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• Eye on Boise: Risch no longer among 15 richest lawmakers

  October 30, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho Sen. Jim Risch has dropped one spot on Roll Call’s list of the 50 richest members of Congress, to 16th. The Capitol Hill newspaper analyzes congressional financial …

• Timber payments have local backing

  October 8, 2011 in City on Page B1 U.S. senators from Washington and Idaho all say they support a plan to extend payments to counties and school districts that have significant amounts of federal land inside their boundaries. …

• Idaho lawmakers seek grizzly amendment

  September 15, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 Both of Idaho’s U.S. senators and North Idaho’s congressman introduced legislation Wednesday to amend the Endangered Species Act to reiterate that it’s OK to shoot a grizzly bear in self-defense … 1

• Northwest lawmakers adhere to party lines

  September 9, 2011 in City on Page A1 Northwest Republicans criticized President Obama’s proposed jobs bill as too much that’s been tried before and not enough that will bring long-term changes. Washington Democrats, meanwhile, said the request to … 12

• Eye on Boise: Senator apologizes, evades being deposed

  July 17, 2011 in Idaho on Page B2 Idaho state Sen. John McGee, R-Caldwell, came under fire at a Canyon County Republican Party Central Committee meeting last week for a recent drunken driving conviction but succeeded in heading … 3

• Sen. Risch favors keeping Guantanamo detention facility open

  June 18, 2011 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, who visited the Guantanamo Bay detention facility this week, says he believes it should stay open indefinitely and the detainees there should be held … 1

• Risch: Keep detainees at Guantanamo indefinitely

  June 17, 2011 in Idaho Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, who visited the Guantanamo Bay detention facility this week, says he believes it should stay open indefinitely, and the detainees there should be held indefinitely - … 5

• Judge tosses challenge to Idaho’s roadless management plan

  February 1, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 Idaho’s blueprint for managing millions of acres of backcountry roadless areas has been upheld by a federal judge, who said the plan won’t degrade habitat for grizzly bears or woodland …

• Local lawmakers’ reactions to State of the Union vary

  January 26, 2011 in City on Page A1 While they liked some overall themes in President Barack Obama’s call for more innovation, more cooperation and less spending, some members of Congress from Idaho and Washington wondered about the … 14

• NW delegation finds reasons to cheer, jeer in Obama speech

  January 25, 2011 in News, Nation/World, Region While they liked some overall themes in President Obama’s call for more innovation, more cooperation and less spending, some members of Congress from Idaho and Washington wondered about the details. …

• Idaho delegation sponsors only one successful bill

  January 2, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B7 KETCHUM, Idaho – Idaho’s congressional delegation sponsored 52 bills during the 111th Congress, one of which became law. That was Democrat Rep. Walt Minnick’s measure to designate a Nampa post …

• Idaho lawmakers blast EPA proposal

  November 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 Idaho’s congressional delegation is lambasting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to clean up historic mining waste in the Coeur d’Alene River’s headwaters.

• Crapo, Risch sponsor wolf delisting bill

  September 23, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch introduced legislation Wednesday to remove Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in Idaho and Montana, as well as portions of Washington, Oregon and …

• Eye on Boise: U.S. Senate delegation loses ground in digital IQ

  August 29, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – There was a time when then-Idaho Sen. Larry Craig was dubbed the “cybersenator” because he was the first U.S. senator to send out podcasts. Now, it seems, our …

• Both sides praise emphasis on jobs, small businesses

  January 28, 2010 in City on Page A10 Northwest Republicans and Democrats applauded President Barack Obama’s emphasis on jobs, particularly on creating them in small businesses, but wondered about the details of other proposals in the State of …

• Delegation finds some room for agreement on Obama speech

  January 27, 2010 in News Northwest Republicans and Democrats applauded President Barack Obama’s emphasis on jobs, particularly on creating them in small businesses, but wondered about the details of other proposals in the State of … 2

• Risch among the richest

    September 17, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Freshman Idaho Sen. Jim Risch is the 13th-wealthiest member of Congress and is richer than the late Ted Kennedy, Sen. John McCain or House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according …

• Editorial: Rammell’s reaction a bad omen of leadership

  September 3, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 At least Rex Rammell isn’t one of those equivocating public figures who explain their gaffes with wishy-washy nonapologies that evade blame by fixing it on anyone misguided enough to take … 4

• Hunting license remark assailed

  August 29, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 BOISE – Top Idaho Republicans – Gov. Butch Otter, U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson and former Idaho Gov. Phil Batt – all condemned fellow … 5

• Risch, Crapo oppose Sotomayor’s confirmation

  July 27, 2009 Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, both Republicans, said today they will vote against confirming Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• Smart Bombs: A Tony for baloney

  February 25, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 Now that the Oscars have been handed out, let’s turn our attention to the political theater surrounding the federal stimulus package. Several Republican governors are solid candidates for Tony Awards … 1

• Message resonates with region’s contingent

    February 25, 2009 in City on Page A10 Members of Congress of both parties from Idaho and Washington gave President Barack Obama high marks for a speech that called for shared sacrifice and cooperation to lift the nation …

• Northwest lawmakers react to Obama speech

  February 24, 2009 in City Members of Congress from both parties in Idaho and Washington gave President Obama high marks for a speech that called for shared sacrifice and cooperation to lift the nation out …

• Risch had wrong mouse, district in blasting stimulus project

    February 19, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho Sen. Jim Risch blasted the federal economic stimulus bill Wednesday for being filled with big earmarks for Democratic leaders, but his prime example turned out to be … 1

• Risch blasts stimulus ‘earmarks’

    February 18, 2009 in Idaho Idaho Sen. Jim Risch blasted the federal economic stimulus bill Wednesday for being filled with big earmarks for Democratic leaders, but his prime example turned out to be in error. 3

• Loose moose not about to be bullied

  February 5, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page PF1 Dunno what excuse you used the last time you missed work or called to say you’d be late. But Jana Tritto offered one that remains uncommon, although it might not …

• A tempered Risch joining U.S. Senate

  November 27, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Jim Risch was a formidable political force in Idaho, feared and admired as he wielded his power – and then, suddenly, everything ended. It was 1988, and the …

• Risch’s Romney ad aims at LDS

  November 1, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho Senate candidate Jim Risch is airing two campaign commercials just before the election – but one’s not running in North Idaho. That ad, featuring former GOP presidential …

• Candidates address military service

  October 29, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 MERIDIAN, Idaho – Pressed by two of his opponents to explain why he never served in the military, GOP Senate candidate Jim Risch, Idaho’s current lieutenant governor, said Tuesday that …

• New campaign ads for Risch, LaRocco

  October 28, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – The two leading candidates for Idaho’s open U.S. Senate seat are focusing on their differences on taxes and Social Security as the election approaches. Republican Jim Risch has …

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