Open Congress : News Articles for Norman D. Dicks

US Navy awards Hinchey highest civilian honor

2012-12-30T01:00:00Z

...leaders of our armed services. I thank the Secretary for this designation and I will cherish it forever." Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) said, "My good friend, Mr. Hinchey, has been a great partner on the Defense Appropriations subcommittee toward strengthening

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Rep. Dicks busy in last days of 36-year career

2012-12-29T01:00:00Z

...— U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks is all set to retire after 36 years in Congress. But the Bremerton Democrat has hardly had a chance to slack off in his final days in office. Before it was canceled at the last minute, Dicks — the top Democrat in the House App

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Op-ed: Protect the Olympic Peninsula with the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

2012-12-28T01:00:00Z

...support the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, introduced by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash, and U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton. It protects more than 126,000 acres of new wilderness on the Olympic National Forest and 19 of the penin

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Op-ed: State ferry system needs funding and leadership

2012-12-24T01:00:00Z

...a new opportunity with a passenger-only ferry system operating throughout Puget Sound. Kitsap Transit, with the help of U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has secured the funding to build a passenger-only ferry that can g

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Fundraising starts up soon after election, filings show

2012-12-20T01:00:00Z

...Rep.-elect Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), already in tune with trends in PAC nomenclature, formed the Defense, Economic Renewal, Education and Knowledge PAC, or Derek PAC, on Oct. 2, a full month before he was elected to the seat of retiring Rep. Norm Dicks (D

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In Congress, few from state cross party line on gun control

2012-12-18T01:00:00Z

...their opposition to assault weapons and for bolstering services for the mentally ill. All three Democrats, along with Rep. Norm Dicks of Bremerton, voted for the 1994 assault-weapons ban that expired in 2004. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Lake Stevens, who wasn't

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Column: Fiscal cliff could harm space exploration

2012-12-15T01:00:00Z

...will prevent the firing of agency civil servants. But NASA's much larger contractor workforce faces significant job losses. Rep. Norm Dicks, the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, highlighted these consequences in a recent letter to

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Defense companies also worried about nondefense budget cuts

2012-12-12T01:00:00Z

...support for the aviation business. If air traffic control services were slashed by $800 million under sequestration, as Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., wrote in an October letter, the Federal Aviation Administration would lose 2,200 air traffic controllers, t

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Derek Kilmer names Congressional staff

2012-12-12T01:00:00Z

...goes here Derek Kilmer, the Gig Harbor Democrat newly elected to Congress to succeed Rep. Norm Dicks, has been preparing to take office Jan. 3 by hiring staff for his offices in D.C. and the 6th District. Derek Kilmer, the Gig Harbor Democrat newly elec

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Groups push Raúl Grijalva for interior secretary slot

2012-12-11T01:00:00Z

...definite but is widely expected. Other possible candidates whose names have been dropped in the media include retiring Rep. Norm Dicks from Washington, former Sen. Byron Dorgan from North Dakota, former Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal and outgoing Washing

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By the numbers: Retiring politicians

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...by retiring Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-New Mexico, the most of any retiring senator. 18: Number of terms held each by retiring Reps. Norm Dicks, D-Washington, and Dale Kildee, D-Michigan, the most of any retiring representative. 495 : Retired members of Cong

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Four Jewish Dems in top House committee slots

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...Committee and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) is now the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee. Lowey replaced Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), who is retiring, and Engel replaced Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), who was defeated in the November election.

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State Sen. Ed Murray intends to run for Seattle mayor

2012-12-05T01:00:00Z

...win over the Seattle Seahawks, defensive end Red Bryant wasn’t surprised. It was another day of Normpalooza, and U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks explained why he was having such fun. Democrats will outnumber Republicans next year in a closely divided state Senat

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Lowey breaks barrier on Appropriations

2012-12-05T01:00:00Z

...that famously resisted hiring even female secretaries for decades. The 75-year-old New Yorker will succeed retiring Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) in the new Congress just as Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) will move into the ranking spot on the House Financia

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Nita Lowey gets ranking member status on Appropriations

2012-12-04T01:00:00Z

...Towns the ranking member on the Oversight Committee, even though Towns was the senior member.) She will replace Washington Rep. Norm Dicks, who is retiring. Lowey has represented Westchester and surrounding areas in the House since 1989, and her elevati

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Lowey Wins Race for Top House Democratic Appropriator

2012-12-04T01:00:00Z

...decision of the steering committee and not contest the vote before the whole caucus. She succeeds veteran appropriator Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., who is retiring at the end of the current Congress. Going by seniority, Kaptur would have ascended to the to

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Lowey gets top Dem slot on Appropriations

2012-12-04T01:00:00Z

...subcommittee. She announced her bid for the party's top slot on the Approriations Committee last April after Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) announced he was retiring. "It is especially gratifying to be the first woman to lead either party on this powerful co

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Lowey selection a win for Pelosi

2012-12-04T01:00:00Z

...and stance on abortion rights were seen as factors in the race. Lowey, who was favored to win, is slated to replace retiring Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), who served one term as ranking member, in January. "Either one of them would have done an excellent j

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New Yorker Lowey Picked As Top Approps Dem

2012-12-04T01:00:00Z

...seat on the Financial Services Committee. The only real drama rested in the Lowey-Kaptur contest to succeed retiring Rep. Norm Dicks of Washington. Lowey, 75, who famously stepped aside in the 1999 New York Senate primary to allow Hillary Rodham Clinton

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McDermott’s junket to Bali may be congressional record - Sun, 02 Dec 2012 PST

2012-12-02T01:00:00Z

...on relations among the United States, Europe and Russia. By comparison, McDermott’s longtime Democratic colleague, U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks of Bremerton, took two trips during the same six-year period. Those trips, one to Hawaii on U.S.-China relations, a

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