Hmmmm....

My Representative to Congress, Democrat Jay Inslee, has done a couple of things recently that I find interesting.

1. He voted against the big financial bailout package in its defeat yesterday in the House.  He was the only Democrat from Washington to vote against it.  All three Republicans from Washington also voted against it.
2. He sponsored a bill, "that would greenlight an anticipated agreement between Webcasters and SoundExchange, a nonprofit that collects royalties on behalf of recording copyright owners and artists from Internet radio stations and other digital radio services."  The bill just passed the House unanimously.
   
   

   Inslee's bill would enable the two sides to continue negotiations through Feb. 15 and make any deal struck while Congress is in recess legally binding. The bill would provide congressional approval for any agreements that SoundExchange reaches with Webcasters represented by the Digital Media Association, a trade group made up of companies that operate in the online audio and video market, and with other types of Webcasters, such as National Public Radio and college or religious Webcasters.

I've never voted for the guy, and I expect that on most issues I'd disagree with him, but these two actions are prompting me to take a closer look at his views and his record.