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U.S. House Committee on Appropriations

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Congressman Norm Dicks Retiring After 36 Years Representing Washington State

    This morning Congressman Norm Dicks (D)-WA announced he is retiring from politics in the fall. Dicks has represented most of Washington west of Seattle since 1977. Dicks was a powerful force in the House Appropriations Committee.

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Rep. Norm Dicks Wants to Put a Stranglehold on Burmese Pythons

    Burmese pythons are multiplying and spreading at an alarming rate. There are tens of thousands of them in Florida, alone. They've swamped the Everglades. They turn up in backyard pools. Voracious, mammal-eating reptiles, these slithering behemoths can grow up to 20 feet long. And U.S. Rep. Norm Dick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    McClatchy Newspapers Discover the Border Patrol's Swollen Staffing But Not the Questionable Tactics that Have Resulted

    Joshua Huston​The McClatchy newspaper chain is the latest to catch onto the fact that there's something startling going on along the northern border. A piece picked up by the Seattle Times this morning draws attention to the huge increase of Border Patrol agents there and accusations by whistl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Rep. Norm Dicks Elected as Top Dem on Spending Panel Now Has Front Row Seat for "Bloodbath" He Warned About

    ​On Thursday, Washington's 6th District Rep. Norm Dicks got the nod to be the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Appropriations, which gets a budget of about $1 trillion, or, in Dicks' world: "lunch money." But with a new Dem-hating GOP majority in the House and Dicks' predictions that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Norm Dicks Gets Early Christmas Present: Ethics Office Closes Investigation

    Reported rumors of coal in Norm Dicks' stocking have proven premature.​There was always something weird about Norm Dicks being investigated by two different Congressional ethics groups. As Mark Fefer put it back on October 30th when the case was first made public, "When they outlaw handing out ... More >>

  • News

    November 1, 2006

    Congressmen for Life

    The Democratic easy-seat club prepares to welcome its newest member.

  • News

    August 9, 2006

    McGavick's Millions

    Plus: The Seahawks' new bench, drunk on tape, and a thumbs-down for the waterfront tunnel.

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2006

    Speaker on Tunnel: 'Too Risky'

    Plus: The Seahawks' new bench, drunk on tape, and a thumbs-down for the waterfront tunnel.

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    There Is No Closure

    An evolving proposal to shutter nine Seattle public schools is a tortuous process that only begins to address big problems—fiscal and otherwise.

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Federal Politics, State Politics, The County

    An evolving proposal to shutter nine Seattle public schools is a tortuous process that only begins to address big problems—fiscal and otherwise.

  • News

    June 22, 2005

    Bush's Broadcast Barbarians

    It's time to defend public television again, but let's demand something better in return.

  • Arts

    June 22, 2005

    KCTS S.O.S.

    It's time to defend public television again, but let's demand something better in return.

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    Defend the Homeland!

    Want to serve your country? Vote Bush out.

  • News

    July 14, 2004

    Economy vs. Ecology

    In an archetypal struggle, environmentalists and tribes are fighting a massive gravel pit and pier proposed for the shore of Hood Canal.

  • News

    April 7, 2004

    Left Plays to Win

    In an archetypal struggle, environmentalists and tribes are fighting a massive gravel pit and pier proposed for the shore of Hood Canal.

  • News

    December 11, 2002

    This Is No Laughing Matter

    In an archetypal struggle, environmentalists and tribes are fighting a massive gravel pit and pier proposed for the shore of Hood Canal.

  • News

    March 8, 2000

    BUS-ted

    Will the GOP ride Tim Eyman's transit-killing initiative to victory in November?

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Best City

    Will the GOP ride Tim Eyman's transit-killing initiative to victory in November?

  • News

    December 2, 1998

    Uncorking crime

    Why did the Legislature decide to let the juvenile-crime genie back out of the bottle?

  • News

    July 8, 1998

    Who Killed the Timber Task Force?

    Weyerhaeuser has been an F.O.B. since 1980. Did that friendship involve the spiking of a timber theft investigation that might have embarassed both the northwest timber giant and the forest service?

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