As sources in the State Republican Party were reporting yesterday, Congressman Dave Reichert’s (R, WA-8) congressional office confirmed today that the former King County sheriff and four-term member of the U.S. House has decided not make a bid for the U.S. Senate. The official verification of Reichert’s choice came from communications director Natasha Mayer who gave NW Daily Marker the

Congressman Dave Reichert (WA-08) will run for re-election to the U.S. House and forgo a bid for the U.S. Senate, sources inside the State Republican Party confirmed Thursday after hearing from Reichert. Reichert’s decision to seek a fifth term in Congress puts to bed persistent rumors of a possible U.S. Senate bid, and for now leaves State Sen. Michael Baumgartner

On Thursday, the House passed the “Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act” (H.R. 2587) by a vote of 238 to 186, a measure that was drafted in direct response to the National Labor Relations Board’s formal complaint that the Boeing Company’s decision to open a its second 787 Dreamliner production line in South Carolina amounted to retaliation against unions. The

For most of the summer, speculation about a Republican mystery candidate who might be contemplating a run against U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) has circulated with precious few real clues about who Candidate X might be. The waiting is over. NW Daily Marker has learned that Phillip Yin – news reporter and anchor for Bloomberg Television and Washington native –

Republicans in Washington State do not yet have a declared candidate to challenge U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell next year, but the list of potential contenders continues to grow. State Senator Michael Baumgartner (R-Spokane) is testing the waters now with the possible formation of an exploratory committee reported yesterday by NW Daily Marker. Though Baumgartner has only been in public office

The 1960s had their love-ins and sit-ins and the new millennium will now have its first soup-in. On Thursday, the group Working Washington will be performing their own brand of culinary street theater, staging what they call a “Depression-era unemployment line, with free soup for the unemployed” in the vicinity of Congressman Dave Reichert’s district office on Mercer Island. The

By a vote of 269-161 Monday, the House passed the Budget Control Act in an effort to avert the impending federal cash flow crisis. The bill now moves to the U.S. Senate where debate has already begun in advance of a noon Tuesday vote requiring 60 votes for passage and to move the measure to the President’s desk for an

In an interview conducted by phone today, Congress Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) spoke from South Korea saying that trade talks between the U.S. and the Asian nation were achieving a “win-win” consensus toward a key free trade agreement that would eliminate tariffs and open markets. Reichert also commented on the battle between Boeing and the National Labor Relations Board, and about

On Wednesday the unelected National Labor Relations Board threatened action against aerospace giant Boeing if the company would not agree to build a new assembly line for the 787 Dreamliner in Washington State, a warning made in direct challenge to the company’s decision last fall to build planes in Charleston, South Carolina. As Angie Vogt wrote today at RedCounty.com: The