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...our marine resources. Sound off on the important issues at The bipartisan bill, sponsored by Washington Democrat Warren Magnuson and Alaska Republican Ted Stevens, is best known for extending the federal government's jurisdiction from 12 to...
...the number of oil tankers entering the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound. The law, named after the late Sen. Warren Magnuson, D-Wash., restricts expansion of oil traffic unless it is "for consumption in the state of Washington." Stevens...
...demand in Washington to protect Puget Sound. It was an old colleague of Sen. Stevens', the late Washington Sen. Warren Magnuson, who in 1977 won passage of a measure restricting refinery expansion unless needed by consumers in Washington. In...
...term in a special election mandated by state law. He has since been re-elected six times. 1976 - Stevens helped Warren Magnuson push through thethat established regulations to preserve commercial fishing along the Northwest coast. 1977 to 1985...
...the North Pacific on a sustainable basis. The act passed Congress through the efforts of the late Washington Sen. Warren Magnuson, a Democrat, and again, Stevens. Ninety-seven percent of the goods used in Alaska go through the state of Washington...
...with a final reorganization before leaving office in 2008. The treaty is good through 2018. Stevens allied with Warren Magnuson in developing the Northwest U.S. and Bering Sea fishing industry through the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation...
...after Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, quietly introduced legislation that would overturn an amendment the late Sen. Warren Magnuson, D-Wash., inserted into the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1977. The so-called Magnuson Amendment reduced...
...settled Native claims and enabled the construction of the oil pipeline. In 1976, he worked with Washington Sen. Warren Magnuson to pass landmark federal legislation that claimed harvest rights over all seafood within 200 miles of the nation's...
...development. Then, as now, for some crazy reason, all of the West Coast senators opposed Alaska - Henry Jackson and Warren Magnuson in Washington, Bob Packwood and Mark Hatfield in Oregon and Cranston and Jim Tunney in California. When the oil...