Patty Murray

Unbalanced budgeting

2013-03-13 13:51:10

In case anyone has missed the dueling budget proposals out this week from Rep. Paul Ryan on the Republican side and Sen. Patty Murray for the Democrats, don't fret. You could easily have slept through the last four months and missed nothing. They are...

Mikulski plan for women's pay gets new push

2012-05-23 16:33:00

A proposal to expand equal-pay protections for women, long championed by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, was thrust into the national political spotlight Wednesday in a Democratic effort to court female voters — a crucial demographic in this year's...

Mikulski touts role of women in Congress

2012-09-05 17:03:00

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, the self-styled dean of the Democratic women in Congress, urged support of female candidates in an address to her party's national convention Wednesday that came as both presidential campaigns sought to court women voters. As...

Mikulski to speak on Senate women at Democratic National Convention

2012-08-22 08:17:00

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulskiwill have a speaking role at the Democratic National Convention, aides said Wednesday. The Maryland Democrat, who this year became the longest-serving woman in congressional history, will lead a program highlighting the record...

Cardin, Mikulski urge Obama to speed withdrawal from Afghanistan

2012-03-07 14:55:00

Sens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday�to speed the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The Maryland Democrats joined a group of 24 senators in declaring the mission in Afghanistan...

Scrutiny of foreign deals urged

2006-03-06 00:00:00

President Bush is coming under growing pressure to toughen the government's scrutiny of future transactions, as the furor continues over an Arab firm's purchase of some U.S. port operations, including in Baltimore. Lawmakers in both parties are advancing...

No shell game, Pipkin says

2004-03-23 00:00:00

State Sen. E.J. Pipkin made millions of dollars as a junk-bond trader in New York before cashing in and returning to Maryland and a spacious home in Queen Anne's County. But not all of his money came back with him. Some of it is planted in a small...

U.S. debt limit resets at higher level, budget impasse grinds on

2013-05-20 15:48:03

* New debt limit reset at $16.7 trillion * No movement seen in Congress on budget talks By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. government added $306 billion in new debt during a four-month suspension of the federal borrowing limit, the...

B Reactor bill passes Senate committee

2013-05-17 03:34:02

Hanford's B Reactor is another step closer to being part of a new national park. Members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources stepped off the Senate floor Thursday afternoon for a vote by voice approving a bill creating the...

GOP senators on committee target three labor nominees from Buffalo

2013-05-17 04:34:02

Three men from Buffalo, one absent and two present, were the targets of grilling from Republicans on a Senate committee Thursday over matters that sometimes seemed personal but in the end are profound for every working person in America. The absent...

Committee approves DOE budget request

2013-05-16 07:04:02

A Department of Energy request that could prevent furloughs at the Hanford vitrification plant has received the final congressional committee approval it needed. Changes in funding levels requested by DOE still must go through an administrative...

U.S. Army anti-sexual assault coordinator accused of sex crimes

2013-05-14 21:59:02

* Sergeant under investigation for pandering, other counts * Lawmakers, defense chief express renewed anger, disgust By David Alexander WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant who worked as a sexual assault prevention coordinator at Fort...

(D-Md.) addresses the crowd at a press announcement about her sponsored bill. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) (left) and Sen.

2012-05-23 00:00:00

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray talks with a small group of citizens at Elliot Bay Book Co. on Dec. 9, 2011.

2011-12-09 14:07:05

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash co-chair of the super committee, is followed by reporters as she arrives for a meeting between Republican and Democratic lawmakers Monday on Capitol Hill.

2011-11-21 13:10:11