Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]

America must adjust foreign aid to a new world order

2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

...an insider's knowledge, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Tacoma, recently told me that no matter who wins the White House, the United States will dramatically change how and to whom it bestows billions in foreign aid each year. Smith is a senior member of the U.S. Ho

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Michael Amato

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

...Communications director for Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) Age: 27 Hometown: North Wales, Pa. Marital status/children: Single, no kids Last job: A legislative aide for a city councilman in Philadelphia until January; contract work until mid-August for a comp

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America must adjust foreign aid to a new world order

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

By Lynne K. Varner WITH an insider's knowledge, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Tacoma, recently told me that no matter who wins the White House, the United States will ...

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ADOPT VARIED RESPONSES TO AVERT GLOBAL RECESSION, ADVISES DEPUTY ...

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

When Adam Smith had written The Wealth of Nations, Malawi, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United Republic of Tanzania had been the ...

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News of record

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

SMITH - McKENZIE: Nicholas Adam Smith, 24, of Chillicothe, Mill's Pride, Amy Nicole McKenzie, 23, of Chillicothe, Mill's Pride. MAY - BLISS: Robert Jordan ...

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Congress moves on Travel Promotion Act, Laptop Security

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

as well as Rep. Adam Smith, (D-Wash.), requires the Department of Homeland Security to have a reasonable suspicion of illegal activity before searching ...

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Dulverton mark cup return with victory

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

Dave Buckingham and Joe Enticott added one each while Adam Smith scored for â€™Grove. Exmoor Rangers had a 2-0 away win at Middlezoy Rovers Reserves. ...

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The Democratic Credit Crisis

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

Unbeknownst to Democrats, economics reached its apotheosis when Adam Smith and Milton Friedman wrote the definitive textbooks a long time ago. ...

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Congress Proposes to End Electronics Seizures at Border

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

Russell Feingold (D-WI) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) provide traditional legal citizen protections to residents crossing borders back into the US, ...

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Washington state representatives vote against bailout again, except for one

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

...and car dealers in my district can keep their jobs." "This was not an easy vote, but we are not in easy times," said Rep. Adam Smith, a Tacoma Democrat who supported the bill. "An economic slowdown cannot be avoided at this point, but this bill can make

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Irish Economy: State bank guarantee tolls the death knell of the ...

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

Apart from taking a strong position on pay issues, IBEC, the main business representative body, shies away from issues that would put politicians' noses out ...

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Arbitrary Seizure of

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

and House bill HR 7118 was tabled by Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), representing Washington State's 9th District. CBP spokesperson Amy Kudwa declined to discuss ...

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Lessons From A Crisis

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

The invisible hand of Adam Smith didn't create this mess. That honor belongs to ham-fisted politicians such as Barney Frank. Or take the notion that we ...

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Brier Dudley Bill would protect against laptop snooping

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

Excerpts from the blog Lost in the bailout melee was a bill that US Rep. Adam Smith, D-Tacoma, introduced Monday to address intrusive. ...

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Bill would protect against laptop snooping

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...from the blog Lost in the bailout melee was a bill that U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Tacoma, introduced Monday to address intrusive and inappropriate laptop snooping by the Border Patrol. Smith's statement in the news release: "The chief responsibility of th

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Bill Proposes Privacy for Americans' Laptops at Border

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced an identical bill in the House. Given the little time left in this year's Congress, there's little chance the measure will ...

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Invisible bailout

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not the invisible hand of Adam Smith's marketplace, but the invisible hand of the Founders' representative government. If the narrow and unexpected ...

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The political nature of the economic crisis

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

Classical economists like Adam Smith and David Ricardo referred to their discipline as â€œpolitical economy.â€ Smithâ€™s great work, â€œThe Wealth of Nations,â€ was ...

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Bill Proposes Privacy for Americans' Laptops at Border

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

...opposes new rules, saying they would lead to crippling litigation, restrictive policies and eventually a terrorist attack. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Washington) introduced an identical bill in the House. Given the little time left in this year's Congress, ther

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Bill would limit Homeland Security laptop searches

2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

US Senators Russ Feingold, D-Wis., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and US House Representative Adam Smith, D-Wash., introduced the Travelers Privacy Protection Act ...

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