WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- A Washington state congressman told a Capitol Hill committee Wednesday that federal recognition of his state's Duwamish Indian tribe was well overdue.

WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- A boss who listens is better than higher pay, U.S. federal workers indicated in a study.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A spokeswoman for first lady Laura Bush said a Christmas tree ornament calling for the impeachment of President Bush will not hang on the White House tree.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Bushes' final holiday season in the White House will have the theme "A Red, White and Blue Christmas," U.S. first lady Laura Bush said Wednesday.

SEATTLE, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A Washington congressman said he has joined the effort to impeach U.S. President George Bush on grounds he misled the country before the Iraq invasion.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Measuring the poor in the United States is done with a 40-year-old formula that requires an overhaul, some Washington insiders said.

WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday in favor of a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits but President George W. Bush has said he will veto it.

WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., has been ordered to pay House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, $1.1 million in legal fees, court paper say.