Washington

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Senators

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Patty Murray Democrat 19 years in office

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Maria Cantwell Democrat 11 years in office


Representatives

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1st District Jay Inslee MyOC Group Democrat 19 years in office

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2nd District Rick Larsen MyOC Group Democrat 11 years in office

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3rd District Jaime Herrera Beutler MyOC Group Republican 1 year in office

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4th District Doc Hastings MyOC Group Republican 17 years in office

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5th District Cathy McMorris Rodgers MyOC Group Republican 7 years in office

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6th District Norman Dicks MyOC Group Democrat 35 years in office

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7th District James McDermott MyOC Group Democrat 23 years in office

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8th District Dave Reichert MyOC Group Republican 7 years in office

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9th District Adam Smith MyOC Group Democrat 15 years in office

Washington (/ˈwɒʃɪŋtən/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho and south of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Washington is the 18th most extensive and the 13th most populous of the 50 United States. Approximately 60 percent of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transportation, business, and industry along the Puget Sound region of the Salish Sea, an inlet of the Pacific consisting of numerous islands, deep... (More from Freebase)

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Representatives

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Top bills supported by Washington users

  • H.R.197 - National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity A...
    136 users support
  • H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices A...
    96 users support
  • H.R.25 - Fair Tax Act of 2009
    89 users support
  • H.R.3548 - Worker, Homeownership, and Business A...
    84 users support
  • S.1085 - Reuniting Families Act
    59 users support

Top bills opposed by Washington users

  • H.R.45 - Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Re...
    545 users oppose
  • H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices A...
    205 users oppose
  • H.J.Res.5 - Proposing an amendment to the Constit...
    159 users oppose
  • S.773 - Cybersecurity Act of 2009
    82 users oppose
  • H.R.1388 - The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
    75 users oppose

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