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Saturday, February 11th, 2012

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Good News for Boeing

By | 02.10.10 | 9:07 am

It’s never bad news for local business when the home-town guy takes the reins of a powerful congressional committee. In the case of Seattle-based Boeing, that credo might come with an exclamation point, as Washington Rep. Norman Dicks (D) is poised to take over the throne of the powerful defense More…

The Death of an Appropriations Machine

By | 02.08.10 | 4:42 pm

With the death of Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) Monday — just three days after he’d become the longest-serving congressman in Pennsylvania’s history — Capitol Hill has lost one of its most influential lawmakers, and perhaps the most proficient earmarker of them all. Not only was the 36-year Washington More…