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MSNBC's Keith Olbermann's WTF!?! - "DON'T CALL ME LIZ!!" - 06/18/09 - Washington, DC, political insiders were treated Wednesday morning to an unforgettable exchange of 19 e-mails. The players: an aide at McBee Strategic, a major lobbying firm, and one Elizabeth Becton, scheduling secretary to Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash. ... MSNBC Keith Olbermann's WTF!?! DON'T CALL ME LIZ 06/18/09 Elizabeth Becton McBee Strategic Congressman Jim McDermott Democrat Washington ...
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann's WTF!?! - "DON'T CALL ME LIZ!!" - 06/18/09 - Washington, DC, political insiders were treated Wednesday morning to an unforgettable exchange of 19 e-mails. The players: an aide at McBee Strategic, a major lobbying firm, and one Elizabeth Becton, scheduling secretary to Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash. ... MSNBC Keith Olbermann's WTF!?! DON'T CALL ME LIZ 06/18/09 Elizabeth Becton McBee Strategic Congressman Jim McDermott Democrat Washington ...
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Can we call her Bristol?
Jon: âLiz.â Thatâs a pretty name. Is that short for Elizabeth?
Liz: No, itâs short for âLizard.â
I may have sent some sort of email in her general direction. I hope she doesnât really believe that the AFL-CIO needs to meet with
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Wonkette
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great stuff from JaneâŚthe thing is I almost NEVER have to make any calls to MY congressman. Robert Wexler kicks ass
âyouâll never hear from us again.â
I just got a âNoâ from Congr Speierâs office - (staffer sounded inexperienced - made sure she wasnât
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Firedoglake
http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/just-four-votes-away-its-crunch-time/
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Click on the picture above and you'll see Seattle Congressman Jim McDermottâmedical doctor, child psychiatrist, ten-term incumbentâat the White House yesterday discussing health care reform with President Barack Obama and members of the House Ways and
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The Stranger
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/06/10/seattles-doctor-in-the-health-care-debate
Call Congressman James McDermott at 202-225-3106 and tell him to stand firm in his opposition to the war supplemental. rethinkafghanistan.com
Nearly 400 TEA Party members protested this socialist march. TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party, is a nationwide grass roots movement sparked by Rick Santelli on February 19, 2009: www.youtube.com In general, the TEA Party opposes new taxes, rising tax rates and further bailouts. Rep. McDermott, D- Washington 7th District, advocates socialized medicine and more bureaucracy with "single payer" as some sort of "cure". This plan would call for massive tax increases. Beyond that, McDermotts ...
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...minicamp practice for rookies and selected veterans ensued with McDermott calling the shots in place of defensive coordinator Jim Johnson, who has left the team to receive treatment for cancer. Practice looked different with the 35-year-old McDermott, wearing...
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The Delaware News Journal
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http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090521/SPORTS02/905210353/1002/RSS02
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Several US lawmakers, who attended the annual Sikh American Heritage Dinner on Capitol Hill, organized by the Sikh Council on Religion and Education, pledged to support the Sikh community's efforts to serve in the US armed forces without compromising
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Rediff
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/may/21/us-lawmakers-to-fight-for-sikhs-in-us-army.htm
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US Congressman Jim McDermott, current co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, has introduced legislation to 'further strengthen and unite world's oldest and the largest democracies'.
McDermott, who holds the record for the
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Rediff
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/may/20/bill-seeking-closer-indo-us-ties-introduced.htm
Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) raises awareness about the conflict in eastern Congo.
This is the last section of Congressman Jim McDermott's presentation on the Congo, and HEALAfrica (.org's) role on Goma. Congressman Jim McDermott was the guest speaker at the HEALAfrica.org meeting. Here is a link to the book he mentioned: Leopold's Ghost: en.wikipedia.org HEALAfrica.org www.HEALAfrica.org KorinaKorina's video www.youtube.com Harper McConnell's blog: where-is-harper.blogspot.com St. Anne's Ministry / Harper McConnell's profile: www.saechurch.org Congressman Jim McDermott's ...
Congressman Jim McDermott was the guest speaker at the HEALAfrica.org meeting. Here is a link to the book he mentioned: Leopold's Ghost: en.wikipedia.org HEALAfrica.org www.HEALAfrica.org KorinaKorina's video www.youtube.com Harper McConnell's blog: where-is-harper.blogspot.com St. Anne's Ministry / Harper McConnell's profile: www.saechurch.org Congressman Jim McDermott's Website:www.house.gov Humanitarian Relief / Deconstructing Sexual Violence in Congo by HARPER McCONNELL ...
Congressman Jim McDermott was the guest speaker at the HEALAfrica.org meeting. Here is a link to the book he mentioned: Leopold's Ghost: en.wikipedia.org HEALAfrica.org www.HEALAfrica.org KorinaKorina's video www.youtube.com Harper McConnell's blog: where-is-harper.blogspot.com St. Anne's Ministry / Harper McConnell's profile: www.saechurch.org Congressman Jim McDermott's Website:www.house.gov Humanitarian Relief / Deconstructing Sexual Violence in Congo by HARPER McCONNELL ...
Church about the mission of her group in Congo. Please check out the link below. It features Korina Knudson's video about her family watching Susan Boyle singing. It's amazing to see her husband's reaction. Korina organized the HEALAfrica presentation at the Lutheran Church on Vashon Island, and was instrumental in bringing Congressman Jim McDermott to the meeting. Here's the LINK: www.youtube.com Thank you. ... Judy Anderson Congo Heal Africa Congressman Jim McDermott Susan Boyle Korina Knudson ...
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Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) predicted Sunday that the U.S. would adopt a single-payer, national healthcare system.
âItâs in our face,â McDermott told a university healthcare group in a speech, according to the Monterey County Herald. âWe canât avoid
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Suburban Guerrilla
http://susiemadrak.com/2009/04/29/06/08/putting-on-the-single-payer-pressure/
We are asking Jim McDermott to support (therescue.invisiblechildren.com Come be a part of ending the 23 year war in Northern Uganda on April 25th, 2009 in Seattle, WA.
"Spotlight On Poverty and Opportunity" presents a webcast with Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA), on the new poverty measure and other legislative concerns confronting low-income populations and those living in poverty. He is serving his tenth term in the US House of Representatives, representing the 7th Congressional District in Washington State, which includes Seattle and parts of several neighboring communities. As a senior Member of the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. McDermott is chairman ...
"Spotlight On Poverty and Opportunity" presents a webcast with Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA), on the new poverty measure and other legislative concerns confronting low-income populations and those living in poverty. He is serving his tenth term in the US House of Representatives, representing the 7th Congressional District in Washington State, which includes Seattle and parts of several neighboring communities. As a senior Member of the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. McDermott is chairman ...
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The King County Ferry District, which dipped its toes into the waters of Puget Sound to help operate passenger-only ferries, could find itself immersed in the business of running its own fleet.
U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott has asked that Congress
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
http://www.seattlepi.com/transportation/405008_ferry10.html?source=rss
HR 1444; the bill is a mirror image of the original HR 1388 verbiage relative to mandatory service. CSPAN video archives does not contain available video footage. Interesting don't you think? This is one way to get MANDATORY SERVICE passed; not allowing the people to voice opinion because they are unaware. What has happened to this republic? Did not Obama state he would encourage governmental transparency?? Lies Lies and More Lies.... ... HR 1444; 1388; Give Act; Serve America Civic ...
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Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott recently tried to add an amendment to the "GIVE Act" ("Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education", HR1388) that would establish a commission to study how the U.S. could establish a mandatory community service
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Lonewacko: Immigration, Politics, Media Bias
http://24ahead.com/jim-mcdermotts-scary-congressional-commission-civic-service-
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Three days after the Seattle Post-Intelligencerâs final issue rolled off the presses, completing a 146-year print run for the cityâs second-largest paper, Rep. Jim McDermott lamented the struggling newspaper industryâs most recent casualty. Â
âWeâll
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The Politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20350.html
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Brookings
Brookings is a nonprofit public policy research organization. This links to a September 2006 paper published by Brookings. The paper is titled, "Reforming Unemployment Insurance for the Twenty-First Century Workforce." Career One Stop
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Nightly Business Report | PBS
http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/nbr/learnmore-programs/~3/532876233/090205_unemployment_insurance_reform
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Itâs long been in vogue amongst Seattleâs politiscenti to complain about Rep. Jim McDermottâs lack of effectiveness and leadership in Congress.
Of course, what they really mean is that McDermott doesnât bring home the bacon, and heâs never much
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HorsesAss.Org
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/K6OuBAZff5Q/
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It was a decade ago, but I remember it like it was
yesterday. Jim McDermottâmy boss at Penton Mediaâand I had just finished inking
the agreement on a multi-year custom magazine deal with Autodesk Software.
After receiving the final confirmation about
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Folio
http://foliomag.com/2009/preparing-lose
GOP Reps. Dave Camp and Sam Johnson proposed amendments to the "stimulus" bill which would have cut taxes for the bottom two tax brackets, and which would have removed the tax on unemployment benefits. Ever Democrat Rep. opposed these, with "Baghdad Jim" McDermott complaining that "if you don't pay taxes, you get nothing out of this amendment." Strike Making Work Pay, reduce the 10% and 15% individual income tax brackets to 5% and 10%, respectively, for 2009 and 2010. REJECTED No Democrats ...
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Marie Cocco, Denver Post: There "are few Washington traditions as annoying as the cultish worship of bipartisanship, for it ignores the simple fact that sometimes one party gets things disastrously wrong," syndicated columnist Cocco writes in a Post
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Medical News Today
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/136594.php
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Maria Shriver, wife of California GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, got snappy in the lobby of the Four Seasons on Tuesday while talking extensively with actor Ashton Kutcher. Shriver, talking with Kutcher about the âpassionâ of the day, grew angry after
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The Hill
http://thehill.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79094&Itemid=242
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...we got. Around the forums, blogs and less intuitive (cough:MSM) Packers news sites I hear two names now, Jim Haslett and Sean McDermott. I am hereby jumping on the Sean McDermott bandwagon. Now, we all know that there is the possibility that McDermott wonât...
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1585613&src=rss
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Has suggested to Obama that he make India his first stop
NEW DELHI: A leading American lawmaker, Jim McDermott of the Democratic Party, feels that the activities of Pakistanâs Inter-Services Intelligence âare of mutual concernâ to both India and the
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/28/stories/2008122855520800.htm
The Congressman prefers to have friends that are not reluctant to forcefully extract money from him as opposed to friends that would respect his property. Contradiction: You can live well if there is forceful redistribution of wealth; and you cant live well.
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... India caucus is one of strongest groupings on Capitol Hill
NEW DELHI: With the attention of the world riveted on the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, another development of significance occurred on November 4 â re-election of s...
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/08/stories/2008110860811300.htm
B-Town Blog video of Congressman Jim McDermott starring as the Guest Narrator in Burien Little Theatre's Oct. 26, 2008 performance of "The Rocky Horror Show."
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Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott said his opposition to the economic bailout proposal Friday was a "protest vote" made with the knowledge the bill would pass the House without his support.
"The public isn't getting anything for this, except we're handing
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008227320_localvote04m.html?syndication=rss
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Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) said Thursday he will offer the entire $61 billion economic stimulus package as an amendment to the bailout bill.
âThe Senate offered sweeteners to get the bailout legislation passed, but the American people need
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The Politico
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/1008/McDermott_to_offer_economic_stimulus_package_as_amendment_to_bailout.html
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Feisty populist Jim Hightower and Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree Jr. -- two ways an Obama administration could bring real change to Washington.
The first woman at Housing and Urban Development's helm will need to navigate multiple threats to
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In These Times
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InTheseTimes/~3/400935143/
Democratic representative form Washington state, Jim McDermott, nails it. Digg it: digg.com
from the 43rd district in Washington State. In 1974, he ran for the State Senate, and subsequently was re-elected three times. In 1987, after 15 years of legislative service, Rep. McDermott decided to leave politics and continue in public service as a Foreign Service medical officer based in Zaire, providing psychiatric services to Foreign Service, AID, and Peace Corps personnel in sub-Saharan Africa. When the 7th district Congressional seat later became open, he returned from Africa to ...
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SEATTLE (UPI) -- A Washington congressman said he has joined the effort to impeach U.S. President George Bush on grounds he misled the country before the Iraq invasion.
U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that three
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Michael Moore - This Just In
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=12240
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Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott has signed on to the resolution seeking to impeach President Bush.
McDermott said in a speech Tuesday on the House floor that "America cannot regain its moral leadership in the world if America cannot hold its leaders
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Michael Moore - This Just In
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=12241
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Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott wants to see George Bush impeached, whether or not, he says, Bush is
still in office.
He ends with this quote from McDermott:
"There's nothing that requires that impeachment be done when someone is in office," he said.
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Sound Politics
http://soundpolitics.com/archives/011523.html
Sep. 9, 2008 On the floor today of the House of Representatives, Washington state Rep. Jim McDermott (D-7th Congressional District) signed onto legislation that considers the impeachment of George Bush. This move continues McDermott's long-standing effort to hold the Executive Office of the US government accountable for its mis-use of office and power.
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SEATTLE, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A Washington congressman said he has joined the effort to impeach U.S. President George Bush on grounds he misled the country before the Iraq invasion.
U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer...
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United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/11/Congressman_joins_call_to_impeach_Bush/UPI-21831221160790/
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After months of consideration, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, said Tuesday he signed on to an effort to impeach President Bush because he believes in holding leaders accountable.
McDermott, who is up for re-election to his 10th congressional term
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008169947_impeachment10m.html?syndication=rss
Democratic National Convention Progressive Central Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Denver DNC 26 August 2008 Jim McDermott, (WA) Tom Hayden John Nichols blog.pdamerica.org **Note: This is a live feed environment it may not be perfect - there may be pauses - there may be whatever. What you see is what I captured!
Democratic National Convention Progressive Central Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Denver DNC 26 August 2008 Jim McDermott, (WA) Tom Hayden John Nichols blog.pdamerica.org **Note: This is a live feed environment it may not be perfect - there may be pauses - there may be whatever. What you see is what I captured! ... DNC PDA Progressives Democrats Jim McDermott Don Siegelman Greg Palast Amy Goodman Conyers John Nichols Denver Protest
the buzz in Congress right after 911 blog.pdamerica.org **Note: This is a live feed environment it may not be perfect - there may be pauses - there may be whatever. What you see is what I captured! Have a dedicated environment capturing this - if it stops - it's the feed. If the editing of the clips are not perfect - tough be grateful I am doing this (lol). But be happy there are PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS IN DENVER and you are able to see archives of the program in a fairly rapid manner :) ... DNC ...
Democratic National Convention Progressive Central Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Denver DNC 26 August 2008 Jim McDermott, (WA) Talks about the buzz in Congress right after 911 blog.pdamerica.org **Note: This is a live feed environment it may not be perfect - there may be pauses - there may be whatever. What you see is what I captured! Have a dedicated environment capturing this - if it stops - it's the feed. If the editing of the clips are not perfect - tough be grateful I am doing ...
Democratic National Convention Progressive Central Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Denver DNC 26 August 2008 Jim McDermott, (WA) Talks about the buzz in Congress right after 911 blog.pdamerica.org **Note: This is a live feed environment it may not be perfect - there may be pauses - there may be whatever. What you see is what I captured! Have a dedicated environment capturing this - if it stops - it's the feed. If the editing of the clips are not perfect - tough be grateful I am doing ...
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