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U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers launches re-election campaign
Cathy McMorris Rodgers made her re-election campaign official Monday, announcing she’ll seek a sixth term in the House of Representatives. The announcement is a formality as the Spokane-area Republican has already collected some $1.3 million for the upcoming campaign since the 2012 election ended.
McMorris Rodgers makes 2014 bid official
McMorris Rodgers makes 2014 bid official
McMorris Rodgers raises 12 times the money as her foe
WASHINGTON – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers has raised about 12 times as much money as her Democratic challenger in the first three months of this year, reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission show. Joe Pakootas, chief executive officer of the Colville Tribal Federal Corporation, brought in campaign contributions of $28,951 between January and March, while McMorris Rodgers raised $363,324.
Spin Control: Small number of debates saved taxpayers big bucks
Cathy McMorris Rodgers may or may not get the House of Representatives equivalent of 20 lashes with a wet noodle for improperly mixing campaign business with congressional business. But documents released from an official investigation into a disgruntled former employee’s complaint make one thing clear: By limiting debates with opponents in the 2010 and 2012 campaigns, McMorris Rodgers wasn’t showing a lack of political courage; she was being a good steward of the public treasury.
Sunday Spin: What the McMorris Rodgers report tells us about campaigns
Sunday Spin: What the McMorris Rodgers report tells us about campaigns
Ethics committee won’t review allegations against Rep. McMorris Rodgers
WASHINGTON – The House Ethics Committee said Monday it will not appoint a special panel to investigate allegations that Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the fourth-highest-ranking House Republican, improperly combined campaign and official funds in a GOP leadership race and her re-election campaign. The committee’s top two leaders, Reps. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, and Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., said they will not formally drop the case against McMorris Rodgers but will continue to review the matter under their own authority.
McMorris Rodgers ethics investigation turns up evidence
WASHINGTON - The House Ethics Committee said Monday it will not appoint a special panel to investigate allegations that Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the fourth-highest ranking House Republican, improperly combined campaign and official funds in a GOP leadership race and her re-election campaign. The committee’s top two leaders, Reps. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, and Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., said they will not formally drop the case against McMorris Rodgers, but will continue to review the matter under their own authority. In practical terms, the decision means it is unlikely that McMorris Rodgers will face charges or sanctions.
Spokane Veterans Affairs hospital brings budget concerns to Sen. Patty Murray
WASHINGTON – Staff shortages and the worry of possible budget cuts prompted local managers at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Spokane to ignore the chain of command and take their concerns straight to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, who put pointed questions to senior officials during a Wednesday hearing. The problems of treating veterans returning from 13 years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq are vexing VA hospitals and staff, as suicides, violent outbursts and other war-related medical problems mount.
Today’s fun video: Colbert jabs McMorris Rodgers over ‘Bette in Spokane’
Today’s fun video: Colbert jabs McMorris Rodgers over ‘Bette in Spokane’
McMorris Rodgers visits Spokane
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said Thursday an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws still has a shot in 2014. “I think immigration is still a possibility,” she said, despite the fact that the issue has stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives after the Senate passed a bill last year. “There’s a recognition that we need to fix what is a broken immigration system.”
Joe Pakootas, Colville Tribe CEO, starts run for U.S. House
As a member of Congress gains stature in Washington, D.C., opponents often have more trouble defeating them in elections back home. Eastern Washington Democrats are hoping the reverse is true this year as Joe Pakootas prepares to run against Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. He’s counting on a boost from the public’s general low opinion of Congress, and thinks its partisan wrangling and its short time in session will work against the 10-year incumbent who is part of Republican leadership.
Pakootas hopes McMorris Rodgers’ rank works against her
Pakootas hopes McMorris Rodgers’ rank works against her
Sunday Spin: Representation v. judgment
Sunday Spin: Representation v. judgment
Cathy McMorris Rodgers subject of ethics complaint
Just a week after delivering the Republican Party response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is under fire for alleged spending improprieties. Aides to the Spokane congresswoman, the fourth-ranking House Republican, said Thursday the ethics complaint involves an accusation that McMorris Rodgers improperly mingled taxpayer money and campaign funds during her 2012 bid for House leadership. The Office of Congressional Ethics has referred the matter to the House Ethics Committee, which hasn’t decided whether to hold hearings.
McMorris Rodgers glosses over pesky facts
Everyone knew there would be a Bette from Spokane. If not a Bette, then a Bob or a Brenda or a Bubba or a Buck. And everyone knew that Bette from Spokane would be drawn out by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, as she rebutted the State of the Union address, to illustrate a point. It is a fine and useful technique, in speechmaking and in journalism, to “put a face” on general issues. To find the illustrative case. The human example. An interesting question preceding McMorris Rodgers’ moment in the spotlight was: How would she bring Spokane – how would she bring us – into it?
‘Bette in Spokane,’ cited in McMorris Rodgers’ speech, declined health insurance options
The woman described only as “Bette in Spokane” during a nationally televised address by U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said Wednesday she had no idea her frustrations over increasing insurance premiums would become part of the Republican attack on health care reform. Not that Bette Grenier, a critic of the Affordable Care Act, minds that much.
McMorris Rodgers a VP contender (and other speech analysis)
McMorris Rodgers a VP contender (and other speech analysis)
McMorris Rodgers delivers calculated rebuttal to Obama’s State of the Union
President Barack Obama had a case of a person helped by health care reform. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers had a case of someone hurt by it. Obama proposed raising the minimum wage to give workers more take-home pay. McMorris Rodgers proposed cutting taxes and cutting energy and health care costs to let them keep more of their pay.
McMorris Rodgers rebuttal set
McMorris Rodgers rebuttal set
Wash. Post briefs readers on McMorris Rodgers
Wash. Post briefs readers on McMorris Rodgers