Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton, is among seven members of the House defense appropriations subcommittee under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, the Washington Post reports.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks said Friday he has been interviewed by the Office of Congressional Ethics, which is looking into his relationship with a once influential lobbying firm that the Justice Department is investigating for possible criminal violations. In an interview, the Bremerton Democrat said he was fully cooperating with the investigation and was confident he would be fully exonerated....
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Nearly half the members of a powerful House subcommittee in control of Pentagon spending, including Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton, are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, who have trained their lens on the relationships between seven members and an influential lobbying firm founded by a former Capitol Hill aide.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Veteran Congressman Norm Dicks says he has done nothing wrong and is confident that he will be exonerated after his name was included in a list of more than two dozen House members who are the subject of internal ethics investigations.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
WASHINGTON -- Veteran Congressman Norm Dicks says he has done nothing wrong and is confident that he will be exonerated after his name was included in a list of more than two dozen House members who are the subject of internal ethics investigations.
The Puget Sound Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... meetings have been set to discuss the rate hike plan:• Bremerton: Monday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m., at Norm Dicks Government Center, 345 6th St., Suite 600.• Kirkland: Thursday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m., at Lake Washington Technical College, 11605 132nd Avenue N.E. in the auditorium.• Olympia: Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at noon in the Commission’s Hearing Room on the second floor of the Richard Hemstad...
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... Peter DeFazio joined in the request, as did Washington Congressmen Jay Inslee, Jim McDermott and Norm Dicks. It was timed to coincide with the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act. And Baird, a 3rd Congressional District Democrat, says in a written statement issued today that his name also should have been on the letter —...
Capitol Hill Seattle (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Congressman Jim McDermott Congressman Jay Inslee Congressman Norm Dicks Cal Knight, President, Swedish Medical Center Dr. Martin Siegel, Chair of the Swedish Board of Trustees Hospital Administrators WHAT: · Speaker Pelosi and Members of Congress will be talking with hospital officials about how the groundbreaking health insurance reform legislation...
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... been shouting about single-payer, since, well, forever. So, again, why Seattle? Jay Inslee and Norm Dicks, two other Democratic congressman from Washington who voted for the bill, have also been invited to hang out with Pelosi today. Perhaps the event is a way to implicitly ostracize congressman Brian Baird, the Democrat from Vancouver, Washington, who voted against the bill. But...
Northwest Progressive Institute (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Earlier tonight, by a vote of 220-215 , the House passed HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the first significant health care reform in decades. Within the Washington delegation, the aye votes were Jay Inslee (WA-01), Rick Larsen (WA-02), Norm Dicks (WA-06), Jim McDermott (WA-07), and Adam Smith (WA-09). As expected, based on his statement from yesterday , Brian Baird...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Her office says she's touring Swedish Medical Center with Congressmen Jim McDermott, Norm Dicks and Jay Inslee.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Last updated November 9, 2009 8:06 a.m. PTPelosi touring Seattle hospital, discussing reformSEATTLE -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is visiting Seattle.Her office says she's touring Swedish Medical Center with Congressmen Jim McDermott, Norm Dicks and Jay Inslee.Afterward she'll discuss health insurance reform at a news conference, at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the hospital.
Northwest Navigator (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... visitors to Bremerton for over 50 years. It is our pleasure to join efforts with Congressman Norm Dicks and the Mayor in revitalizing the image of downtown Bremerton,” Capt. Pat Rios, commanding officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest shared about the project. “Today, we are proud to present this historical restoration as our contribution to the City’s waterfront.”...
Dad29 (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Ethics problem-list : John Murtha , D-Pa., and Democratic members Jim Moran of Virginia and Peter Visclosky of Indiana had previously surfaced in connection with the inquiry. The document adds the names of Norm Dicks , D-Wash.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; ranking subcommittee Republican C.W. Bill Young of Florida and Todd Tiahrt , R-Kan . That list is only about 520 members short. By the way,...
GovIntegrity (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... in the report are: John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.) James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.) Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) Here's the NY Times on PMA back in February: [PMA] convinced 104 different House members to add separate earmarks into the [last year's] defense appropriations bill worth $300 million to PMA Group...
