) this week introduced the Higher Education Loan Payments (HELP) for Students and Parents Act, bipartisan legislation that will make college more affordable by modernizing how the tax code treats employer contributions toward student loan repayment. “The average American student graduates with more than… Read more »

The House Ways and Means Committee has blocked a bid by Democrats to obtain the income tax returns that President Trump has refused to release, the first president or major-party nominee since the 1970s not to share this information with American voters. By a party-line 24-16 vote on Tuesday, the tax writing committee tabled (killed) a resolution introduced by veteran New Jersey Rep.… Read more »

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There are 13 million college savings accounts in this country, and more than half received at least one deposit in 2016. Those are decent numbers, and growing—but they cover just a tiny fraction of the country’s college-bound population. H.R. 529 say it could address both a lack of awareness of the plans—by encouraging employers to add 529 plans to their benefits… Read more »

SEATTLE, WA - A group of Seattle middle school girls known as the D.C. Bully Busters are fresh off their trip from our nation's capital. They met with lawmakers from all over the country to raise awareness about bullying, and to take action against it. 12-year-olds Grace Thordarson and Lilah Amon-Lucas tell us what their mission is all about. Click here to watch the video. Read more »

On March 22, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.-01), Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced bipartisan legislation to help local communities prepare for and respond to landslides and other natural hazards. The legislation, titled the… Read more »

To honor the third anniversary of the Oso landslide which took 43 lives and wiped out much of the small Oso community, local community members gathered to remember and hold a bike ride. The Ride to Remember Oso bike ride was held on March 19, taking riders from Legion Park in Arlington, up SR 530 all the way to the Darrington Community Center. A shorter "JoJo" Family Ride was also held… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Suzan DelBene will host a town hall meeting from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 25 at the Pioneer Pavilion Community Center at 2007 Cherry Street in Ferndale. “As your representative in Congress, one of the most important aspects of my job is to stay informed of the thoughts and opinions of my constituents, and I appreciate the time you take to share them… Read more »

Hoping to shore up support for the revised GOP health care bill, President Donald Trump hit Capitol Hill on Tuesday, using his special blend of humor and hubris to get wary Republicans to rally around the troubled legislation. With a full House vote scheduled for Thursday on legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare, Trump took nothing for granted, telling House Republicans in a… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Suzan DelBene and Pramila Jayapal have been forcefully speaking out against the House Republicans’ extremely destructive Trumpcare bill as it has speedily made its way through committee in the House of Representatives. These videos show them in action. Click here to watch the videos. Read more »