http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mcdermott/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:54:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049772/posts Brought to you by none other than Baghdad Jim McDermott (D-WTF?). I must’ve done something truly horrible in a former lifetime to be sentenced to live in this guy’s district. The proposed legislation is to create a new program along the lines of the federal food stamp program. The press release and proposed bill is here. Some highlights: “Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, introduced legislation today to provide financial assistance to vulnerable Americans struggling to survive under crushing gasoline prices.” “The Emergency Gasoline Assistance Act (H.R. 6561) would... Ace of Spades http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049772/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:54:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008331/posts Rep. Jim McDermott has paid more than $1 million to House Minority Leader John Boehner, ending a decade-long dispute over an illegally taped telephone call. McDermott, a Seattle Democrat, paid $1,093,297 to the Ohio Republican's campaign committee earlier this month, spokesman for the two men said Monday. The payment is in addition to $64,000 McDermott paid Boehner in January, as part of court-ordered punitive damages in the long-running case. A federal judge ordered McDermott to compensate Boehner for attorney's fees after Boehner sued McDermott for leaking the contents of a cell phone call that was illegally recorded in 1996. A... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008331/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:36:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2001279/posts CONFER: Why your loved ones have left NY The chances are very good that you know someone who has left New York. According to the US Census Bureau, from July 2006 to July 2007 the Buffalo-Niagara region lost 5,166 people and since 2000 the Rochester area has lost over 7,300 of its residents. The numbers are staggering but they tell little of the toll on our society. Emotionally, it can be quite taxing for families to be torn apart by this mass exodus with many older parents and grandparents wondering if they’ll ever see their children and grandchildren again. Socially,... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2001279/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:52:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995600/posts In 1998, Congressman Jim McDermott...obtained and distributed to the media an illegally-obtained tape of a private conversation of Representative John Boehner. After litigating the dispute for ten years, and losing each step of the way, McDermott is now being forced by a federal judge to pay Boehner some $1.6 million in damages and legal fees: Still, it's amazing that House Democrats have stood with McDermott in his attempts to prod the courts to authorize warrantless wiretaps by private citizens against other law-abiding private citizens, while they continue to refuse to authorize government wiretaps of terrorist communications. And unfortunately for McDermott,... weekly standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995600/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:54:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995057/posts A federal judge has ordered Rep. Jim McDermott to pay House Minority Leader John Boehner more than $1 million in legal fees in a decade-long dispute over an illegally taped telephone call. Chief Judge Thomas Hogan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered McDermott to pay Boehner $1.05 million in attorney's fees and costs, plus about $40,000 in interest. McDermott, a Washington Democrat, also had to pay more than $60,000 in fines and damages, as well as nearly $600,000 in fees to his own lawyers. McDermott said Tuesday he would not appeal the judge's ruling. "It's... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995057/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:55:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992728/posts "..........In any case, they knew well that they would be used as propaganda tools before they left. This is how we put it in a piece on the trip back in October 2002: EVEN BEFORE the Baghdad boys left Iraq, media outlets throughout the Middle East gleefully highlighted divisions in the U.S. government and the travels by the "antiwar" congressmen. The Iraq Daily, for example, published by Saddam's Ministry of Information, printed daily updates of the trip and posted them in English on their website. For example, a September 30 report says, "the members of the U.S. Congress delegation has... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992728/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:50:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992643/posts WASHINGTON — Saddam Hussein's intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers — possibly including Rep. Jim McDermott — during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The three anti-war Democrats made the trip in October 2002, while the Bush administration was trying to persuade Congress to authorize military action against Iraq. While traveling, they called for a diplomatic solution. Prosecutors say that trip was arranged by Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a Michigan charity official, who was charged Wednesday with setting up the junket at the behest of Saddam's regime. Iraqi intelligence officials allegedly paid... Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992643/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:51:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992702/posts Long before the news flash today ('US: Saddam Paid for Lawmaker's Iraq Trip, March 26, 2008 by Matt Apuzzo Associated Press) a series of Seattle radio advertisements revealed, in 2002 and 2005, this and other 'Hate America First' activities Congressman Jim McDermott (D)engaged in. You can listen to them at www.houndbite.com. Cassady for Congress Campaign (2002/2005) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992702/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:45:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992587/posts If we can't accuse them of being unpatriotic, can we at least accuse some Democrats of being monumentally dense? Saddam Hussein's intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The three anti-war Democrats made the trip in October 2002, while the Bush administration was trying to persuade Congress to authorize military action against Iraq. While traveling, they called for a diplomatic solution. Prosecutors say that trip was arranged by Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a Michigan charity official, who was charged Wednesday with setting up the junket at... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992587/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:13:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992663/posts Follow the Money: Towards Treason Written by Melanie Morgan    Wednesday, 26 March 2008 And now for our trip in today's Way Back Time Machine.Let's visit Iraq, shall we? That's where three United States Congressmen traveled in 2002, in the days before the Bush administration launched a war to depose Saddam Hussein, sparking a huge controversy.  Following Ben Bradlee's excellent advice to Woodward and Bernstein during the Watergate era to 'follow the money', the Associated Press has learned that Saddam Hussein's secret agents financed the trip towards treason.          "An indictment unsealed in Detroit accuses Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a member of a... MelanieMorgan.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992663/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:33:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992395/posts ... I listened last night to syndicated talk-radio host Mark Levin report the breaking news that an Iraqi-American had been indicted as a spy. In addition, he stands accused of secretly funding the October 2002 pre-invasion trip to Iraq of three antiwar House Democrats, Congressmen Jim McDermott (D-WA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), and David E. Bonior (D-MI, now retired). I first posted a clip of that audio on MarkLevinFan.com and then I followed the money. Always follow the money. You just think that you have read all where it led in this case. 911FamilesForAmerica.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992395/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:30:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992280/posts Feds Say Mich. Man Arranged U.S. Lawmaker Trips for Saddam Hussein's Intel Service The former spokesman of a Detroit-area Islamic charity, who organized U.S. congressional delegations to Iraq, has been indicted for alleged conspiracy to spy for Saddam Hussein's government. Muthanna Al-Hanooti, who worked as a top official at Life for Relief and Development — a charity in Southfield, Mich. — allegedly coordinated U.S. congressional delegations to Iraq at the direction of the executed dictator's intelligence service between 1999 and 2002. In return, investigators say he received payoffs via the United Nation's Oil for Food program. The indictment, which was... abc news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992280/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:50:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992105/posts WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors say Saddam Hussein's intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion. An indictment in Detroit accuses Muthanna Al-Hanooti of arranging for three members of Congress to travel to Iraq in October 2002 at the behest of Saddam's regime. Prosecutors say Iraqi intelligence officials paid for the trip through an intermediary. In exchange, Al-Hanooti allegedly received 2 million barrels of Iraqi oil. The lawmakers are not mentioned but the dates correspond to a trip by Democratic Reps. Jim McDermott of Washington, David Bonior of Michigan and... news.yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992105/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:07:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992107/posts Saddam Hussein's intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.An indictment unsealed in Detroit accuses Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a member of a Michigan nonprofit group, of arranging for three members of Congress to travel to Iraq in October 2002 at the behest of Saddam's regime. Prosecutors say Iraqi intelligence officials paid for the trip through an intermediary.At the time, the Bush administration was trying to persuade Congress to authorize military action against Iraq.The lawmakers are not named in the indictment but the dates correspond to a... SunHerald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992107/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:09:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963155/posts WASHINGTON -- Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott has paid more than $64,000 in damages to House Republican leader John Boehner -- the first payment in a decadelong dispute over an illegally taped telephone call involving Boehner and other GOP leaders. The payment, which includes $50,000 in court-ordered punitive damages, $10,000 in statutory damages and $4,169 in interest, is the first of what could be more than $850,000 in fines and fees owed by McDermott, D-Wash. The Seattle PI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963155/posts#comment Fri, 1 Feb 2008 13:14:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956150/posts Keith Weissman and Steven Rosen Are PhDs and Middle East Experts Who Did Some Lobbying. They Thought They Were Doing What Washington Insiders Always Do. Thomas O’Donnell didn’t reveal his job when he phoned Keith Weissman in 2004 and got the policy analyst’s wife. He says he didn’t want to scare her. When Weissman returned the call and found out O’Donnell was an FBI agent, his first reaction was to attempt a joke: “What did I do?” “I’m sure you didn’t do anything,” O’Donnell told him. He wanted to meet that day, for five or ten minutes, and get Weissman’s... Washingtonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956150/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:46:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941582/posts SNIP. . . . .... A possible arrangement: McDermott's legal bills are paid off. Something gets named after him. And a new posting, possibly meaningful, allows the globetrotting congressman to pursue his interests in HIV/AIDS and South Asia. Discretion is vital. McDermott's "amen corner" will entertain no criticism of our quixotic man of principle in Congress. And Seattle needs re-education on potential benefits of having an effective liberal doing its business in Washington, D.C. McDermott is a voice. At times, it is courageous. Often it irritates. The voice is usually oblivious to words that will change minds or win allies.... Seattle P I http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941582/posts#comment Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:04:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934761/posts The long legal fight between two members of Congress over an illegally taped telephone call ended Monday when the Supreme Court refused to review the case. The court, without comment, left in place a federal appeals court ruling that Representative Jim McDermott, Democrat of Washington, acted improperly in giving reporters access to a recording of a 1996 telephone call of Republican leaders discussing the House ethics case against Representative Newt Gingrich, who was then House speaker. Mr. McDermott had asked the justices to hear his appeal of that ruling, which he said infringed on his free-speech rights. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934761/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2007 23:57:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934128/posts Ten years ago Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA7), known in more recent years as Baghdad Jim for his unqualified support of that city's former tyrant, was serving on the House Ethics Committee. Two Democratic Party activists, who had illegally recorded a telephone conversation between Representative John Boehner and then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, delivered the hot tape to McDermott. McDermott made a the first of a series of truly bad choices. Rather than pursuing his passion for Gingrich through the channels of the Ethics Committee, he delivered the tape to a reporter in what the trial judge ruled was a malicious attempt... Leibowitz's Canticle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934128/posts#comment Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:39:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1903964/posts <p>Rep. Jim McDermott filed court papers today asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether he had a right to disclose contents of an illegally taped telephone call involving House Republican leaders a decade ago.</p> <p>A federal appeals court ruled against the Washington state Democrat in May, saying he should not have given reporters access to the tape. McDermott's offense was especially egregious since he was a senior member of the House ethics committee, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said in a 5-4 ruling.</p> Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1903964/posts#comment Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:08:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902377/posts Healthcare has been the single biggest domestic crisis facing America for at least the last decade, and yet time and again Congress has applied Band-Aids to cover a gaping wound. Every other American, not including members of Congress, is one accident, illness or diagnosis away from financial ruin in the richest nation on Earth. If that isn’t an embarrassment as well as a call to action, then Congress has truly become indifferent to the American people. Every time we apply a Band-Aid, more Americans get hurt or die because of our lack of vision and political will. A Health Savings... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902377/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:34:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896191/posts Universal Healthcare on its Way (Rep. Jim McDermott) September 13th, 2007 In this video, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) envisions implementing a universal healthcare system in the U.S. by 2009. Video is at this link: The Hill Blog» Blog Archive » Universal Healthcare on its Way (Rep. Jim McDermott) The Hill's Congress Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896191/posts#comment Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:00:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862036/posts WASHINGTON - Rep. Jim McDermott said Friday he will ask the Supreme Court to decide whether he had a right to disclose contents of an illegally taped telephone call involving House Republican leaders a decade ago. A federal appeals court ruled in May that the Washington state Democrat should not have given reporters access to the tape-recorded telephone call of Republican leaders discussing the House ethics case against former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. McDermott's offense was especially egregious since he was a senior member of the House ethics committee, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862036/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jul 2007 02:09:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858443/posts McDermott to Cheney: ‘Resign or face impeachment’ By Chris Good June 29, 2007 Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) told Vice President Dick Cheney to “resign or face impeachment” Thursday night as three more House Democrats lent their support to a plan to impeach the vice president. “The vice president holds himself above the law, and it is time for the Congress to enforce the law,” McDermott said in a floor speech. “For the good of the nation, the vice president could leave office immediately.” McDermott was one of three House Democrats to come out in favor of impeachment Thursday, along with... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858443/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:38:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848402/posts How Congress gives special relief to convicted murderers, smugglers, and other alien law-breakers By Michelle Malkin   ·   June 11, 2007 01:00 PM Are you aware that deportable aliens can circumvent immigration laws with the help of your member of Congress? Are you aware that more than 50 bills have been introduced in Congress this year that would grant special, private relief to individual immigrants fighting deportation? It's instant amnesty through special legislation. And it's been happening for years under the radar. Past and present beneficiaries have included smugglers, illegal aliens, and now a convicted murderer wanted in his home country... michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848402/posts#comment Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:34:58 GMT