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• State’s longtime champion Dicks to step down

  March 3, 2012 in City on Page A1 Rep. Norm Dicks, a powerful Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives often referred to as Washington’s “third senator,” is stepping down at the end of this term after 36 … 8

• Longtime Washington Rep. Norm Dicks is retiring

  March 2, 2012 in Nation/World, Region Washington Democratic Rep. Norm Dicks, the top Democrat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, says he’ll retire at the end of the year after 18 terms in the House. 6

• Powerful Democrat retiring from House

  May 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Casting another shadow over Democrats’ political prospects in the midterm elections, Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin, who is chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee and one of …

• Washington congressman in line for Murtha’s defense slot

  February 8, 2010 in Region U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks is likely to succeed the late Rep. John Murtha as chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending. 2

• Congressional ethics report leaks, revealing names

  October 30, 2009 in Nation/World, City Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics. 5

• Air Force won’t consider WTO ruling in tanker bidding

  September 24, 2009 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — As it seeks new bids on a $35 billion contract to start replacing its fleet of aging aerial refueling tankers, the U.S. Air Force has decided against considering … 1