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2005 News
December 2005
• Seattle Organization Honors McDermott with Human Rights Award
November 2005
• Rep. Jim McDermott Supports Rep. John Murtha's Iraq Plan • McDermott Pushes Funding Requests
September 2005
• House Votes to Gut the Endangered Species Act • Unemployment Help for Katrina Victims • CWLA Endorses McDermott's "Emergency Action for Vulnerable Children" Act [Adobe Reader®] • McDermott Introduces Two Hurricane Katrina Bills • Subcommittee Action Needed to Ensure Adequate Response to Katrina • McDermott Statement about Hurricane Katrina
July 2005
• Poverty Report Shows Republican Budget is on the Wrong Track • Africa Trade Competitiveness Report Out [Adobe Reader®] • Victory for Viaduct Funding • McDermott Introduces the "Leave No Abused or Neglected Child Behind" Act • America Should Start on the Road to Energy Independence Now • Downing Street Memos Represent a DIRE Emergency • Reaction to the Nomination of John Roberts for the Supreme Court • McDermott Provisions in New Legislation Advance Seattle Seawall • Supporting India-Pakistan Pipeline Proposal • New Study Showing Minimum Wage at Historic Low CRS report "Historical Relationship Between the Minimum Wage and Poverty" [Adobe Reader®] • McDermott Introduces Legislation to Answer Africa's Call to Fight Poverty Also see letter sent to President Bush on Africa and the G-8 Summit [Adobe Reader®] • House Members Ask CPB's President to Resign [Adobe Reader®]
June 2005
• Reaction to the President’s Speech on Iraq • Protect Public Broadcasting Funding • McDermott Statement on DR-CAFTA • Seattle's Power 25 • "Double Jeopardy" By Shelby Scates of Washington Law & Politics
May 2005
• Reaction to Court Ruling Salmon Federal Policy • McDermott Meets with Local "Save Our History" Award Winners • Freedom of the Press and the Public's Right To Know • McDermott Leads Congressional Call to Study Effects of Depleted Uranium • The President's Road to Ruin • Garfield High School Senior Wins Congressional Art Competition
April 2005
• High-School Students and Soldiers Deserve More • Kids Benefit From Social Security • McDermott Announces Spring 2005 Community Meetings • Congressman's April 2005 Newsletter "Jim McDermott Reports" [Adobe Reader®]
March 2005
• McDermott Urges Attendance at Important CAFTA Forum • Restoring Privacy to Young People • Electronic Voting Machine Machines Should Use Common Sense Principles [Adobe Reader®] • No Scrutiny is a Hallmark of this Administration • FEC Needs to Clarify the Role of "Blogs" [Adobe Reader®]
Febuary 2005
• FCC Bill Deserved More Consideration • Reaction to the House Passage of "Real ID" Act • Salmon Recovery Must be Guided by the Best Available Science and Economics [Adobe Reader®] • Welfare Bill Under-Funds Child Care by Over $10 Billion • Voting Machine Problems and Election Irregularities Demand Study - Read the letter to Election Assistance Commission [Adobe Reader®] - Read the letter to Congressional Research Service [Adobe Reader®]
January 2005
• "A Perilous Passage" • White House Responds to Request to Bring the Troops Home [Adobe Reader®] • McDermott Announces a Forum on Social Security • White House Responds to Request to Bring the Troops Home [Adobe Reader®] • McDermott Assumes Leadership Roles • The Justice Department Responds to 9/11 Information Request [Adobe Reader®] • "A Perilous Passage" - A Seattle Times Editorial • "Label of Love" - An article from Allergy and Asthma magazine [Adobe Reader®] • "This is America, Count Every Vote" • Members of Congress Ask President to Bring the Troops Home [Adobe Reader®] • Earthquake and Tsunami Information and Relief Efforts
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