Congress

Democratic Rep. Adam Smith, who represents Washington state's 9th District says Congress needs to take the lead on immigration reform and that recent U.S. strikes on Iran won't lead to peace.

Washington 1st District U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene is pushing for Congress to take back its role in crafting trade policy, amid the turmoil caused by Trump's sweeping tariffs.

Some Republican lawmakers in Congress, including longtime central Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse, are defending the clean energy tax credits in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.

Members of Washington state’s delegation said they’re hoping to safeguard as many Democratic policies as possible.

Since being elected in 2018, Democrat Kim Schrier has faced competitive races to keep her seat in Washington’s expansive 8th Congressional District. This election is no different.

Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz has conceded in her race to represent Washington’s 6th Congressional District. Democrat Emily Randall and Republican Drew MacEwan will advance to the general election in November.

Lawmakers in at least seven states are taking big legislative swings to regulate artificial intelligence systems as they have been found to discriminate based on race, gender or more.

Washington Democrat Patty Murray has become the first female president pro tempore of the Senate. That senior member of the majority party acts as Senate president when the vice president cannot be present.

Members of Washington's Congressional delegation are reacting to yesterday's mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Multiple elected leaders call for strengthening gun laws, both at the local and national level, to prevent another school shooting.

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer knows Congress isn't popular. He talks to KNKX about how modernizing the legislative branch might pay dividends for the American people.