Rep. James McGovern
Democrat • 3rd District, Massachusetts • 7th Term • Sworn In 1997
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FDL Action » Live Blog House Rules Committee – Health Care Reform
Quick Aside for selise: I note that your Rep., Jim McGovern, is apparently second in (Democratic) seniority on the Rules Committee behind Slaughter. I got a good look at/listen to McGovern during his commentary, and I can see why he's ...
House Resolution Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Jesuit ...
WOLA is pleased to see that H.Res. 761, introduced by Rep. Jim McGovern and 33 co-sponsors, was approved today in...
FDL Action » Marcy Winograd: Jane Harman Profits From Anti ...
i don't understand (ok, i know i'm repeating myself a lot with that today). if the progressives have more to loose by not opposing it, then why aren't they? my rep (jim mcgovern) had a town hall by phone wednesday night (some details on ...
Iowa Farmer Today
One side of the issue is H.R. 1799 introduced by Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, would allow for higher semi weights. H.R. 1618 introduced by Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., would cap the weights at 80000 lbs. and make it more difficult for ...
Wonk Room » Rep. Virginia Foxx Suggests It's Better To Be ...
“More government paid insurance is going to increase the number of people going to the emergency rooms.” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) responded, “I thank the gentlelady for making the case for keeping more people in this country uninsured. ...
FDL Action » Live Blog House Rules Committee – Health Care Reform
Quick Aside for selise: I note that your Rep., Jim McGovern, is apparently second in (Democratic) seniority on the Rules Committee behind Slaughter. I got a good look at/listen to McGovern during his commentary, and I can see why he's ...
FDL News Desk » Jim McGovern Sets Them Up, Knocks Them Down In The ...
jim mcgovern is my rep and in general i think he has done a pretty good job of representing us. unfortunately this is not one of those cases. he had a conference call town hall on this issue wednesday night, and you read my notes (and ...
House Adopts Know-Nothing Approach to Middle-East
... Ohio's Dennis Kucinich, Arizona's Raul Grijalva, Californians Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee and Massachusetts' Jim McGovern, as well as Republicans Ron Paul of Texas, Geoff Davis of Kentucky and Charles Boustany of Louisiana. ...
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation: Is the “We Love Israel ...
Instead, we have a flawed resolution before us.” Rep. Jim McGovern criticized the resolution for “increasing the politicization and the polarization and the heated rhetoric so characteristic of the crisis in the Middle East.” ...
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Haven't found it yet but here's Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Texas and Rep. David Dreier, California, Rep Jim McGovern, Mass. The debates. High theater and also a window into the debate process. Found one– House Majority leader Hoyer, Maryland ...
Free Thought Manifesto: The Generals' Revolt
And Rep. Jim McGovern recently got 138 votes for an amendment that would have required the administration to declare its exit strategy. "The further we get sucked into this war, the harder it will be to get out of it," McGovern says. ...
FUCK EM AND FEED EM FISH-HEADS « BuelahMan's Redstate Revolt
Moreover, THE PITCHFORK neglected entirely such iconoclast pacifists as Rep Dr Ron Paul and Rep Walter Jones, Jr, who have the best anti-war voting record among all Republicans and most Democrats. ... In fact, other than myself and Schwartz , no writer at
After Afghan vote, an awkward task for Obama « Bao Viet Nam
“By all accounts, the election was not only a setback, it was a joke,” Representative Jim McGovern said on public broadcaster PBS. “Is this where we're going to put our money? Are our men and women going to die for this?” ...
Afghan Vote Has made awkward task for obama | Afghan Tribes
“By all accounts, the election was not only a setback, it was a joke,” Representative Jim McGovern said on public broadcaster PBS. “Is this where we're going to put our money? Are our men and women going to die for this? ...
FDL News Desk » That Strange Biofuels Rider In The House Manager's ...
sorta related: my congressmember, jim mcgovern, is having a telephone “town hall” tonight on the health insurance reform bill. any suggestions/requests for questions or comments? i'll check back later….. thanks! ...
Some Progressives Getting It on Afghanistan
As the vets wait outside the office of Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a Democrat who co-chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Jake Diliberto, 27, recounts tales from the first skirmish with Vets For Freedom earlier in the morning. ...
Afghanistan: U.S. Policymakers See Potential Shift in Afghanistan ...
REP. JIM MCGOVERN: Well, President Karzai won by default. You know, this -- this whole election process was deeply flawed. We're told by Peter Galbraith that at least 30 percent of Karzai's vote was fraudulent. ...
Bill Totten's Weblog: The Generals' Revolt
And Representative Jim McGovern recently got 138 votes for an amendment that would have required the administration to declare its exit strategy. "The further we get sucked into this war, the harder it will be to get out of it", ...
Orange Uganda - Lifestyle » Archive » UN envoy warns Karzai of ...
Representative Jim McGovern, who wants Obama to set an exit strategy for Afghanistan, said that Karzai's re-election heightened his doubts. Related article: Karzai faces array of challenges. “Do we really think that there can be a happy ...
Behind the Afghan Strategy: Petraeus is Challenging Obama for the ...
And Rep. Jim McGovern recently got 138 votes for an amendment that would have required the administration to declare its exit strategy. “The further we get sucked into this war, the harder it will be to get out of it,” McGovern says. ...
Iowa Farmer Today
One side of the issue is H.R. 1799 introduced by Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, would allow for higher semi weights. H.R. 1618 introduced by Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., would cap the weights at 80000 lbs. and make it more difficult for ...
AJCU President Jesuit Father Currie Honored with “Robert M ...
Among those in attendance at the event were Congressmen Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Alan Mollohan (D-WV), who offered their congratulations to Fr. Currie for his leadership and his work on behalf of social justice. ...
Antiwar News: Who decides about war? Why not the people?
Congressman Jim McGovern's resolution asking the Pentagon to develop an exit strategy. But the generals who run wars, and the defense contractors who profit from them, want to keep U.S. troops on the ground there. And ...
Obama signs FY 2010 DHS Spending Bill
... saying a widow married to a US citizen for at least two years can file a petition for a residency permit on her own behalf, according to the Associated Press. The new law was championed by Rep. Jim McGovern and Sen. Bill Nelson. ...
Liberals Wave the White Flag - Roll Call
Likewise, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said the point now is for his party to unite behind a bill that can pass. “I'm not looking for perfection. I'm not going through this debate for therapy,” he said. “What Progressives need to do is ...
Campus Kitchens Project Delivers One Millionth Meal
Later that evening, at the conference's opening reception, the students were addressed by Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) who lauded The Campus Kitchens Project as an innovative and successful anti-hunger model that should be adopted in ...
Massachusetts: Tsongas Breaks With Colleagues, Backs AG - Roll Call
Rep. Niki Tsongas (D) broke ranks with the men in her House delegation, endorsing state Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) in the special Senate election Wednesday. Tsongas, who herself went to Congress via a special election, ... six-term Rep. Mike Capu
Massachusetts: Tsongas Breaks With Colleagues, Backs AG - Roll Call
Rep. Niki Tsongas (D) broke ranks with the men in her House delegation, endorsing state Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) in the special Senate election Wednesday. Tsongas, who herself went to Congress via a special election, ... six-term Rep. Mike Capu
eQualityGiving - Endorsed Candidates 2009-2010
He was endorsed by eQualityGiving in his successful race for Lieutenant Governor and is now being endorsed to be another pro-equality representative in Washington. He is expected to win election this November in a landslide. "I believe that 'equa
Scoville Units Unite » Blog Archive » Letter to Jim McGovern
Letter to Jim McGovern. The contents of the letter I just to my MP. It is an outrage that your government have sacked Professor David Nutt. Surely the purpose of advisers is to give an experts opinion not to rubber stamp policy ...
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