The House of Representatives has successfully passed the health care bill with 220 votes.
11:07 PM ET — House health care bill gets votes needed for passage. 220 members of Congress — including one Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao of Louisiana — voted in favor of health care reform, advancing [...]
This afternoon, Seattle Police confirmed that they believe Christopher J. Monfort, the man shot and arrested in Tukwila yesterday, is responsible for murdering officer Timothy Brenton. Here's part of the statement issued this afternoon:
On the afternoon of November 6th , 2009, Seattle Police Homicide detectives received a tip about [...]
Ever since Eli told us about it this morning, I can't stop watching the health care reform debate. And, as always, Republicans are raising the discourse:
(Where did he get that baby from?) Maybe someone should bring in a puppy who will give a hearty "Arf!" for the Democrat's health' [...]
From People of Walmart....
Queers can't have titties and beers?
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' [...]Text message received last night from Craig Benjamin:
I'm no longer nervous as fuck.
Benjamin has been involved in the campaign longer than his daughter has been alive. Where did he celebrate the latest returns? He texted back: "At home with my family."
.Ariel / Stranger Flickr"Sassafras, ready for rain"**
Nice weather*, eh? And here's the Seattle forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 49. South wind between 14 and 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Tonight: Showers [...]
It's happening now, and when it's finished—probably later today—it's likely that the U.S. House of Representatives will have made history, passing* a huge health insurance reform bill that includes a public option.
Follow it here, here, and here.
*Without the help of Washington Democrat Brian Baird.
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Art/Tears
Crawl Space's Final OpeningCrawl Space is closing, which is cause for howling. This is the last opening. The show is Stranger Circumstances, featuring Seattle trio PDL, Italian artist Massimo Guerrera, Montreal's Alana Riley, and Vancouver's Ron Tran, focusing on encounters between artists and strangers. These [...]
I wonder if Mike McGinn's promise to build the tunnel was just as sincere as Greg Nickels' promise to build the monorail.
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We have a reading about a boat trip and a book about a heroic dog tonight, and then three other, more intriguing events.
Martin Limon reads at Seattle Mystery Bookshop from his book G.I. Bones, which is about a ghost, a red-light district, and the army. Also a [...]
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Captured: Tukwila police shoot a suspect in the Officer Timothy Brenton killing after he pulled a gun on them. The suspect is in critical condition.
The Procession: Hundreds of police cars snaked through the city on their way to Brenton's KeyArena memorial.
Hurtling Toward Decisive:' [...]
Slog commenter Jane Doe points to this program from the 2007 Annual Spring Research Conference put on by the UW's Office of Minority Affairs and The Graduate School’s Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program, in which Christopher Monfort provides an abstract of his project titled The Power of [...]
Mike McGinn, who could be Seattle's next mayor, is curled up 'round the fire with his family and black labrador, and couldn't be reached. Campaign spokesman Aaron Pickus reacts to the latest results, which put McGinn 2,400 votes in the lead. "It’s a big jump, and we feel pretty good,"' [...]
"I haven't talked to the team yet," says Charla Neuman, spokeswoman for mayoral candidate Joe Mallahan, "but I can tell you—uh, obviously this is not—it gets harder and harder to overcome these numbers. We're looking to see how many votes are left to be counted."
Is there any hope for Joe? [...]
More details on the shooting in Tukwila this afternoon:
The P.I. is reporting that the man shot in Tukwila this afternoon is in fact a suspect in the Halloween killing of Officer Brenton—the suspect is in critical condition at Harborview after being shot in the head, according to [...]
