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Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a press conference on President Biden's budget proposal, on Thursday, March 9, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Inslee, Murray praise $1B Eastern Washington fertilizer plant proposal as win for green economy

Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a press conference on President Biden's budget proposal, on Thursday, March 9, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

April 14, 2023, 7:44am Latest News

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray hailed plans to build a power-hungry fertilizer plant in Richland as a win for developing a green economy in the Tri-Cities. Read story

Washington, D.C., Roll Call report

April 2, 2023, 6:04am Northwest

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending March 31. Read story

Washington, D.C., roll call report

March 26, 2023, 6:02am Northwest

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending March 24. Read story

Washington, D.C., roll call report

March 19, 2023, 6:02am Northwest

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending March 17. Read story

Washington, D.C., Roll Call Report

March 12, 2023, 6:00am Northwest

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending March 10. Read story

From left, Shalanda Young, the first Black woman to lead the Office of Management and Budget; Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Senate Appropriations Committee chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.; House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.; and House Appropriations chair Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, speak during an interview with The Associated Press at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. It's the first time in history that the four leaders of the two congressional spending committees are women.

5 women, immense power: Can they keep U.S. from fiscal brink?

From left, Shalanda Young, the first Black woman to lead the Office of Management and Budget; Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Senate Appropriations Committee chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.; House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.; and House Appropriations chair Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, speak during an interview with The Associated Press at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. It's the first time in history that the four leaders of the two congressional spending committees are women.

January 27, 2023, 8:16am Latest News

They are now among the most powerful women in Congress. But when they were first elected in the 1990s, they were often overlooked, or even talked down to. Read story

Sen. Maria Cantwell, left, and Sen.

Cantwell, Murray pledge to protect abortion access

Sen. Maria Cantwell, left, and Sen.

January 25, 2023, 7:40am Latest News

Washington’s Democratic senators on Tuesday pledged to block any effort by Republicans to further restrict abortion at the federal level after the Supreme Court last June overturned the Roe v. Wade decision, which had protected the right to terminate a pregnancy — with some limitations — for nearly half a… Read story

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., emerges from a Democratic Caucus leadership meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. In the new Congress starting Jan. 3, 2023, Sen. Murray will serve as president pro tempore, replacing the retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who is retiring, making her third in the order of succession for the presidency behind the vice president and speaker of the House. (AP Photo/J.

As U.S. government hits its borrowing limit, Northwest lawmakers signal high-stakes budget fight ahead

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., emerges from a Democratic Caucus leadership meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. In the new Congress starting Jan. 3, 2023, Sen. Murray will serve as president pro tempore, replacing the retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who is retiring, making her third in the order of succession for the presidency behind the vice president and speaker of the House. (AP Photo/J.

January 20, 2023, 7:31am Latest News

As the U.S. government on Thursday hit its self-imposed borrowing limit, Northwest lawmakers signaled the country could be in for a long fight in Congress over raising the debt ceiling that risks economic catastrophe if the parties don’t reach a deal on federal spending. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris gestures Tuesday toward waiting family members as she participates in a ceremonial swearing-in of Sen.

Sen. Patty Murray, for now, is second in line for presidency

Vice President Kamala Harris gestures Tuesday toward waiting family members as she participates in a ceremonial swearing-in of Sen.

January 4, 2023, 8:13am Clark County Politics

Washington Sen. Patty Murray was sworn in Tuesday as Senate president pro tempore, becoming the first woman in the country’s history to hold that role. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a ceremonial swearing-in of Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., with Murray's husband Rob Murray, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.

Murray becomes Senate’s 1st female president pro tem

Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a ceremonial swearing-in of Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., with Murray's husband Rob Murray, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.

January 3, 2023, 6:48pm Clark County News

Washington Sen. Patty Murray made history Tuesday, becoming the first woman to serve as Senate president pro tempore. That position, which presides over the Senate in the absence of the vice president, is held by the senior-most member of the majority party. It also makes Murray third in line to… Read story