September 30, 2008 - 20:15

Squabble over bill passage continues in WA-8

The battle over Rep. Dave Reichert's effectiveness as a congressman continues today, as the Reichert campaign has issued a press release touting the House passage of H.R. 6098, The PRICE of Homeland Security Act, a bill he introduced.

The legislation keeps intelligence funding in Seattle and allows for more local control of first responders activity.

"Talk about bad timing for the Burner campaign," said campaign spokesperson Amanda Halligan. "This development shines a bright light on the facts, and it's just one more example of Dave Reichert's effective, bipartisan leadership in Congress. His colleagues across the aisle have praised his leadership on this important security legislation, and he'll continue working across party lines to keep our country safe."

To highlight Reichert's bipartisan credentials, the release cites a statement made by Reichert's fellow committee member Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) who said first responders "will benefit enormously" from the passage of the bill.

The bad timing they refer to has to do with an ad the Burner campaign released last week citing two nonpartisan publications that show Reichert had yet to pass a bill, and was one of the least effective legislators in the House. The Reichert camp pushed back hard, arguing that he was an effective bipartisan team player, and insisted that the metrics behind their statistics are inaccurate.

The Burner campaign facetiously congratulated Reichert on his bill, which they call minor, and stood by their contention that Reichert is not an effective representative of the 8th District.

"We're quite excited to learn that Congressman may be close to seeing his first bill signed into law! This minor bill that slightly adjusts bureacratic funding rules in the Department of Homeland Security still has not passed into law and will not until the president signs it, but it shouldn't be too long now," said Burner spokesperson Sandeep Kaushuk. "Way to go, Dave! One bill -- not quite passed yet, but hopefully soon -- after four years in Congress is quite the achievement. Though I suspect the voters of the 8th Congressional District will be a little less impressed to learn that it has taken him this long to get anything at all done.

"Still, a few more like this one over the next 35 days and Reichert may even catch up to the non-voting members of the House in the effectiveness ratings. Ratings that I would note are compiled not by the Burner campaign but by an independent, non-partisan rating that ranks Reichert as one of Congress' least effective members -- the very same rating that Reichert himself has cited repeatedly in the past."

Bryan Bissell is a PolitickerWA.com Reporter and can be reached via email at noreply@politicker.com.

Related topics: Darcy Burner, Dave Reichert, WA-8

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