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News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
More than 16 years after the original Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was passed, flight attendants and flight crews across the country, are finally about to be granted access to the same coverage that has long benefited working families. The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) today applauded the U.S. Senate for approving the Airline Flight Crew Family and Medical Leave Act, S. 1422....
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Patty Murray says Boeing is overlooking its well-trained workers in its decision to built its next airplane assembly line in South Carolina.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
SEATTLE -- Sen. Patty Murray says Washington will receive $2.9 million in federal aid to promote and market the state's specialty crops.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
The nomination of Rosanna Peterson to be a federal judge in Eastern Washington is a triumph for the bipartisan approach to selecting candidates, U.S. Sen., Patty Murray, D-Wash., said.
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Jezebel (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
In some states, domestic violence can be categorized as a "pre-existing condition" and used as a justification to deny care. Senator Patty Murray says: "For them it's all about the bottom line.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash), who you may recall led the opposition to the HHS Rule Change with then-Senator Hillary Clinton, has marked the first day of the month by introducing legislation , with Senators Dodd and Brown, that would extend financial protections to victims of domestic abuse and end insurance company discrimination: Today, U.S. Senator...
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Bread Box (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
How can they live with themselves? How can they look themselves in the eye in the mirror and pretend to be human? I'm referring to two parties to the current health care debate: republicans and insurance companies. In eight states, insurance companies can deny coverage to a victim of domestic violence: they are able to regard it as a pre-existing condition ! This is disgusting. But more disgusting...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Patty Murray says the loss of Sen. Ted Kennedy is very personal.
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The Buck List (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) has sponsored a bill, The Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2009 , that would “provide $250 million in grants annually to states to support teaching financial literacy in grades K-12 and at 2-and 4-year colleges.” Ben Bernake is all for financial education. The Federal Reserve Bank and Visa Inc. continue to promote Money Smart Week . The...
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feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
On Monday, Jen wrote a great post on what you can do to support women veterans, including: Support pending or new legislation for female veterans: * Write letters * Place phone calls to Congress * Raise consciousness by blogging, tweeting, sharing the news with friends and family To get you started, I've compiled a list of legislation already introduced in the current Congress. 1. S. 252 Veterans Health...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/15/2009
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray says she has secured $7.6 million more in federal money for Washington state's ferry system a day after the state was snubbed in an initial announcement of stimulus grants.
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Burnt Orange Report (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
Federal records revealed Cornyn spent $152,766.63 traveling during the first six months, between October 2008 and March 2009, of this fiscal year. The amount is more than any other senator. The report comes KVUE and highlights the Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign committees unapologetic use of tax payer money to travel the state and country. This is about $842 a day for 182...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
One day after Washington State Ferries issued a report saying it would need $3.3 billion over the next 22 years, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray highlighted a plan to dramatically increase federal aid to the nation's ferry systems.
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Sisyphus (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Matthew Yglesias contemplates the undemocratic representation and Rube Goldberg -esque nature of our national government: …the entire structure of the US Congress with its bicameralism and multiple overlapping committees is biased toward making it easy for concentrated interests to block reform. Between them, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Chuck Schumer, Kristen Gillibrand, Bill Nelson, Dick...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/16/2009
The federal government will spend $6 million in Washington state to help remove lead paint, including an $875,000 investment in the King County Housing Authority, according to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wa.