Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
A 33-year-old former Marine from Kennewick plans to run next year against U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Pasco, in the district that includes the Tri-Cities and Yakima.
Strange Bedfellows (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
A Hanford subcontractor will run as a Democrat against U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., the Republican House leadership's favorite Washington congressman.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
A 33-year-old former Marine from Kennewick plans to run next year against Congressman Doc Hastings in the district that includes Tri-Cities and Yakima.
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Take a good look at this snippet of map, from a larger map put together by The New York Times . It's a reminder that in the historic House vote on health insurance reform over the weekend, only one Democratic Congressman from Washington State voted no: Brian Baird . The other Democrats in our delgation—Jay Inslee, Rick Larsen, Jim McDermott, and Adam Smith—all voted yes. Joining Baird...
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Former U.S. Marine Jay Clough will announce his candidacy tomorrow for Washington’s 4th Congressional District, currently held by Republican incumbent Rep. Doc Hastings. “I expect our Representative in this district to work harder. As I traveled throughout the district in the last few months, I heard over and over that people did not see or hear from Doc Hastings. We need a representative...
POGO Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
POGO blog readers know that Interior Secretary Salazar's decision to phase out the Royalty-In-Kind (RIK) program--and hopefully return to Royalty-In-Value collection that includes audits, verifiable data, and real oversight--is in the best interest of taxpayers receiving their fair share for...
The Whig (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
You would think for all the blathering from the Republicans about yesterday, you would think something had changed. But you would be wrong. Republicans talk one way, and then once the cameras are off, act in a contrary manner. Yesterday I heard bloviation about how the Republicans are the "party of freedom, of smaller government, of reform." Except they are not. Here's an example. Politico:...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Al Gore hits back as critics label him 'carbon billionaire' who has profited from championing climate change | Mail Online [but he's not a lobbyist] Mr Gore is a regular visitor to Capitol Hill where he exerts pressure on members of Congress to pass legislation that cuts emissions. Check out this lineup: Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus to Speak at Climate Change Policy Session Nov 4 | Reuters...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Here's an invite I never expected to receive from The Washington Times - it's for a briefing on climate change policy. TWT is hosting the event this week at the Willard Hotel. President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wa.) are all expected to be in attendance for the forum moderated by TWT 's Jeff Birnbaum . New Career Opportunities Daily:...
jobsanger (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
As we all know, the Republicans have had virtually nothing to offer in the way of health care reform. It seems like the only thing they are interested in is protecting the obscene profits of the huge private insurance companies. One thing the Republicans have especially opposed is the creation of a public option for health insurance -- something along the lines of Medicare for Americans of all ages...
OPNTALK (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
From the Energy Front 100609 Hey folks, Happy Tuesday to you. Time to go to the Energy Front. I only have one word to add this. It is by Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)who is is the Ranking Member on the House Natural Resources Committee. He was a guest Blogger over at The Heritage Foundation's The Foundry - Guest Blogger: Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) on Energy Security Posted October 1st, 2009 at 9.24am in Energy...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
A vote on ENDA, HR 3017, is rapidly approaching in September sometime, and where are we? According to my calculations over at the Facebook Inclusive ENDA House spreadsheet , we're at 205 confirmed votes, and we need 218. That's close, but no cigar yet. If you take a close look at the spreadsheet, you'll see there are 33 states with Representatives who are unconfirmed on ENDA. Them's a lot of states....
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Congressman Doc Hastings says he'll fight a bill introduced by Jim McDermott that could lead to the removal of the four lower Snake River dams.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Congressman Doc Hastings says he'll fight a bill introduced by Jim McDermott that could lead to the removal of the four lower Snake River dams.
Slog (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
For those of you who don't have the time to analyze C-Span on a day-to-day basis, a new website called Congress Speaks takes care of that for you—and more (in a nod to centaur fetishists , politicians' bodies are either donkeys or elephants). The site has compiled the number of words spoken in the 110th Congress (2007-2008), all 14,548,598 of them , and specified who said what. Below you can...
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