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When U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Seattle) took to the House floor last Wednesday, one of Politicker.com cartoonist Rob Tornoe's recent cartoons  served as a backdrop for his criticism of the Bush administration and what he claims were their true motivations for war with Iraq

Burner's house burned, Rossi's billboards revealed and Dicks' district disses. Here are the Winners & Losers for July 11, 2008. | CLICK HERE

Woke up this morning, got myself a gun. Here are the Winners & Losers for June 27, 2008.

Porn model walks, airplane modeler gets a do-over and remodelers may have overdone it. Here are the Winners & Losers for June 20, 2008.

Casinos pay off and party brands pay dearly. Here are the Winners & Losers for June 13, 2008.

The losers lose big this week with illegal infants, electile dysfunction and one U.S. Representative that just can’t catch a break. Here are the Winners & Losers for June 6, 2008.

Dave Reichert wins green recognition while Dino Rossi wavers on global warming. Here are the Winners & Losers for May 30, 2008.

Barack Obama picks up some superdelegates, but can't pick out the most contaminated nuclear site in the United States. Here are the Winners & Losers for May 23, 2008.  

Don't expect Washington's U.S. senators to be a presidential runningmate. In a survey of the U.S. Senate's membership not already running for president on whether they'd accept an offer to be vice president, The Hill newspaper found a variety of responses to the veepstakes question. Some were accompanied by laughs, others took the question seriously.

So, how did Democrats Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray respond?

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