Maria Cantwell

Maria Cantwell

• New secretary lays out agenda for Native Americans

  Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told a Senate panel Wednesday that "Indian education is embarrassing" as she laid out her priorities on issues ... 

• Women's security raised by American Indian leader

  The president of the National Congress of American Indians urged the House on Thursday to pass the Violence Against Women Act so Native Americans and ... 

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  Senate approves anti-violence against women act

  By a robust bipartisan majority, the Senate voted Tuesday to renew the Violence Against Women Act with new assurances that gays and lesbians, ... 

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  Obama picks outdoor retail exec to lead Interior

  President Barack Obama's choice for interior secretary is a lifelong outdoors enthusiast who likes to bike, ski and climb mountains. As president and ... 

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  Weather prevents dock inspection on Wash. coast

  A dock that apparently was ripped away from Japanese waters by a tsunami and drifted for more than a year and a half has washed ashore on one of the ... 

• Western lawmakers seek probe of refineries

  Six Democratic senators representing states along the Pacific Coast asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate the role of oil refineries ...