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U.S. House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Norm Dicks, Washington's Second-Highest Earmark-Gatherer, Now the Champion of Earmark Reform?

    FlickrBetter not be getting the ranger any earmarks in exchange for that poster, Representative.​Last year, Rep. Norm Dicks attached 61 of the much-vilified earmarks to 12 different appropriations bills. Totaling $81 million, those earmarks mean the Belfair Democrat is second only to Patty Mur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Ethics Panels Inexplicably Raising Questions About Norm Dicks' Earmarks for Contributors

    For Norm, it really is a world of green.​When they outlaw handing out no-bid contracts to your contributors, only outlaws will get re-elected to Congress. But that prospect doesn't seem to be stopping a pair of Congressional ethics committees from raising questions about the relationship betwe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2006

    Sunny Jim's Court Date

    For Norm, it really is a world of green.​When they outlaw handing out no-bid contracts to your contributors, only outlaws will get re-elected to Congress. But that prospect doesn't seem to be stopping a pair of Congressional ethics committees from raising questions about the relationship betwe ... More >>

  • News

    January 11, 2006

    Lobbying Grenade

    Jack Abramoff's guilty plea harkens back to his days with Seattle-based Preston Gates Ellis.

  • News

    September 28, 2005

    Dead-End Jail

    Jack Abramoff's guilty plea harkens back to his days with Seattle-based Preston Gates Ellis.

  • News

    February 23, 2005

    The Preston Gates Mates

    The venerable Seattle law firm launched key players in the Tom DeLay scandal.

  • News

    June 24, 1998

    The unbearable lightness of Jim McDermott

    On the trail with the congressman-for-life: What's the safest seat in the House worth if you don't have any power?

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