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  Representative Marty Meehan - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Marty is co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Tobacco and Health and widely recognized as one of the tobacco industry's harshest critics.
Moreover, Marty co-chairs the bipartisan Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition.
Marty and Ellen are the parents of six-year-old Robert Francis Meehan and three-year-old Daniel Martin Meehan.
www.house.gov /meehan/biography.html   (873 words)

  
  Marty Meehan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Meehan was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the oldest son in a family of seven children.
Meehan went on to the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, graduating in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education/political science.
Meehan ran for the U.S. House in the 1992 election and was elected on November 3, 1992.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marty_Meehan   (735 words)

  
 MartyMeehan.com
Meehan said Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi predicted in a meeting with U.S. lawmakers that between 60 and 65 percent of the population would vote.
Marty Meehan has proposed an effective exit strategy from the quagmire in Iraq that will allow U.S. troops to come home, lead Iraq down the path to stability and democracy, and focus on the war on terror.
Marty is also highly concerned about the strains placed on soldiers who are exposed to combat and away from home for months at a time.
www.martymeehan.com   (1997 words)

  
 Town Meeting Night, New England Style   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Meehan also points out that a record federal surplus has been turned into a potential $100 billion deficit, blaming much of the slide on the economy, but also questioning whether the Bush tax cut was a good idea.
When asked if she is Meehan's only opponent this year (GOP candidates are scarce in these parts), Freedman reports that a Republican newcomer, Charlie McCarthy, is also in the mix this year, but adds that he had badly damaged his candidacy by claiming (inaccurately) to have once served on a local planning board.
Meehan concedes that there are at least some debatable parts to the campaign bill, citing a "millionaires provision" amendment that the House passed - which eases campaign finance restrictions on candidates facing wealthy opponents.
www.evote.com /features/2002-02/022602meehan.asp   (1466 words)

  
 Talking Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Meehan happily seized upon term limits to highlight the contrast between himself and the veteran Atkins, whom he ended up trouncing in the primary before squashing a weak Republican opponent.
Meehan and his allies have recently tried to suggest that his term-limits pledge was spontaneously blurted out in the heat of a campaign.
Meehan friend and adviser Bill Cunningham says he thinks the odds of Meehan's running for governor are "50-50," but that he'd be the early favorite in what could be one of the most crowded Democratic gubernatorial fields in recent memory.
www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/features/99/06/03/TALKING_POLITICS.html   (1884 words)

  
 Is it about saving the 5th, or saving Marty?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Meehan said the only chance to preserve representation for the people of our area was to set aside his own ambitions and fight for re-election to Congress.
Meehan's excuse for snubbing potential allies in Lawrence was that the Lowell representatives asked for the meeting, not him.
Meehan could have stood up and told the Lowell representatives that Lawrence-area officials must attend as well, that Lawrence is part of the district, too, and any strategy must include their concerns.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20010801/ED_002.htm   (415 words)

  
 Talk:Marty Meehan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But we don't have a single word in the Meehan article for every factoid that was 'picked up by a number of news sources', not to mention a single sentence for each.
It is, of course, not acceptable for Meehan's staffers to remove negative information about Meehan from the article, but that doesn't mean that it is acceptable for us to ignore those contributions entirely, either.
It was a major press event that Meehan himself felt significant enough to release a press statement on.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Marty_Meehan   (6867 words)

  
 WGBH - Election 2000 - Candidate Profiles - U.S. House of Representatives
Born 1956 in Lowell, Massachusetts, Meehan graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell in 1978.
Meehan's Democratic primary opponents have criticized the representative for reneging on his 1992 vow to seek no more than four terms in the House.
Meehan has explained that he wishes to stay in Congress to continue to fight for his district's interests.
www.wgbh.org /pages/gboston/election2000/profiles/house_05.html   (818 words)

  
 Press Release Archive: Rep. Marty Meehan to Discuss the Future of Campaign Finance Reform and to Share His View of ...
Meehan's address to the University Club membership will focus on the growing battle to pass campaign finance reform in the aftermath of the Enron scandal, and the State of the Union address to be given that evening by President Bush.
Congressman Meehan (D-MA) is an important national voice in the House of Representatives, especially as a leader in the battle to pass campaign finance reform.
Meehan is also recognized as one of the tobacco industry's toughest critics on Capitol Hill.
www.gwu.edu /~media/pressreleases/01-23-02-MeehanUClub.htm   (204 words)

  
 CNN Transcript - Crossfire: How Far Will Elian's Miami Relatives Go to Keep Him in the United States? - April 10, 2000
MEEHAN: First of all, I think the jurisdiction here is with the federal court and with the INS and not with the family court.
MEEHAN: Temporarily -- temporarily -- you have a child that is strapped on to some kind of a floating device, washes up on shore, the family, at least the extended family, comes over and the -- and the INS says, OK, you'll take care of him for now.
MEEHAN: When a child has the tragedy of losing a parent and there is another parent, that other parent has a right to that child.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0004/10/cf.00.html   (3462 words)

  
 Marty Meehan - Congresspedia
Meehan was born December 30, 1956 in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Meehan was a lawyer, a staff member for Representative James M. Shannon, head research analyst for the joint committee on election laws, Massachusetts Senate, director of public affairs for the Massachusetts Secretary of State and Massachusetts Deputy Secretary of State before entering the House.
In March 2007, Meehan announced that he would be resigning his seat from the 5th district of Massachusetts to become the chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Marty_Meehan   (986 words)

  
 Connecting Marty Meehan's dots | Redstate
Meehan is off to run UMass-Lowell, a school that has taken in over "$200 million in federal grants and contracts during Meehan's 14 years on Capitol Hill." The school spends a lot of money to haul off the big bucks:
Meehan's advocates at the university say that the congressman, with his well-honed political skills and connections, is the perfect candidate for the position, one who would hit the ground running.
Meehan, meanwhile, was pushing for an amendment to double the "cooling off" period that senior advisers must wait before lobbying their past bosses, from one to two years.
www.redstate.com /stories/the_parties/democrats/connecting_marty_meehans_dots   (1421 words)

  
 Welcome to MassRight: Barney who?....We have Marty Meehan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Marty Meehan's site for a few months (I find I get ill.), but I gave in today to see what perversions he is supporting today.
Marty is on a crusade to scare the old people about Social Security and is raising the same old arguments, although to his credit he at least acknowledges a problem is brewing.
If Marty and the rest of the Massachusetts socialists in Congress had their way, we would soon be heading the way of socialist Germany.
www.massright.com /archives/2005/03/barney_whowe_ha.html   (494 words)

  
 Representative Marty Meehan - Massachusetts 5th District - Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Meehan Statement on the 4th Anniversary of the War in Iraq
Meehan Statement on the Resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
On November 5, 2006, Congressman Meehan appeared on FOX News to comment on the conviction of Saddam Hussein and America's involvement in Iraq and the War on Terror.
www.house.gov /meehan   (1007 words)

  
 About Us | HouseDemocrats.gov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In nine years in Congress, Congressman Marty Meehan has emerged as a national leader on a variety of issues and a steadfast advocate for the people of his district.
Marty ran for Congress on a plan to eliminate the deficit — a proposal that he updated in 1995.
Marty and Ellen are the parents of two and a half year old Robert Francis and Daniel Martin, who was born on July 25, 2002.
www.housedemocrats.gov /about/representative_detail.cfm?rep_id=152   (995 words)

  
 Today's Commentary: January 4th, 2005
For the benefit of those not in the People's Republic of MA, Marty Meehan claimed some level of national infamy by standing firm and not allowing the terror attacks of September 11th - and the deaths of approximately 3,000 innocent victims - to impede his partisan cheap shots at President Bush.
Marty knows he is smarter with your money than you are and come hell or high water, he wants to prove it.
Meehan should be ashamed that he is playing the politics of fear to keep Americans from having the option to improve their long term circumstances.
home.comcast.net /~fish2xs/todayscommentary/2005-january-4.html   (919 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
MEEHAN: No, no, they were technical corrections to the bill that should have been part of the bill to begin with.
MEEHAN: They were opposed to this bill in the House, they were opposed to the bill in the Senate, there are all kinds of news stories...
NOVAK: Congressman Marty Meehan, Congressman Ney did something you didn't think what is going to happen, he got Congressman Wynn of Maryland, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus as a co-sponsor, and let's listen to what another member of the Congressional Black Caucus had to say about this issue.
www-cgi.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0107/12/cf.00.html   (3851 words)

  
 Marty Meehan - dKosopedia
Meehan has been chosen as the chancellor of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, and he will resign his congressional seat soon.
Representative Meehan was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on December 30, 1956.
Meehan is one of three Massachusetts Democratic Representatives to renounce their votes in favor of going to War in Iraq and become critics of the war.
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Marty_Meehan   (332 words)

  
 AeANET : Meet U.S. Congressman Marty Meehan
In nine years in Congress, Congressman Meehan has emerged as a national leader on a variety of issues and a steadfast advocate for the people of his district.
Representative Meehan is committed to economic development and founded the Manufacturing Task Force, a group of lawmakers concerned about the competitiveness of American manufacturing.
Marty was the First Assistant District Attorney of Middlesex County, and a reputation as a tough law enforcer as the Massachusetts Deputy Secretary of State for Securities and Corporations from 1986 to 1990.
www.aeanet.org /Events/neaj_Jan13_LegRound_Meehan.asp   (909 words)

  
 Peace Corps Online | February 14, 2002: Headlines: COS - Fiji: Congress: Politics: Congressman Marty Meehan: Chris ...
February 14, 2002: Headlines: COS - Fiji: Congress: Politics: Congressman Marty Meehan: Chris Shays early political career was marked by acts of defiance.
And the credibility of Meehan is really very high." In the final hours before the vote, the potential consequences of their quest were evident in their contrasting demeanors.
When Meehan was 11, his father, a smoker, underwent heart surgery, giving rise years later to a legislative war on tobacco.
peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2022631.html   (1173 words)

  
 Happy 50th, Marty - The Boston Globe
Meehan, whose nice-guy dad, Buster, spent 43 years in the Lowell Sun's composing room, is having his staff work the phones for the hometown paper.
Writes Meehan on his campaign stationery: "A representative from the Sun or my office will likely be contacting you within the next few weeks with an offer to be part of this special edition.
"She is not authorized to sell," Meehan, a prodigious fund-raiser, told me. Instead, he says, she is helping to coordinate material for the section.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/11/29/happy_50th_marty   (586 words)

  
 Marty Meehan
Congressman Marty Meehan represents the 5th Congressional District of Massachusetts.
Meehan is the co-sponsor of the Security and Freedom Ensured or SAFE Act (HR 3352), which would restrict FBI search authority, limit the use of “sneak and peak” searches, and reduce the overly expansive definitions of domestic terrorism established in the original Patriot Act.
Meehan also rejects the notion we can improve national security by singling out travelers solely based on their nationality and hopes that the U.S. can develop more specific, non-nationality-based criteria for screening travelers in the future.
www.iranianamericanpac.org /candidates/2004_iapac/IA_C07.shtml   (393 words)

  
 AntiWarBoston.org | Let's discuss the war in Iraq and organize against it
Congressman Marty Meehan (5th district Democrat) was on The Connection with Dick Gordon on NPR this morning talking about the bipartisan call for an Iraq exit strategy.
Congressman Marty Meehan (Democrat, MA 5th District) will speak at First Parish in Bedford, MA (On the Common) on Sunday, June 5th at 12:30 p.m.
Meehan and Hart have made common cause in exposing unwelcome truths about the war and dissenting from both pro and anti-war orthodoxies.
www.antiwarboston.org /node?from=20   (932 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
We are debating the matter with two members of the United States Congress, Democratic Congressman Marty Meehan of Massachusetts, and Mark Green of Wisconsin.
The president is not budging on this at all, Marty Meehan.
Marty Meehan of Massachusetts, Mark Green of Wisconsin, thanks to both of you for joining us.
cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0312/11/nfcnn.04.html   (1827 words)

  
 HEROD'S HEROES April 7 (apr7hh.htm)
Therefore the fifth culprit we will expose today is Marty Meehan, the thirty-eighth on the overall list of "Herod's Heroes" to date who is the Democratic Representative for the 5th District which encompasses the area northwest of Boston and north of Worcester all the way to the New Hampshire Border.
Born in Lowell in 1956 and raised Catholic there, Marty Meehan received his B.S. in 1978 from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and his MPA from Suffolk University in 1981 and followed that up with a law degree from the same institution in 1986.
Does Marty Meehan really want his legacy in eternity to be that he was one of "Herod's Heroes?" With all the good that he has sought to accomplish, why have it blotted out by the evil that he has done?
www.dailycatholic.org /issue/2001Apr/apr7hh.htm   (1713 words)

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