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Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks at an event on Aug. 15, 2023, in Seattle. TikTok's extensive lobbying campaign is the latest tech industry push since the House passed legislation that would ban the popular app if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake. Cantwell, the Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman, has so far been reluctant to embrace the TikTok bill, calling for hearings first and suggesting that the Senate may want to rewrite it. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) **FILE**

Democratic Sen. Cantwell welcomes House’s TikTok crackdown

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2020, file photo shows the National Archives in the Sand Point neighborhood of Seattle that has about a million boxes of generally unique, original source documents and public records. In an announcement made Thursday, April 8, 2021, the Biden administration has halted the sale of the federal archives building in Seattle, following months of opposition from people across the Pacific Northwest and a lawsuit by the Washington Attorney General's Office. Among the records at the center are tribal, military, land, court, tax and census documents. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP, File)

Biden halts sale of National Archives center in Seattle

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Diverse panel recommends US judge candidates in Washington

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, Nick Brown, then-counsel to Gov. Jay Inslee, takes questions at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are recommending a pair of firsts for Washington state's two U.S. attorney posts. Nick Brown, the former counsel to Gov. Jay Inslee, would be the first Black U.S. attorney in western Washington, and Vanessa Waldref, a Justice Department environmental lawyer and former prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Spokane, would be the first woman to run the shop there. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Pair of firsts recommended for Washington US attorney posts

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Key Democrat will vote against Trump’s nominee to lead FAA

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Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, left, smiles as she greets supporters during a campaign event, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Issaquah, Wash. Former state GOP chairwoman Susan Hutchison is challenging Cantwell, a three-term incumbent. Public polling has shown Cantwell with a comfortable lead as she seeks her fourth term. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Cantwell cruises to fourth term in US Senate

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press

Cantwell, Hutchison meet in second Washington Senate debate

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Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., takes part in a debate with her Republican challenger, Susan Hutchison, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

US Sen. Maria Cantwell, Susan Hutchison hold 1st debate

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 photo, Washington U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell is shown at a gathering in Vancouver, Wash.. Democratic incumbent Cantwell has easily won re-election for U.S. Senate in Washington state in previous years but as she seeks her fourth-term this November, she is facing her most recognizable opponent, Republican Susan Hutchison. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

US Sen. Maria Cantwell faces former head of Wash. state GOP

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

Washington State Republican Party chairman Susan Hutchison, center, speaks with media members against a new city income tax on the wealthy that was approved earlier at a Seattle City Council meeting as demonstrators holding signs in favor protest behind Monday, July 10, 2017, in Seattle. Seattle's wealthiest will become the only Washington state residents to pay an income tax under legislation unanimously approved by the City Council, a measure designed as much to raise revenue as to open a broader discussion about whether the wealthy pay their fair share. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Susan Hutchison to face Democrat Sen. Maria Cantwell in Washington

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Committee's ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks during the Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, to consider, pursuant to H.Con.Res.71, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018, reconciliation legislation to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer a competitive oil and gas program in the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, known as the "1002 Area" or Coastal Plain. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Maria Cantwell warns wrong vote on Trump Supreme Court pick could be ‘career-ending move’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

New health bill: Seattle hospital could lose $627M a year

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President Obama is pressing for fast-track powers now so that he can finalize an Asian trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that he's negotiating with 11 other countries. A European trade deal could also be on the horizon. (Associated Press)

Senate averts trade filibuster, delivers big win to Obama in fast-track fight

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Manhattan Project park bill passes

By Nicholas K. Geranios - Associated Press

"This decision is a blow to the principles of fairness and competition that our innovation economy is built on," said Sen. Maria Cantwell, Washington Democrat. "[T]his ruling puts the reins of power in the hands of telecom conglomerates, allowing them to create fast and slow lanes on a tiered Internet." (Associated Press)

B Reactor historic park advances

By Nicholas K. Geranios - Associated Press

"This decision is a blow to the principles of fairness and competition that our innovation economy is built on," said Sen. Maria Cantwell, Washington Democrat. "[T]his ruling puts the reins of power in the hands of telecom conglomerates, allowing them to create fast and slow lanes on a tiered Internet." (Associated Press)

Federal grant to boost air travel out of Yakima

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National Congress of American Indians President Brian Cladoosby, second from left, wears a traditional cedar hat as he speaks along with other Native American leaders, Members of Congress, religious and civil rights leaders speak at a Change the Mascot campaign press conference on Capitol Hill to speak out on changing the name of the Washington Redskins, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 16, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Redskins name-change movement heads to Capitol Hill

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

House passes bill to save Green Mountain Lookout

By PHUONG LE - Associated Press

Senators work to rescue Polar Sea icebreaker

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Lawmakers, Redskins spar over team name

By JOSEPH WHITE - Associated Press