Dem lawmakers introduce Afghan war surtax Nov 20, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009. By Jordan Fabian - 11/19/09 06:53 PM ET. (TheHill.com)
Baird under fire for voting against House health reform bill Nov 11, 2009
Monday s rallies came the same day that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited a Seattle hospital with Congressmen Jim McDermott and Jay Inslee, AARP and labor advocates supporting the reform. It is too early to say what political price Baird will pay by voting against the position many of his Democratic supporters favor. (Longview Daily News, WA)
AP: Obama to Sign Homebuyer, Jobless Bill Assistance Nov 7, 2009
Jim McDermott, D-Wash. reminded lawmakers that they'll have to revisit the issue again before adjourning for the year. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Congress votes for more aid to jobless, homebuyers Nov 6, 2009
Jim McDermott, D-Wash. a chief sponsor of the legislation. (Albany Times Union)
Jack Straw Programs and Events: October/November 2009 Oct 29, 2009
Jim McDermott, Cool Moms, the Moontown Foundation and Rev. Robert Jefferies with New Hope Baptist Church. The report also features Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation's environmental correspondent, who summarizes the full scientific implications and horrifically dangerous situation humanity has created for itself. (AbsoluteArts.com)
State's first wave of unemployed running out of benefits Oct 3, 2009
Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, which would add 13 more weeks in Washington and other states with high unemployment, easily passed the House of Representatives last week but has bogged down in the Senate. For LaLonde, such an extension would be welcome news. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Benefit extension for unemployed Oregonians to kick in Oct 2, 2009
Jim McDermott, says a federal law could help more than 300,000 jobless workers expected to lose their unemployment compensation by the end of September. The legislation could also prevent more than 1 million in danger of exhausting their benefits by the end of the year. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Jobless benefits extension hits snag in Senate Oct 2, 2009
Jim McDermott, D-Wash. sponsor of the House bill, said it would cost about $1. (Concord Monitor)
Unemployment insurance extension stalls in Senate Oct 2, 2009
Jim McDermott (D-Wash. the bill's sponsor. (TheHill.com)
Washington politicians try to help man who faces deportation Oct 2, 2009
Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, and Democratic Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell have all written letters of support for Chehade. McDermott went further, introducing a private bill in Congress last week asking Congress to give Chehade permanent residency. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Wrong turn on highway may lead to WA man's removal Oct 1, 2009
Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, and Democratic Senators Pa 00004000 tty Murray and Maria Cantwell have all written letters of support for Chehade. McDermott went further, introducing a private bill in Congress last week asking Congress to give Chehade permanent residency. (Anchorage Daily News)
How extended jobless benefits work Sep 25, 2009
Jim McDermott, D-Wash. will provide 13 extra weeks of benefits to about a million of those who would otherwise exhaust their coverage. (AZCentral -- Business)
House votes to extend unemployment benefits Sep 23, 2009
Jim McDermott, D-Wash. "Without passage of this bill, that thread will break for over 1 million workers before the end of this year, plunging them and their families into an economic abyss and threatening to reverse the positive signs we are beginning to see in the economy.". (MSNBC -- Politics)
Benefit extension for unemployed Oregonians passes House Sep 23, 2009
Jim McDermott, says it could help more than 300,000 jobless workers expected to lose their unemployment compensation by the end of September. The legislation, if also approved by the Senate, could also prevent more than 1 million in danger of exhausting their benefits by the end of the year. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)
House rebukes Wilson Sep 16, 2009
Maurice Hinchey (N.Y.), Paul Hodes (N.H.), Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), Dan Maffei (N.Y.), Eric Massa (N.Y.), Jim McDermott (Wash. Gwen Moore (Wis. (USA Today)
US poverty rises as incomes fall Sep 12, 2009
These numbers are disturbing in themselves, but they were before the real bottom fell out,'' Democrat representative Jim McDermott said shortly after filing a bill to extend unemployment benefits for another 13 weeks in states such as California that are averaging jobless rates of at least 8. 5 per cent over the past three months. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
WTO sides with Boeing against Airbus Sep 5, 2009
Jim McDermott, said, "We learned in a WTO ruling that Airbus has enjoyed an unfair competitive advantage over Team Boeing for decades.". Boeing is headquartered in Chicago, but has extensive plane-building operations in the Seattle area. (MSNBC -- Business)
WTO backs US on Airbus complaint Sep 5, 2009
Another Washington state lawmaker, Democratic Representative Jim McDermott, said, We learned in a WTO ruling that Airbus has enjoyed an unfair competitive advantage over Team Boeing for decades. However, European officials who were briefed had a somewhat different take on the ruling, suggesting many of the complaints lodged by the United States had been dismissed. (Boston Globe)
Jobless Benefits to Expire for 1.3 Million Sep 4, 2009
Jim McDermott, D-Wash. has 23 co-sponsors, including two Republicans. (CBS News)
Week 1 Football: Borgia, Washington Pace Area Winners Aug 29, 2009
Borgia's first coach, Jim Frisella, was inducted into the first-ever Borgia Football Hall of Fame class along with his 1959 team and other former coaches Jim McDermott and Harold Flanagan. Frisella then presented the game ball to the referee at the coin toss. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
UW report: Housing, food, transport costs rising Aug 27, 2009
Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Seattle, that aims at changing how the federal level measures poverty. Pearce also helped develop a calculator, available online, that helps estimate a self-sufficiency budget for families in every county. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Judge gives NOAA another month for salmon plan Aug 11, 2009
TDN Bad Boy wrote on Aug 10, 2009 5:12 PM:" So why do we need to waste the money Baghdad Jim McDermott wants to spend in a new bill for more study by more scientists? Seems to me we have some of the best scientists in the world at NOAA working on the problem. So tell me again Cowlitz why we need to waste more money when we have this fine federal agency handling it? ". Atrucker wrote on Aug 10, 2009 7:52 PM:" Bad to H!@# with bagdad Jim ! NOAA will say the same thing that has been said all along... (Longview Daily News, WA)
McDermott wants review of salmon recovery efforts that includes authority to breach dams Aug 5, 2009
Jim McDermott has called for a scientific analysis of the federal government s Northwest salmon recovery effort, saying that most wild stocks remain at dangerously low levels despite the 8 billion spent on their recovery. In his proposed Salmon Solutions and Planning Act, McDermott would also give the Army Corps of Engineers the authority to breach the four Lower Snake River dams. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Extended unemployment aid running out Aug 2, 2009
Representative Jim McDermott, Democrat of Washington and chairman of the House Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, said he would introduce a bill in September to provide another 13 weeks of coverage in states with unemployment rates of 9 percent or higher. Legislators will line up quickly when they start getting calls from desperate constituents, he said in a phone interview. (Boston Globe)
Longtime Eagles Coordinator Jim Johnson Dead at 68 Jul 29, 2009
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NYT: Millions wait for delayed jobless checks Jul 25, 2009
The unemployment insurance system before the recession was as vulnerable as New Orleans was before Katrina, said Representative Jim McDermott, Democrat of Washington, who is chairman of a House panel with authority over the program. Now the number of unemployed Americans has doubled since 2007 to 15 million and the program is more than tripling in size. (MSNBC -- Politics)
McDermott seeks $250,000 earmark for private Seattle club Jun 23, 2009
Jim McDermott recently sought funding earmarks in the coming federal budget are a new cancer-research program, municipal road projects and a law-enforcement initiative to combat gang violence ... Louie wrote on Jun 22, 2009 9:32 AM:" What could he be thinking? Shame on you Jim McDermott. The wealthy members of The Rainier Club need to do the maintainence and repairs on this historic building themselves...does the club own the building? Time to raise the member's dues in order to pay for this.... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Don't Call Me Liz: an E-mail Disaster UnraveledCongressional staffer vents at lobbyist and inadvertently becomes famous. Jun 18, 2009
Hi Liz': The Story of an E-Mail Disaster - ABC News. Hi Liz': The Story of an E-Mail Disaster. (ABC News)
Report: Rep. McDermott Fifth Most Partisan May 6, 2009
Jim McDermott is the fifth most partisan Democrat in the House according to a survey by that ranked Speaker Nancy Pelosi the most partisan Democrat. The Hill asked more than 100 House lawmakers to name the hardest and easiest members to work with. (KIRO TV, WA)
Pelosi Ranked Most Partisan by Lawmakers May 6, 2009
Jim McDermott, D-Wash. according to the survey conducted by The Hill. (Newsmax)
Squeezing Out the Faithful to Make Way for ACORN May 2, 2009
Columns, funnies in your inbox. Townhall Daily Alert Your daily must-read of conservative columns, cartoons and news. (Townhall.com)
Lawmakers forge alternative to cap-and-trade proposal Apr 19, 2009
the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; Jim McDermott, D-Wash. and Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Hall of Fame Borgia Coach Harold Flanagan Dies Apr 16, 2009
He is only one of four men to coach the Knights along with Jim Frisella (1959-60), Jim McDermott (1961-64) and Gildehaus (1987-present). McDermott died in 2006. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Congress Requests Tens of Millions Of Dollars For Puget Sound Area Organizations, Projects Apr 10, 2009
Jim McDermott defended his long list of earmark requests in a statement issued to KIROTV.COM. McDermott said, Maybe we do things differently in Seattle and the surrounding communities because every request that I received for an earmark in the coming fiscal year was for a worthwhile project that would benefit our community or country. "On a posting on his government website, Rep. Jay Inslee said his office sifted through a large list of requests from the community. The posting said, "In these... (KIRO TV, WA)
Officials: Waterboarding Foiled No Plot Mar 30, 2009
On November 8, Democratic congressman Jim McDermott made the astonishing claim to the House of Representatives that "America has never had a question about its moral integrity until now.". Other cultures deal with a legacy of torture by declaring "Never again!" Why do so many Americans insist on dealing with the current torture crisis by crying "Never before!". (CBS News)
Murray, Reichert team up for Alpine Lakes wilderness bill Mar 27, 2009
Jim McDermott, Adam Smith, Jay Inslee and Brian Baird all support the new bill, Reichert and Murray said. Rep. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Lawmakers vent anger over Social Security Mar 25, 2009
Jim McDermott, D-Wash. a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, said Congress is unhappy. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Your Papers Going Web-Only. Now What? Mar 17, 2009
Supplementing the small staff's output will be unpaid local bloggers, content from Hearst's , and columns by prominent citizens"Norm Rice, a former Seattle mayor, and his wife, Constance Rice; a congressman, Jim McDermott; Maria Goodloe-Johnson, who heads the city's public schools; and a former police chief, a former United States attorney, and two former governors," the New York Times reports. (That's me in the corner, losing my lunch. (Slate)
Blog From White House: Big Day For Locke Feb 26, 2009
We're about to catch up with Congressman Jim McDermott, who is likely to applaud the choice. Blog at 8:23 a.m.: President Obama said Gary Locke is "trading one Washington for another.". (KIRO TV, WA)
White House says stimulus=75k state jobs Feb 18, 2009
Jim McDermott, District 7, D-Seattle, 8,500. Rep. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
US House passes resolution on Gandhi's non-violence Feb 12, 2009
Five other Congressmen, John Conyers, Jim McDermott, Robert C. Scott, Henry Johnson and Adam B. Schiff co-sponsored it. King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, travelled to India from Feb 10 to March 10, 1959. (Hindu)
