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	Doc Hastings for Congress \| DocHastings.com
		Doc Hastings won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994 to serve the citizens of Central Washington’s Fourth Congressional District.
		Hastings is the founder and Chairman of the House Nuclear Clean-Up Caucus.
		Hastings also serves as a co-chairman of the Northwest Energy Caucus and is a member of the Western Caucus, the Rural Caucus, and the Rural Health Care Coalition.
	dochastings.com /contents/about (314 words)

	Doc Hastings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings (born February 7, 1941), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing the Fourth Congressional District of Washington.
		Hastings won his seventh term in the election held November 7, 2006.
		Hastings was elected to the House in 1994 after being defeated in a prior bid in 1992.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doc_Hastings (285 words)

	Doc Hastings - Congresspedia
		Hastings was born February 7, 1941 in Spokane, Washington.
		Hastings was elected to the House in 1994 after being defeated in a 1992 bid.
		Hastings, usually a "behind the scenes" kind of legislator, has recently been thrust into the spotlight as the chairman of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, commonly known as the Ethics Committee.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Doc_Hastings (585 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Ethics claims target Doc Hastings
		WASHINGTON —; Rep. Doc Hastings, already under fire as chairman of the stalled House ethics committee, accepted a $7,800 trip to England in 2000 from a company he championed for a multibillion-dollar contract at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, records released by an advocacy group yesterday show.
		Hastings, accompanied by a family member, spoke at an energy symposium during the $3,170 trip.
		Hastings was named chairman of the ethics committee in February, after Republicans ousted their colleague Rep. Joel Hefley of Colorado.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002347954_hastings25m.html (852 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Hastings says ethics panel won't investigate DeLay
		Doc Hastings is under fire for comments in support of embattled Rep. Tom DeLay.
		In the Yakima interview, Hastings also suggested that the case brought by Travis County prosecutor Ronnie Earle in Austin, Texas, is a Democratic partisan move.
		Hastings received $4,500 from DeLay's political-action committee, ARMPAC, in 1994; he received a $1,400 in-kind contribution from ARMPAC in 1998.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002542677_hastings06.html (651 words)

	Northwest Progressive Institute: Doc Hastings is a lump of coal
		It's no secret that Doc Hastings, the Republican who represents Washington's 4th Congressional District, was placed into his spot as chair of the ethics committee in order to protect Tom Delay.
		Hasting's biography does play up his spot on the rules committee, though, so I suppose technically he could be considered part of House leadership, despite his lump-like lack of activity.
		Hastings has been a lump of coal on purpose; the sole intent of his chairmanship was to render the ethics committee powerless.
	www.nwprogressive.org /weblog/2006/10/doc-hastings-is-lump-of-coal.html (457 words)

	Doc Hastings - dKosopedia
		Doc Hastings won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994 to serve the citizens of Central Washington 's Fourth Congressional District.
		In January 1999, Hastings was appointed Assistant Majority Whip, which puts him in a position to help move the Republican legislative agenda through Congress.
		Hastings is the founder and Chairman of the House Nuclear Clean-Up Caucus, serves as a member of the Northwest Energy Caucus, the Western Caucus, the Rural Caucus, and the Rural Health Care Coalition.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Doc_Hastings (318 words)

	THE DAILY DELAY: More Bad News for Hastings
		Just called Doc Hastings DC office and request that he step down and to stop interfering in the Delay matter-bad government, etc. The woman that answered was very pleasant; she took my name and city/state and promised to pass on my comments.
		Hastings was handling the Ethics committee, and that, given the recent news about what look like ethikcal labses on his own part, that we would all be better served if he were to resign and allow someone wiht more objectivity to investigate Congressional ethics.
		I told her I was a Washington resident and that Doc Hastings should appoint an independent counsel to investigate Tom Delay or he should resign from the Ethics Committee.
	dailydelay.blogspot.com /2005/06/more-bad-news-for-hastings.html (7125 words)

	Washblog: Congressman Doc Hastings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		After taking control of the Ethics Committee, Hastings (R-WA) fired two senior staff lawyers who were involved in unanimous decisions to admonish DeLay three times for improper fundraising practices and bribes in the last two years.
		Doc is part and parcel of the corrupt regime of power brokers led by Tom DeLay and Roy Blunt.
		Hastings had told colleagues privately in recent weeks that he might step down out of frustration with what he considered intractability of Democrats on the panel and their repeated public attacks on his leadership.
	washblog.typepad.com /main/congressman_doc_hastings/index.html (2912 words)

	Project Vote Smart - Representative Hastings - Interest Group Ratings
		Spring 05 Representative Hastings supported the interests of the Conservative Index - The John Birch Society 25 percent in Spring 05.
		Spring 04 Representative Hastings supported the interests of the Conservative Index - The John Birch Society 38 percent in Spring 04.
		Fall 2004 Representative Hastings supported the interests of the Conservative Index - The John Birch Society 60 percent in Fall 2004.
	vote-smart.org /issue_rating_category.php?can_id=CNIP8326&...+Issues (9013 words)

	Doc Hastings thrust under uncomfortable spotlight by House ethics fight
		It was a tense and newsworthy moment, and Hastings, who by his own admission is a poor orator, decided to lighten the mood by beginning with an ad-libbed joke.
		Hastings has made no secret about his desire to one day head the Rules Committee, the powerful committee that is the gatekeeper for all bills coming to the floor.
		Hastings, who served on the committee, was named chairman, and three new members were appointed.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /national/221498_doc25.html (1448 words)

	Western Democrat: (DeLay's) Doc Hastings draws an inside the ranks challenger
		Doc’s alliances with scandaled members of congress and lobbyists, his unwillingness to break with his party on important national issues have made him ineffective at leading the charge to defend his own in the 4th CD.
		Unfortunately for Doc (and McMorris for that matter), is he is invisible in the shadow of Cantwell and Murray.
		Doc Hastings is a good man but he has always been overwhelmed by partisan loyalty and has rarely had an original idea.
	www.westerndemocrat.com /2006/02/delays_doc_hast.html (1449 words)

	Doc Hastings opens Western ag meeting
		The regional conference of the Western Agriculture Directors Association got started Sunday night with a reception and welcome from Rep. Doc Hastings, R.-Wash., and continues with meetings today and a tour Tuesday of Ice Harbor Dam.
		Hastings touched on global trade as well as the politics driving the dam breaching debate.
		Hastings said the dark cloud over agriculture does have a silver lining.
	www.tri-cityherald.com /news/2001/0813/Story4.html (369 words)

	Ridenbaugh Press » Doc, then and now
		Not especially by way of suggesting that Doc Hastings is barely holding on to his House seat, but quick review of the central Washington congressman’s ethics world less than a month, as opposed to now, may be instructive.
		And of a sudden, the fact that the U.S. House has had no watchdog in place, and that the local congressman is the figurehead chair of the sham committee that hasn’t been doing the job, may be getting attention alongside the grant announcements and ribbon cuttings.
		Hastings was asked to chair the panel by none other than House Speaker Dennis Hastert, the same man whose resignation was shouted for last week.
	www.ridenbaugh.com /index.php/2006/10/06/doc-then-and-now (456 words)

	Northwest Progressive Institute: Doc Hastings' ethic conundrum
		Congressman Doc Hastings (WA-04), chairman of the House Ethics Committee, good friend of Jack Abramoff, and lackey to Tom Delay, is coming under fire for ethics violations of his own:
		Doc Hastings, already under fire as chairman of the stalled House ethics committee, accepted a $7,800 trip to England in 2000 from a company he championed for a multibillion-dollar contract at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, records released by an advocacy group yesterday show.
		The contract was promoted by Hastings, who offered amendments to the Defense Authorization Act to pay for Hanford projects, including BNFL work.But in October 1998, the General Accounting Office began questioning the contract as too lucrative for the company.
	www.nwprogressive.org /weblog/2005/06/doc-hastings-ethic-conundrum.html (334 words)

	Media Matters - In reporting ethics probe of Foley scandal, media largely ignore controversy surrounding ethics chair ...
		At an October 5 press conference, House ethics committee chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA) announced that the committee had voted unanimously to form a subcommittee to investigate the scandal surrounding Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL).
		Several weeks after taking over as chairman, Hastings furthered the perception that he was more compliant to Hastert's wishes than his predecessor when he fired two respected members of the committee's professional staff: staff director and chief counsel John Vargo and counsel Paul Lewis, both of whom had worked on the committee since the mid-1990s.
		Doc Hastings is the guy who sat on his hands and did nothing when DeLay's misdeeds came to light...
	mediamatters.org /items/200610060002 (2223 words)

	Sound Politics: Hastings Versus Hastings
		Ever since, Hastings has been entirely complicit with the GOP leadership's shameless efforts to secure, protect and exploit their majority — an overreach that likely will cost them House control this year.
		Hastings sent The Seattle Times-owned Yakima Herald-Republic, which sometimes has not endorsed him, a signed fax, saying he would not be stopping by the newspaper office in the heart of his district.
		To advocate the defeat of Doc Hastings while ignoring the elevation of Alcee Hastings to chairman of the Intelligence Committee is to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
	soundpolitics.com /archives/007400.html (920 words)

	Public Citizen \| Press Room - Appointments of Rep. Doc Hastings and Other DeLay Allies to House Ethics Committee Deals ...
		WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today’s appointment by House Republican leaders of Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) as chairman of the House ethics committee, along with two allies of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay as members of the ethics committee, is the knockout blow to ethics enforcement in Congress.
		Hastings replaces former chairman Joel Hefley (R-Colo.), who was removed because he led a unanimous ethics committee in admonishing DeLay for three separate ethics violations.
		Public Citizen is alarmed that his replacement by Hastings, and the appointments of Smith and Cole to the committee, are intended to put a stop to that progress and relegate the House ethics committee to the trash bin.
	www.citizen.org /pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1868 (525 words)

	Washblog: Jack Abramoff and Doc Hastings refresher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Hastings will have a seat as long as the Congress is dominated by Republicans because we need the pork.
		After 15 minutes, the bill had failed, but Hastings kept the vote open for an unprecedented three more hours so the President could twist arms to pressure lawmakers to change their vote and finally to secure the bill’s narrow passage.
		Press is invited to attend the rallies outside the Hastings offices in Pasco, WA and in Kennewick, WA.
	washblog.typepad.com /main/2006/01/jack_abramoff_a.html (948 words)

	The GOP Auction House: Doc Hastings of Washington
		Hastings voted for the GOP energy bill that gave billions to oil, gas and nuclear industries.
		Hastings voted for the GOP Medicare Prescription Drug Bill that will give billions to businesses and the health care industry, while forcing seniors to accept annual increases in premiums and deductibles and a growing gap in coverage for the prescription drugs they buy.
		Hastings voted to continue awarding contracts to Halliburton even if the Pentagon's own audit processes found that more than $100 million of their contractor's costs in Iraq were unreasonable.
	www.dccc.org /gopauctionhouse/members/DocHastingsWA-4.html (618 words)

	The Randi Rhodes Show on Air America Radio
		Hastings' comments were criticized by Democrats and some public-interest groups.
		Hastings spokeswoman Jessica Gleason said Hastings didn't say the panel wouldn't take up the DeLay complaint.
		Hastings lobbied for the money to create a more "ethical culture" in the House.
	www.therandirhodesshow.com /live/node/1211 (672 words)

	Oct. 17, 2002: Congress, 4th District: Re-elect Doc Hastings
		And not only is Mason wrong about his assertion that Enron donated to Hastings' campaign, but his focus on the issue of corporate responsibility also does not jibe with his district's primary concerns.
		Hastings, on the other hand, has views that are more reflective of his district and has proved himself effective at championing some issues.
		Hastings still has an unnecessarily rigid loyalty to his political party, but he has grown into the job enough to take initiative on many issues that might not adhere strictly to the GOP agenda but are vital to his district.
	archive.tri-cityherald.com /opinion/2002/1017.html (375 words)

	4thDistrictEnema.com - Because 4th District Washington is badly constipated!!!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Doc Hastings' main accomplishment has been in pork barrel funding for Hanford projects.
		While Doc Hastings claims to understand the needs of small business, he has done little himself to economically diversify the local economy.
		Doc still has a lot of support from people of his generation and they have all the time in the world to go out and vote.
	www.dochasting.com (532 words)

	Doc Hastings \| Public Campaign Action Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA), chair of the stalled House Ethics Committee, has said that the committee will "not investigate a 15-month-old complaint about DeLay's role in alleged illegal campaign contributions in Texas" because such an investi...
		It was reported that Committee Chair Doc Hastings (R-WA) and Ranking Member Alan Mollahan (D-W.Va.) have reached an agreement over staffing the committee, an impa...
		It appears that House Ethics Committee Chair Doc Hastings (R-WA) is starting to feel the heat after weeks of sustained pressure by his frustrated constituents, Public Campaign Action Fund, and Washingtonians for a Cleaner Congress.
	www.campaignmoney.org /blog-tags/doc-hastings (305 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Ethics panel stalled; what's up Doc?
		The implication, widely reported, was that if Hastings held down the fort on ethics, he eventually might get the job he covets: chairmanship of the House Rules Committee.
		But the only politician Hastings' committee is investigating is Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., over a 9-year-old incident involving an illegally taped phone call that he leaked to the media.
		Hastings might agree he is charmed, if he were talking.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002931397_aliciacol15m.html (517 words)

	Evergreen Politics: Doc Hastings Backs Down
		The Raw Story has a copy of the letter Doc Hastings wrote that lays out his agreement to move forward in the investigation of Tom Delay.
		Although Hastings sounds as though he had to slog through mud to get the Democrats to agree to such a reasonable proposal, the truth is quite the opposite.
		They stood firm and Hastings finally had to back down from his desire to name his own chief of staff to the role of chief counsel/staff director for the Ethics Committee in order for any move to occur.
	www.evergreenpolitics.com /ep/2005/06/doc_hastings_ba.html (356 words)

	Washington's 4th congressional district - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Established after the 1910 census, the Fourth District is predominantly rural and politically conservative, and has been dominated by the Republican Party for several decades, with the exception of the 103rd Congress from 1993 to 1995, when it was represented by Democrat Jay Inslee.
		Hastings defeated Inslee in the 1994 election and has served in Congress ever since; Inslee later moved to Bainbridge Island and was sent back to Congress representing the First District in the central Puget Sound area.
		The Fourth District remains solidly Republican in character, and Hastings is expected to win reelection easily in the 2006 election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington's_4th_congressional_district (225 words)

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