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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