House Speaker Paul Ryan says legislation to repeal Obamacare would cut off taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood.
“Our goal here is to improve people’s lives, it’s to have a healthcare system that actually works,” Ryan says.
Planned Parenthood provides birth control, abortions and various women’s health services.
Democratic Senator Patty Murray of… Read more »
The House cleared the way on Friday for speedy action to repeal the Affordable Care Act, putting Congress on track to undo the most significant health care law in a half-century.
With a near party-line vote of 227 to 198, the House overcame the opposition of Democrats and the anxieties of some Republicans to approve a budget blueprint that allows Republicans to end major provisions… Read more »
The Obama administration filed a trade complaint with the World Trade Organization on Thursday against China for allegedly "dumping" aluminum on the global market at artificially low prices.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said China is using artificially cheap loans and illegal subsidies to undercut the global price of aluminum. That makes it harder for the U.S. aluminum… Read more »
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene has been selected to serve on the House Ways and Means Committee, the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives.
“We need an economy that works for everyone. Unfortunately, our current tax system is failing American families and is out of date with the way the world works today,” DelBene said. “We need a bipartisan solution… Read more »
A new House bill would prevent the incoming government from forcing tech companies to build a so-called Muslim registry.
The bill, dubbed the No Religious Registry Act, is set to be reintroduced by Rep. Suzan DelBene (WA, 1st) after it failed just days after now president-elect Donald Trump won the election.
It comes after the Republican candidate made repeated calls for a "total and… Read more »
Specialization seasoned with seniority is the surest recipe for a meaningful legislative career in the House, which is more than big enough to swallow all the dilettantes and short-timers without a trace. It’s finding a substantive niche, then fitting in over the long haul, that proves perennially frustrating for many members.
But the goal of becoming a successful and… Read more »
Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA), co-chairs of the Internet of Things Caucus, talked about technology and internet issues facing Congress and the incoming Trump administration. Topics included how technology devices were becoming needs instead of choices, and how the privacy, operations, and security aspects of devices and services were beginning to intersect… Read more »
Sultan and Monroe community members came together over the weekend to celebrate the “Wagner Swifts,” a new public art display featured in the heart of Monroe’s downtown core.
Sultan artist Kevin Pettelle was commissioned for the work last year, selected from a pool of candidates after the city issued a call-for-sculptors. At the northwest corner of Main and Lewis… Read more »
The Email Privacy Act, which would require law enforcement get a warrant before searching emails and online communications older than 180 days, was reintroduced Monday by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers.
The bill is meant to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which considers communications older than 180 abandoned and therefore fair game to search without a… Read more »
Yep, this is what it's come to: Washington State's Senator Patty Murray and a coalition of other Senate Democrats have introduced a bill to block the creation of a federal registry based on religion, ethnicity, race, age, gender, national origin, nationality, or citizenship. The "Protect American Families Act" would block draconian actions from the president-elect should Trump's… Read more »
