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Washington's six Democratic House members, as well as the state's two senators, joined Wednesday's floor occupation demanding votes on legislation that would bar people on the government's terrorism watch lists from buying guns. The occupation was political theater. Republican rulers adjourned the House and ordered C-SPAN cameras turned off, which only turned more public… Read more »

Washington First Congressional District Rep. Suzan DelBene was in Seattle’s Capitol Hill on Monday to lead a roundtable discussion about LGBT equality and promote federal legislation that would make a major impact in achieving that. “This is an important conversation and, very sadly, we’re coming together a week after a terrible tragedy in Orlando,” DelBene… Read more »

The Bear Creek School's Sam Humphries and John Lee both received commissions to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. They received their commissions in person on June 10 from Marion Thorkildsen, West Point admissions office representative, who attended Bear Creek's annual Upper School Honors Assembly. Click here for the full story. Read more »

DEERFIELD, Ill. - Walgreens recently announced that it has implemented two programs in Washington and Oklahoma to combat drug abuse, part of a comprehensive national plan to address key contributors to the crisis. Walgreens has installed safe medication disposal kiosks in Walgreens locations across both states. The safe medication disposal kiosks make the disposal of medications easier… Read more »

A group of about 130 people gathered at Redmond United Methodist Church (RUMC) for dinner on Sunday evening. But rather than a room full of Christians, as the venue may imply, the dinner was the Interfaith Friendship Iftar Dinner and contained a mix of members of the RUMC as well as members of the Pacifica Institute (PI). The latter is a nonprofit organization with Turkish American… Read more »

An alarming rise in mandatory resort fees is pushing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to consider a change to its four-year-old policy on the controversial surcharges. In 2012, the federal government’s consumer protection agency allowed hotels to add required fees to their room rates as long as the surcharges were disclosed before the room was booked. But it created a loophole… Read more »

A bipartisan effort is underway in the House to use the Defense appropriations bill to protect the use of encryption in electronic devices. Eighteen House lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans, are backing an amendment to the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2017 spending measure that would prohibit any agent of the National Security Agency or Central Intelligence Agency from… Read more »

More than 100 members of the U.S. House have written to the Obama administration in an effort to speed up the processing of foreign guestworker visas. Reps. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.; Suzan DelBene, D-Wash.; Sanford Bishop Jr., D-Ga.; and Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., led 98 other House members in a bipartisan letter to administration officials urging them to adhere to regulations requiring them… Read more »

The organizers of Seattle Women's Pride have announced that U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene (WA-1) will receive the Seattle Women's Pride Crusader Award at their third annual gala on Saturday, June 18. The Crusader Award honors a high-ranking official who utilizes their power for positive change in the lives of the underserved. DelBene, a Democrat, represents Washington's First… Read more »

On April 17 and 18, NYU hosted the Cannabis Science & Policy Summit where a panel discussion took place titled “Federalism & Cannabis Policy: What Can & Should Washington Do?” The panel consisted of experts in law and drug policy, including Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Sarah Trumble, senior policy counsel at Third Way, a public policy think tank based in… Read more »