Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]

Health care: bills, reform and the public option

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...are truly worth worrying about, including the fact we probably can’t afford it. It is lazy to laud Rep. Jay Inslee and Sen. Maria Cantwell about their contribution, when the reality is the legislation as a whole will result in a tax increase for every

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Green River gets beefed-up gauges

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...The weather service announced it would set up a new, $400,000 station on the Green after the service's director met with U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who chairs a congressional subcommittee that oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini

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More Dems Attack Geithner on Proposed Finance Reforms

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...as his protectionism of the finance industry at the expense of consumers and taxpayers. The latest to weigh in is Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), who twice this week has slammed Geithner for his finance reform proposals. From The Hill: Cantwell ripped in

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Weather Service beefing up WA Flood forecasting

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...Howard Hanson Dam has increased the risk of flooding this winter in the valley south of Seattle. Washington Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell says National Weather Service Director Jack Hayes has agreed to provide additional forecasting equipment and earli

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Nine Senate Democrats press Reid to expand public health insurance choice

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...Democrats signed the statement: Sens. Mary Landrieu (La.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Bill Nelson (Fla.), Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Maria Cantwell (Wash.), Ted Kaufman (Del.), Jean Shaheen (N.H.), Roland Burris (Ill.) and Wyden. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.), an Indep

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Health care issues: Public plan compromises

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...the decision to states, and giving them a menu of options from public coverage to their own employee health plans. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., got an amendment included in the Senate Finance bill that would allow states to negotiate with insurers to a

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Health care issues: Public plan compromises

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...leaving the decision to states, and giving them a menu of options from public coverage to their own employee health plans. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., got an amendment included in the Senate Finance bill that would allow states to negotiate with insur

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Nine More Dems Urge Wyden ‘Free Choice’ Proposal

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...were Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ted Kaufman (D-Del.), Jean Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Roland Burris (D-Ill.). The proposal is hardly a slam

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Health care issues: Public plan compromises

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

Health care issues: Public plan compromises

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

'We did all we could' to keep 787 work, Gregoire says, but GOP disagrees

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...members of the delegation warned Boeing that moving jetliner assembly out of the Puget Sound area would be a gamble. U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., repeatedly urged Boeing CEO Jim McNerney to weigh the Seattle area's aerospace expertise against the

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Health care for all is theft - Thu, 29 Oct 2009 PST

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...them to pay underhanded fees and taxes on an unprecedented scale. Call Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Sen. Patty Murray and Sen. Maria Cantwell (especially the senators) and let them know your disgust. Health care reform can be done without the immoral

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Front Porch

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

Meet at 7 pm Thursday at the Snohomish County PUD office, 2320 California St. A representative from Sen. Maria Cantwell's office will attend to give ...

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Local celebration looks at a century of women's suffrage

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

... as the only state to elect women to both US Senate seats (Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell) as well as the state's governorship (Chris Gregoire). ...

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Chief Cantwell spokeswoman to leave

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is losing Ciaran Clayton, her chief spokeswoman for the last two years, to a public relations firm that has often found itself ...

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2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

A proposal from Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) offers a different take on cap-and-trade. Written from the left of Kerry-Boxer and just 32-pages long, ...

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Barker: Bill Meadows would lock in status quo for timber industry

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

Meadows' plan only looks to public lands. Sen. Maria Cantwell and Rep. Jay Inslee, both Washington Democrats, have re-introduced the National Forest ...

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Report: Nickels the face of national anti-incumbent feeling

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

And the NEXT incumbent who better watch her back is Maria Cantwell in 2012. Our very own Senator, who originally got her job when she ousted incumbent ...

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Socialized health care remains a threat

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

One of the major players in crafting this farce is Washington's own Sen. Maria Cantwell, who is a member of the Senate Finance Committee. ...

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Schumer: Reining in corporate pay in 'non-vindictive' way is essential

2009-10-25T00:00:00Z

Schumer, together with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), has proposed a shareholders' bill of rights to give shareholders greater control over corporate boards ...

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