Uncool
● Brianne Miller has jumped to the other side of Capitol Hill and is currently employed by Senator James E.
Casino Jack and the JSC
● The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (JSC), co-chaired by Senator Patty Murray (D/Washington) and Representative Jeb Hensarling (R/Texas),
Occupy Washington, D.C.
● After arriving in the nation’s capital on Monday, the 17th, for a meeting later in the week of the
No Such Thing as a Bad Apple
● Over the past week, the Northwest Horticultural Council worked at the request of the Office of the U.S. Trade
Washington City IX
The current multistate outbreak of listeria linked to whole cantaloupes grown on a farm in Colorado will certainly serve to
Verify
Chairman Lamar Smith (R/Texas) of the House Judiciary Committee insists that a mandatory employer E-Verify program is necessary to better
Unsustainable
In our work with USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, we occasionally help out when FAS arranges official tours to the Pacific
Washington City VII
● A primary will be held in Oregon on November 8, followed by a special election next January 31, for
Washington City VI
● Senator Patty Murray (D/Washington) is one of twelve members of Congress to be appointed to the Joint Select Committee
Who’s Gone
● U.S. Representative David Wu (D/Oregon) today announced that he will resign. Sexual misconduct had been alleged against the Portland-area