Rep. Dave Reichert (R - WA, 8th) was the only Western Republican to vote against a bill that would lift environmental regulations to allow more logging. This vote, on top of support for a new wilderness area and helping to keep Puget Sound relatively oil tanker-free, should help him hold his seat in November.
The so-called Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act promises to fund rural schools and provide timber-industry jobs by speeding up logging after storms or fires. The idea is deeply unpopular in places like most of Reichert's suburban district. The vote was a no-brainer for Reichert: the bill was going to pass anyway (it did by a margin of 243-182).