Rep. Rick Larsen

Democrat  •  2nd District, Washington  •  6th Term  •  Sworn In 2001
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06/01/12
Poll in hot House race: Koster, Burner ahead

...now running as an independent, receives 4 percent. Koster is making his third run for Congress. He lost narrowly to U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., in 2000 and 2010, in the old 2nd District. The the 2010 campaign revolving around Koster’s hostility to

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05/31/12
Publishing politicians' deleted tweets

In that case it would have caught the Rep. Rick Larsen Twitter scandal from December of 2011. Three staff members were fired after posting negative messages about the congressman and tweeting about how drunk and bored they were on the job.

Source: MyNorthwest.com
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05/30/12
Cantor skips Obama signing ceremony for Export-Import Bank

...the world.” Other members of Congress in the audience included Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters (Calif.), Jim McDermott (Wash.), Rick Larsen (Wash.) and Norm Dicks (Wash.). During brief remarks before a crowd of corporate CEOs, including Charles Szews o

Source: The Hill
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05/29/12
Lessons from the Choom gang: Don't air your dirty laundry

December 2011: Tweeting about drinking on the job – Aides for Congressional Rep. Rick Larsen were fired after tweeting about drinking on the job and sayhing bad things about Larsen. December 2011: Absconding with a client’s fame - Adorian ...

Source: Washington Times
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05/28/12
Candidates set for primary vote

The job of state representative carries a two-year term while state senator runs for four years. In federal races, incumbent Democrat Rick Larsen will have his hands full vying with five challengers seeking to become the next U.S. Representative ...

Source: South Whidbey Herald
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05/28/12
Rep. Adam Smith's campaign leans heavily on PAC money

...(PACs). Only two other members of the state's congressional delegation collect a greater share of PAC money: Democratic Reps. Rick Larsen of Lake Stevens and Norm Dicks of Bremerton. Larsen and Dicks each have gotten two-thirds of their campaign cash fr

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05/27/12
Rep. Adam Smith's campaign leans heavily on PAC money

Rick Larsen of Lake Stevens and Norm Dicks of Bremerton ... The measure had more than 200 co-sponsors in the last Congress, including Smith; Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle; and Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell. Boyle, however, sees an even bigger ...

Source: Seattle Times
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05/25/12
Friends in high places

DARRINGTON -- Federal lawmakers are asking the Department of Agriculture to save the Green Mountain lookout.U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen and Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell earlier this week sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to .

Source: msnbc.com
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05/25/12
Influential voices line up for Green Mountain lookout

...-- Federal lawmakers are asking the Department of Agriculture to save the Green Mountain lookout. U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen and Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell earlier this week sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to "use all

Source: HeraldNet
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05/24/12
US lawmakers back nuclear weapons near N. Korea

Congressman Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat ... deployment "would be dangerous and reckless and could destabilize the entire region." Democrat Rick Larsen blasted his House colleagues for adopting an amendment supporting an "irresponsible move (that ...

Source: Google
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05/24/12
DelBene gives $300,000 to her own 1st District campaign

...The state Democratic establishment is coalescing behind DelBene -- with backing from Gov. Chris Gregoire and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen -- but it is still a toss-up of a race. On Tuesday night, the King County Democrats ended a months-long endorsement proces

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05/23/12
DelBene gives $300,000 to her own 1st District campaign

Chris Gregoire and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen -- but it is still a toss-up of a race. On Tuesday night, the King County Democrats ended a months-long endorsement process by backing only Ruderman for the race.

Source: Seattle Times
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05/23/12
Larsen in Mountlake Terrace on Wednesday

Democratic Congressman Rick Larsen will be in Mountlake Terrace on Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m. to tour SNOCOM 911’s Mountlake Terrace facilities at 6204 215th St. S.W. Larsen represents the 2nd Congressional District, which, beginning with the ...

Source: Everett Herald
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05/23/12
1st District endorsements — all over the board

She has won backing from Boeing Machinists, Teamsters, Gov. Chris Gregoire and 2nd District U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen.  Larsen has represented portions of Whatcom, Skagit and Snohomish County that are now in the 1st District. Darcy Burner ...

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
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05/22/12
Federal marine highways project hard to launch

Not all Democratic lawmakers agree. “I personally don’t think it has happened as well as it should,” Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), ranking member of the House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, told POLITICO.

Source: Politico.com
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05/22/12
Q&A: Rep. Rick Larsen on higher ed funding

Democrat Rick Larsen is the United States Representative for Washington’s second district, which includes Bellingham. He is currently in his sixth term and will be running again in this year’s election, to be held Tuesday, Nov. 6. Larsen visited ...

Source: Western Front
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05/21/12
Larsen hears concerns of women's groups in Bellingham over Violence Against Women Act

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, spoke to women's advocacy groups Monday, May 21, at Caffé Adagio, to discuss his party's version of the bill and hear their thoughts about what they could lose when the 1994 law is reauthorized. The Senate ...

Source: Bellingham Herald
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05/21/12
Lawmakers: Don’t let suit wreck Green Mtn. Lookout

Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., wrote to Vilsack, whose agency oversees the Forest Service. The lookout reflects “a unique and vanishing part of the Pacific Northwest’s heritage,” the lawmakers wrote.  “

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
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05/21/12
Trio of contested council races

In 2010, Swapp ran against state Rep. Jeff Morris, garnering 43 percent of the vote. In the race for Congress from the re-designed 2nd congressional district, six-term incumbent Rick Larsen faces five opponents. Republicans Dan Matthews of ...

Source: Islands Sounder
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05/19/12
Redistricting roundup: Dems net 3 seats

(Of course, the tradeoff for that tradeoff is that the occasionally-vulnerable Dem Rick Larsen in WA-02 now gets a much safer ... winners and now facing a rematch with Democratic ex-Rep. Dan Maffei in a district that’s now 56 percent Obama).

Source: RedState
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05/19/12
Deploy nukes in E Asia: US House

US Representative Rick Larsen blasted his colleagues for adopting an amendment supporting an “irresponsible move [that] would greatly imperil the security of the region.” “Instead of acting as a deterrent to North Korea, placing tactical ...

Source: Taipei Times
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05/19/12
Provision would protect Malmstrom mission

But Rep. Rick Larsen, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, urged lawmakers to oppose the amendment, saying it would "recklessly weaken our national security."

Source: Great Falls Tribune
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05/19/12
State of the Station: Navy belongs in Everett

Ten base buildings have Energy Star ratings or LEED certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.Meanwhile, the Navy is studying a proposal by Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., to replace Everett's frigates with larger battleships. Limberg said

Source: msnbc.com
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05/19/12
Mad scramble to get elected in 1st District

Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, filed to keep his seat in the redrawn 2nd Congressional District, which no longer includes rural communities in the Cascade foothills but now encompasses Island and San Juan counties. He is being challenged by ...

Source: msnbc.com
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05/19/12
State of the Station: Navy belongs in Everett

TULALIP -- Naval Station Everett has a secure future due in no small part to the support of the surrounding communities, the base's executive officer told the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce on Friday. Cmdr. Dan Limberg, delivering the ann

Source: HeraldNet
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05/19/12
Provision would protect Malmstrom mission

WASHINGTON Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls would get added protections against losing its nuclear warheads under a provision in a defense bill passed by the U.S. House on Friday. The amendment, from Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., was agreed to on

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05/18/12
US lawmakers back nuclear weapons near N. Korea

Congressman Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat ... deployment "would be dangerous and reckless and could destabilize the entire region." Democrat Rick Larsen blasted his House colleagues for adopting an amendment supporting an "irresponsible move (that ...

Source: YAHOO!
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05/18/12
Larsen on Planned Closure of Everett Area Mail Processing Facility: “Outrageous”

WASHINGTON—Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, issued the following statement today after the U.S. Postal Service announced that it is moving forward with its plan to close up to 140 distribution facilities, including the Everett Area Mail Processing ...

Source: Lake Stevens Journal
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05/18/12
CSF Lauds the Passage of H.R. 4310 with Smith Amendment for ITAR Reform

Adam Smith, Rep. Buck McKeon, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Howard Berman, Rep. Rick Larsen, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Rep. Rob Bishop and Rep. Earl Blumenauer for their leadership on this issue. For many years ...

Source: SpaceRef
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05/18/12
Violence Against Women Act under scrutiny

The new draft, written by Rep. Adam Putnam, a Republican from Florida, has removed those protections. Rep. Rick Larsen, Democrat, of Washington’s second district, which includes Bellingham, spoke on the House floor on May 16, urging for the House to re .

Source: Western Front
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Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2605
Fax: 202-225-4420

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