Tag: Patty Murray

The legislation includes numerous pro-union changes to enhance the power of the NLRB. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Dems’ labor rule tweak would trip up ‘majority’ voting

Sean Higgins · October 14, 2015 11:07 pm

"While the administration will certainly be involved in these budget discussions, Leader [Harry] Reid and Leader [Nancy] Pelosi and their support is gonna be necessary to get this done," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)Â

White House rules out shutdown negotiations

Nicole Duran · September 30, 2015 6:07 pm

"This law would crack down on employers who break the law when workers exercise their basic right to collective action," Murray said. (AP File Photo)

Dems introduce bill to triple back pay for illegally fired workers

Sean Higgins · September 16, 2015 10:11 pm

House, Senate, Obama in three-way tug of war on education

Susan Ferrechio · July 19, 2015 12:01 am

Having already been through a months-long legislative process, the smooth, two-day conference committee was surely a relief for members and staff on the House and Senate education committees. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Winners and losers in the Senate’s fix to No Child Left Behind

Jason Russell · July 16, 2015 8:43 pm

But the debate shaping up in Congress is likely to yield legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that rejects more conservative language in favor of legislation that could end up passing with significant Democratic support. That means conservatives may end up either shooting down the final bill, or watching it pass over their objections.Â (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Conservatives likely to lose education reform battle in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2015 5:00 am

In this Feb. 12, 2015 photo, Yamarko Brown, age 12, works on math problems as part of a trial run of a new state assessment test at Annapolis Middle School in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

GOP tries to woo conservatives with tougher education reform bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 7, 2015 4:01 am

Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, who represents Washington and thus Boeing, just won a guarantee of a vote in June on reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that subsidizes U.S. exports, primarily Boeing jets. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

To pass trade bill, Washington senators win June vote on Ex-Im Bank

Timothy P. Carney · May 21, 2015 3:52 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in her office on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Senate Dem wants to turn federal agencies into alternative fuel filling stations

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2015 1:38 am

The president's decision to wait until his final two years in office to try to push the two major trade measures over the objections of skeptical Democrats also is weakening his hand, GOP leaders assert. (AP Photo)Â

Democrats give Obama the Bush treatment on trade

Susan Crabtree · May 6, 2015 9:00 am

A bill to fund military construction and veterans affairs for fiscal 2016 was expected to sail through the House on Wednesday. (iStock)

House will struggle to pass spending bills that adhere to caps

Susan Ferrechio · May 4, 2015 9:00 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, with Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., right, and Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan, left, speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Reid retirement prompts leadership scramble

Susan Ferrechio · April 20, 2015 9:00 am