[chamberOfAction] => House [externalActionCode] => 36000 [actionDate] => 2005-11-18 [externalActionCode] => 1000 [actionDate] => 2006-05-09 [chamberOfAction] => House (, House - 05/02/2006 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. ( [actionDate] => 2006-09-30 ), Array [actionDate] => 2006-05-02 [displayText] => Presented to President. [displayText] => Became Public Law No: 109-256. [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 277 - 131 (Roll no. From 1992 to 1995, John served as the executive director and chief counsel of the New York Republican State Committee, where he played an important role in Rudolph W. Giuliani’s 1993 mayoral and Mr. Pataki’s 1994 gubernatorial campaign. (, Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act, House - 12/15/2005 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. [displayText] => Introduced in House [externalActionCode] => 1000 (, House - 10/25/2005 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. John Sweeney, Esq. [description] => Introduced ( [displayText] => Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. [externalActionCode] => 1000 [chamberOfAction] => House ( (, House - Energy and Commerce | Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2951 New York Highway 43 in Averill Park, New York, as the "Major George Quamo Post Office Building". [chamberOfAction] => ( [externalActionCode] => 8000 [description] => To President ), Array [actionDate] => 2006-08-01 [22], After Trump's election day victory, Sweeney, as the campaign's deputy counsel, led the effort on the ground in Wisconsin and Michigan to protect the campaign's advantage in those two key swing states during the recounts initiated by Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, and supported by Hillary Clinton's campaign. [externalActionCode] => 1000 ), Array [chamberOfAction] => House [description] => Introduced [36], Seven of the lobbyists had contributed a total of $12,400 to Sweeney's campaign in 2005. [externalActionCode] => 1000 [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 283 - 139 (Roll no. [11] He supported the George W. Bush administration's position on the Iraq War, which was a focus of criticism from his opponent, Kirsten Gillibrand, in the 2006 race. ), Array [description] => Became Law In his 86 years, John Sweeney did more than anyone else to advance the cause of working men and women, both in the United States, and around the world. [description] => Passed House ( ), Array ), Array ( He was also assigned to the Homeland Security and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittees. ), Array To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 29-50 Union Street in Flushing, New York, as the "Dr. Leonard Price Stavisky Post Office". [chamberOfAction] => House Datasets available include LCSH, BIBFRAME, LC Name Authorities, LC Classification, MARC codes, PREMIS vocabularies, ISO language codes, and more. [chamberOfAction] => House [3] He received an associate degree from Hudson Valley Community College in 1978 and a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Criminal Justice from the Sage College of Albany in 1981. [actionDate] => 2006-09-14 [description] => Passed House A Republican, he represented New York's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from January 1999 to January 2007. To direct the Secretary of Transportation to report to Congress concerning proposed changes to long-standing policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising actual control over the economic, competitive, safety, and security decisions of United States airlines, and for other purposes. we must replace current Congressional Rep with. [actionDate] => 2006-05-09 [displayText] => Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. ), Array ), Array [4][11] He received the endorsement of the Civil Service Employees Union and enjoyed good relations with the Teamsters. (, Soldiers Targeted by Offensive Profiteering Act of 2006 (STOP Act), House - 08/10/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. ( [externalActionCode] => 8000 Mr. Pataki in 1995 also appointed Sweeney as New York State’s labor commissioner, in which position he ran an agency that employed 5,100 workers and operated on a $733 million budget. 450). [displayText] => Introduced in House John J. Sweeney, a New York union researcher who climbed to the pinnacle of the American labor movement in the 1990s, leading the A.F.L.-C.I.O. [38], Invitations to the event officially come from ORDA and the U.S. Olympic Committee, a nonprofit group chartered by Congress. [description] => Passed House ( [displayText] => Introduced in House [displayText] => Presented to President. ), Array (, House - Homeland Security; International Relations, Federal Agency Data Privacy Protection Act, 09/26/2006 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. [displayText] => Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. [externalActionCode] => 1000 [actionDate] => 2005-12-19 [externalActionCode] => 1000 [externalActionCode] => 1000 [displayText] => Introduced in House 2018 Primary Early Voting : 2/20- 3/2/2018. [18][19] He voted against the Rohrabacher–Farr amendment. [description] => Passed Senate ), Array ), Array (. ( [description] => Passed House ( H. Rept. RG Robichaux (text: CR 9/25/2006 H6953-6954) for 14 years by way of an period of fading union membership however rising political affect, died on Monday at his residence in Bethesda, Md. ( ( To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Pitcher Street in Utica, New York, as the "Captain George A. labor John Sweeney Was Our Era's Most Influential Labor Leader. To require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency in order to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the United States by 10 percent beginning in 2016, and for other purposes. "It's a great honor to endorse candidate John Stewart for U.S. Congress in Ohio's 12th District. Reform Into Law," Property Casualty 360, September 23, 1996, "Workers Compensation Reform, The Vermont Legislative Research Shop, The University of Vermont, "The Guy Who Gored Al: The irresistible ascension of John E. Sweeney," Toby Eglund, The Gully. (, House - Homeland Security; International Relations; Judiciary, House - 06/21/2006 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. He served from 2003 to 2006. ), Array Sweeney spoke on camera at a friend's home, while Gayle Sweeney chose to speak earlier by . [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. [chamberOfAction] => [displayText] => Introduced in House [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. Posted by John Sweeney January 13, 2021 Posted in News Tags: Breaking News, Congress, ELECTORAL COLLEGE, Impeachment, News So everyone was wondering what Nancy Pelosi and the House were trying to hide with this Impeachment sham well here you go. [51], Sweeney was charged with aggravated DWI when he was arrested by New York State Police at 1:19 a.m. on November 11, 2007, on the Adirondack Northway, a stretch of Interstate 87. [40] A spokesman for ORDA said he does not know why the lobbyists were invited. ), Array ( [description] => Introduced As the incredible leader of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and, later, as President of the AFL-CIO, John ensured that the voices of working families were heard, and their power felt, on Wall Street . ), Array [externalActionCode] => 17000 (. (text: CR H577) [description] => Passed House [displayText] => Introduced in House By PAI and the LABOR TRIBUNE. Philip J. Jennings. House - 06/28/2006 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. [description] => Introduced [actionDate] => 2006-07-20 ( He had an immense impact on life and on a generation of emerging leaders who mourn together at this sad loss. (, 09/27/2006 Became Public Law No: 109-285. [externalActionCode] => 1000 [externalActionCode] => 1000 [description] => Became Law [externalActionCode] => 36000 ), Array [displayText] => Introduced in House [description] => Introduced ( ), Array ( [actionDate] => 2005-12-06 [description] => Introduced ), Array [actionDate] => 2005-10-20 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7 Columbus Avenue in Tuckahoe, New York, as the "Ronald Bucca Post Office". To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located on Franklin Avenue in Pearl River, New York, as the "Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr. Post Office Building". [chamberOfAction] => He was 86. ), Array [description] => Introduced [description] => Introduced He served from 1949 to 1950. [chamberOfAction] => House [38], In the fall of 2005, the House ethics panel told Sweeney in a letter that he should be careful to let the Olympics groups invite guests to avoid the appearance of an endorsement by the House. [description] => Passed Senate Democrats seized on the photographs in an attempt to embarrass the congressman, John E. Sweeney, a Republican from the Albany region who attended a party on April 21 at the Alpha Delta Phi house . Former Congressman John "Slappy" Sweeney of the famous New York 20th District, wholost his seat in 2006 after beating up his wife and getting wasted at frat parties, got another god damn DWI over the weekend, his second in eighteen months. [displayText] => Introduced in House [displayText] => Became Public Law No: 109-275. July 23, 2007 / 8:15 PM / The Politico. [chamberOfAction] => (, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2006, House - 05/15/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. [chamberOfAction] => House [actionDate] => 2006-10-12 [chamberOfAction] => Senate [55][58], In 2011, Sweeney told a reporter that he had been sober since April 6, 2009. [externalActionCode] => 1000 Mike's high tech background with knowledge and. [externalActionCode] => 1000 [externalActionCode] => 8000 ), Array Dan Lonkevich, "N.Y. Gov. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. 109-664, Part II. Born to Irish parents, his father a New York city bus driver would bring John to union meetings during his youth. [actionDate] => 2006-03-03 ( John Edward Sweeney, esq. Senator Bob Dole in 1996 by a 46 percent to 41 percent margin.[10]. [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. [description] => Introduced [chamberOfAction] => House [actionDate] => 2006-11-09 [displayText] => Introduced in House (text: CR 11/17/2005 H10789) Before the reforms, enacted in 1996, New York's workers' comp system had long been considered one of the most costly in the nation—57 percent higher than the national average, 53 percent higher than neighboring Massachusetts, 59 percent than neighboring Connecticut and 85 percent higher than neighboring New Jersey. (, 10/13/2006 Became Public Law No: 109-347. She said Ford, who had no previous fund-raising experience, receives a 10 percent commission on whatever she raises. (. [chamberOfAction] => House ( He received his juris doctorate from the Western New England School of Law in Springfield, Mass. [38], Documents show that at least eight members of Congress, all Republicans, were also invited to attend the 2006 event but declined. [56] He described making amends with his family, describing his biggest loss from drinking as not the loss of his seat in Congress, but "the loss of myself and the loss of everything that went with it, the harm and hurt I created for people around me who I love and love me. [description] => Introduced [chamberOfAction] => Senate [externalActionCode] => 8000 John cares deeply about the people of New York, and in Washington, he's distinguished himself as a powerful advocate . (text: CR H6810) (. ), Array [chamberOfAction] => House [chamberOfAction] => House [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. [externalActionCode] => 1000 [chamberOfAction] => House I was disappointed that the track season was already finished, but I'm happy to be here for an even more important Saratoga race: John Sweeney's campaign for the United States Congress. [chamberOfAction] => To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Killian Road in Massapequa, New York, as the "Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building". ( "John Sweeney was a legend, plain and simple. Sweeney and Trump: A Match Made In…. ), Array [externalActionCode] => 1000 [displayText] => Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. [externalActionCode] => 1000 [externalActionCode] => 28000 [actionDate] => 2006-06-06 George Pataki's deputy chief of staff. She also said that a statement she made on the eve of last fall's election, denying marital abuse, was "coerced". [chamberOfAction] => House [actionDate] => 2005-10-26 [displayText] => Became Public Law No: 109-357. [externalActionCode] => 28000 H. Rept. [chamberOfAction] => House experience with cyber security is a huge reason why. [actionDate] => 2006-10-10 He was dubbed "Congressman Kick-Ass" by President George W. Bush for his take-no-prisoners style. [chamberOfAction] => House 'I'm going to say that Joseph Stalin said, 'It doesn't matter who casts the votes, it only matters who counts the votes.' [chamberOfAction] => [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. [externalActionCode] => 28000 [actionDate] => 2006-03-08 [externalActionCode] => 1000 [actionDate] => 2005-12-13 [chamberOfAction] => House (, House - Ways and Means; Judiciary; Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce. [description] => Introduced [displayText] => Introduced in House ), Array John Sweeney devoted his entire life and career to the cause, the purpose, and the mission of the global trade union movement. (, 07/25/2006 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (. [externalActionCode] => 1000 [externalActionCode] => 1000 08/17/2006 Became Public Law No: 109-275. [chamberOfAction] => House 200 records in 228 cities for John Sweeney in California. [chamberOfAction] => Senate ), Array ( John Sweeney. (, House - Armed Services; Judiciary; International Relations. More on that below) shamed former Congressman John Sweeney — who was arrested for DUI in 2007 (and again in 2009) and "had a woman on his lap when he was pulled over," according to police. [externalActionCode] => 8000 During Sweeney's tenure at state Republican headquarters, Rudy Giuliani was elected mayor of New York City (the first Republican to win the mayor's office in 28 years) and George Pataki was elected governor (the first Republican to win the Governor's Mansion in 20 years) and Republicans made gains in both houses of the state legislature and at the local level. ( [displayText] => Introduced in House ), Array As someone who ran for U.S. Congress myself in the same district 10 years ago (when it still included Bexley) I can assure its residents that John is a man of outstanding character who has succeeded in business and is committed to protecting all of your rights all of the time. [description] => Introduced [47], Sweeney's first wife, Betty Sweeney, of Schaghticoke, told the Times-Union that she had "never observed any kind of behavior like that towards me or anybody else. This article is part of our series The Alt-Labor Chronicles: America's Worker Centers. (, House - 09/19/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. 109-672. [description] => Introduced [chamberOfAction] => House 431). ( (, House - 03/02/2006 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such... (, House - Judiciary; Ways and Means; Science; Education and the Workforce; Energy and Commerce, Foreign Investment Security Improvement Act of 2006, House - 03/21/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. [displayText] => Introduced in House John Sweeney's election to the presidency of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) in 1996 sparked a major effort by American unions to "reinvent" themselves. [actionDate] => 2005-12-17 [chamberOfAction] => series on former members of Congress, we bring you today's news about former congressman John Sweeney, a Republican from upstate New York. ), Array [chamberOfAction] => House His license was suspended for six months and had to attend a victim impact panel for drunken drivers. (consideration: CR S13409-13410) [48] The captain denied leaking the report, saying he was wrongly accused, and the captain was supported by the New York State Police Benevolent Association (PBA),[48][49] who called the captain a scapegoat. 08/01/2006 Became Public Law No: 109-256. [externalActionCode] => 1000 [chamberOfAction] => Senate John Sweeney, a labor official who led the AFL-CIO for 14 years, expanding the union federation's national reach in politics while presiding over a steady decline in union membership, died Feb. 1 . ), Array [chamberOfAction] => House ), Array [description] => Introduced (, House - House Administration | Senate - Rules and Administration, Legislative Branch Officer Appointment Act of 2005, House - 12/06/2005 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee... (, House - House Administration; Government Reform, Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries' Informed Choice Act of 2005, 04/25/2006 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. [displayText] => Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. [externalActionCode] => 36000 ( [displayText] => Introduced in House [12] Sweeney subsequently voted against such a constitutional amendment. [description] => Introduced ( (, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act. [description] => Became Law [chamberOfAction] => House SWEENEY, John E., a Representative from New York; born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., August 9, 1955; B.A., Russell Sage College, Troy, N.Y., 1981; J.D., Western . [description] => Introduced ( ), Array Sweeney lost in the general election on November 6, 2018. [actionDate] => 2006-04-28 ( ), Array (, House - 05/01/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. 2018 Primary Early Voting : 2/20- 3/2/2018. [displayText] => Introduced in House ), Array [27] He was said to have led the charge on the third recount in Miami, flying in GOP operatives and instructing them to "shut it down!" John Sweeney, who led the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) between 1995 and 2009, died February 1 at the age of 86 at his Bethesda, Maryland home. [description] => Introduced Now in his second term, he has proved on many occasions that he is prepared to fight for what he believes to be right — even if this means going against his Republican colleagues on a particular issue. ( ), Array [displayText] => Introduced in House [externalActionCode] => 17000 [externalActionCode] => 28000 [chamberOfAction] => House [displayText] => Became Public Law No: 109-404. [description] => To President (text: CR 9/20/2006 S9820-9847) [35][36] The weekend cost the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) $27,500, plus in-kind services it provided and the costs of operating the Olympic venues for the competition (exact figures for the latter two were unavailable). [description] => Passed House John J. Sweeney, Crusading Labor Leader, Is Dead at 86. [externalActionCode] => 1000 ( [8] Sweeney was born, raised and lived most of his life in Solomon's Congressional District. [chamberOfAction] => House [externalActionCode] => 1000 ( ), Array [actionDate] => 2006-03-08 ( ), Array [externalActionCode] => 1000 (. [20], Before being elected to Congress, Sweeney was considered a moderate Republican who favored abortion rights;[21] by 2000, he was considered a strong abortion opponent,[4] with a 90% anti-abortion record. [chamberOfAction] => House (, House - Resources; Transportation and Infrastructure. (, Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Quality Improvement Act of 2006, 09/13/2006 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (, House - Homeland Security; Transportation and Infrastructure, Military Retirees' Health Care Protection Act, House - 03/14/2006 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. [chamberOfAction] => House To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 Front Street in Patterson, New York, as the "D. Mallory Stephens Post Office". [description] => Introduced 409. [externalActionCode] => 5000 400). [description] => Passed Senate [description] => To President (, House - Transportation and Infrastructure, On 5/23/2006, a motion was filed to discharge the Rules Committee from consideration of, Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2006, House - 02/14/2006 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Solomon endorsed and campaigned for Sweeney, as did every Republican elected official and organization in the district. [2] He was dubbed "Congressman Kick-Ass" by President George W. Bush for his take-no-prisoners style. LIVE: 20 Things Plus with John Sweeney Kristi Gustafson Barlette reconnects with John Sweeney to learn a few new things about the former congressman. 12 of 20 13 of 20 Former Congressman John Sweeney is led from the Saratoga County Courthouse in Ballston Spa in April 2010 after being sentenced to 30 days in Jail for a DWI conviction. July 23, 2007 / 8:15 PM / The Politico. (, Office of National Drug Control Reauthorization Act, House - 06/22/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. . ), Array ), Array Before being defeated for reelection in 2006 by . [description] => Introduced (, FHA Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2005, House - 07/29/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. From 1995 until 2009, he served as the President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). [displayText] => Introduced in House ( [actionDate] => 2006-06-27 ( John McSweeney (December 19, 1890 - December 13, 1969) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in the 20th century.

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