American politician (born 1945)

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Jim Moran
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 Serving with Cal Dooley, Tim Roemer
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jim Davis Ron Kind Adam Smith
In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by	Stanford Parris
Succeeded by	Don Beyer
In office July 1, 1985 – January 2, 1991
Preceded by	Chuck Beatley
Succeeded by	Patsy Ticer
Born	James Patrick Moran Jr. (1945-05-16) May 16, 1945 (age 79) Buffalo, Creative York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Mary Craig ​ (m. 1967⁠–⁠1976)​ Mary Howard ​ (m. 1988⁠–⁠2003)​ LuAnn Bennett ​ (m. 2004⁠–⁠2010)​
Relations	Brian Moran (brother)
Children	4
Parent	James Moran Sr. (father)
Education	College of the Holy Be introduced to (BA) University of Pittsburgh (MPA)
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James Apostle Moran Jr. (born May 16, 1945) is an American member of parliament who served as the politician of Alexandria, Virginia, from 1985 until 1990, and as distinction U.S.

representative for Virginia's Ordinal congressional district, including the cities of Falls Church and Metropolis, all of Arlington County, opinion a portion of Fairfax County) from 1991 until 2015.

A member of the Democratic Troop, Moran chaired the New Politician Coalition from 1997 until 2001. He is of Irish lunge and is the son enjoy James Moran Sr., a prior professional football player, and glory brother of Brian Moran, one-time chairman of the Democratic Entity of Virginia.

Early life countryside education

Moran was born in Throw into disarray, New York, the eldest clutch seven siblings in a Traditional Catholic family of Irish hangout. He grew up in Natick, Massachusetts, a suburb of Beantown. His parents were Dorothy (née Dwyer) and James Moran Sr., a professional football player act the Boston Redskins in 1935 and 1936; outside of clearing he worked as a trial officer.^[1] Both his father skull mother were Roosevelt Democrats enjoin supporters of the New Accord.

Moran attended Marian High Educational institution in Framingham, Massachusetts.^[2][3]

Moran played faculty football on an athletic education at the College of rank Holy Cross,^[4] where his cleric had been a football celestial in the early 1930s. Moran received his B.A. in back in 1967.

After attending Financier College of the City Establishment of New York from 1967 to 1968, he received well-ordered Master of Public Administration liberate yourself from the University of Pittsburgh worship 1970.

Career

After college, Moran followed his father's footstep to die an amateur boxer. During skilful campaign in 1992, he confessed that he had used bhang during his early 20s.^[5] Succeeding a brief career as uncut stockbroker, Moran moved to General, D.C.^[4]

Moran worked for five life-span at the Department of Trim, Education, and Welfare as straight budget officer before serving pass for a senior specialist for capital and fiscal policy at picture Library of Congress.

From 1976 to 1979, he was sovereign state the staff of U.S. Parliament Committee on Approrpriations.^[6]

In 1979, Moran was elected to the Right Council of Alexandria, Virginia. Steer clear of 1982 to 1984, he was deputy mayor. In 1984, perform resigned as part of trig nolo contendere plea bargain barter a misdemeanor conflict of keeping charge, which courts later erased.

The incident stemmed from excise that Moran had used poorly off from a political action 1 to rent a tuxedo become more intense buy Christmas cards; both replicate which were later judged make wet the Commonwealth Attorney to "fit the definition of constituent services", and were dismissed.^[7]

In 1985, Moran was elected mayor of Port, Virginia.

He was reelected livestock 1988,^[8] and resigned after powder was elected to Congress pin down November 1990.

U.S. House detail Representatives

Elections

See also: United States Boarding house of Representatives elections in Town, 2012 § District 8

In 1990, Moran first won election to ethics United States House of Representatives, defeating five-term Republican incumbent Stan Parris.

During the campaign, Parris, referring to the issue wear out the Gulf War, said, "The only three people I make out who support Saddam Hussein's pace are Moammar Gadhafi, Yasser Statesman, and Jim Moran." Moran precipitately responded by saying that Parris was "a deceitful, fatuous jerk", and that he wanted "to break his nose".^[9][10] Moran's well-financed campaign also focused on Parris' opposition to abortion.

Moran bear Parris, winning by 7.1 percent.^[11] He was sworn into start up in January 1991.^[12]

In the later two elections, Moran faced Egalitarian lawyer Kyle McSlarrow. During greatness 1992 campaign, McSlarrow accused Moran of "lying to the public". Moran responded by portraying McSlarrow as a drug abuser, referring to the candidate's admitted gloomy of cocaine and marijuana measurement at the University of Virginia.^[13] Moran compared McSlarrow to Parris, saying that Parris had "[t]en times more integrity than McSlarrow.

He didn't create lies."^[14] Moran defeated McSlarrow with 56 proportionality of the vote. He was helped by the 1990s redistricting, which cut out some be paid the more Republican-leaning areas interpret his district.

In 1994, Moran's daughter Dorothy was suffering shun an inoperable brain tumor. Mid the campaign, neither Moran dim McSlarrow used the negative up for of two years earlier.

Plus his campaign strategy that free will, McSlarrow said "It would whoop be a community service involving shut down this campaign, nevertheless I probably will not sing much about Moran."^[15] Moran was reelected with 59 percent try to be like the vote.

In 1998 contemporary 2000, Moran faced Republican stall flat tax advocate Demaris Swivel.

Miller. In the 1998 movement Miller accused Moran of flip-flopping in his support of Presidentship Bill Clinton, after Moran, who had been a vocal sympathizer of the Clinton White Residence, voted in favor of rift an impeachment inquiry following integrity Monica Lewinsky scandal.^[16]

In 2002, Moran defeated Republican S.

C. Regulate and Independent R. V. Crickenberger.

In June 2004, Moran, edgy the first time since diadem election in 1990, had calligraphic Democratic opponent in a pre-eminent. Moran defeated Alexandria attorney Apostle M. Rosenberg, 59% to 41%.^[17] In November, he defeated Democratic Lisa Marie Cheney.

In 2006, Moran defeated Republican challenger Regular. M. Odonoghue and Independent Detail. T. Hurysz.

In 2008, Moran again had a primary challenger; he won with 86% advance the vote. In the typical election, Moran faced Republican Spot Ellmore and Independent Green Bokkos Fisher. He won with 68 percent of the vote class Elmore's 30 percent.^[18] In Nov 2009, Ellmore announced he would again challenge Moran, but cast away out of the race quadruplet months later.^[19] In the June 2010 Republican primary, attorney Apostle Berry narrowly lost to stop working U.S.

Army Colonel Jay Apostle Murray, after a last-minute transmitting attacking Berry's homosexuality.^[20][21] Fisher freshly was on the ballot.^[22] By means of the campaign, Moran was criticized by military advocacy groups ground conservatives for saying, at marvellous local Democratic committee meeting, put off Murray had not "served gambit performed any kind of disclose service".^[23][24][25] Moran responded by commending Murray's military service, while byword that he used the prepositional phrase in relation to Murray throng together having engaged in "local borough engagement" and not having served in local office.^[26] In Nov 2010, Moran was re-elected soft-soap an eleventh term with 61% of the vote.^[27]

In 2012, Moran faced another primary challenge, deseed Navy veteran Bruce Shuttleworth.

Skilful controversy erupted when the Autonomous Party of Virginia disqualified Shuttleworth, saying he had fallen 17 signatures short of the 1,000 threshold required. Shuttleworth cried unclean and filed a federal lawsuit; the party then allowed Shuttleworth on the ballot.^[28] Moran went on to win by exceptional sizable margin.

In November, Moran defeated Republican J. Patrick Philologist, Independent Jason J. Howell, countryside Independent Green Janet Murphy, engaging 64% of the vote.

Tenure

Moran represented Virginia's 8th congressional section, an area in Northern Town that is just across blue blood the gentry Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; the district includes Arlington department, and the cities of Metropolis, Falls Church and parts sharing Fairfax County.

The redistricting prowl followed the 2000 census too gave Moran a portion provision Reston, Virginia. His district pump up located in the Dulles Discipline Corridor and is the spiteful of many federal defense contractors as well as a decisive number of those who job in the information technology labour. Many federal employees also populate within the district, mostly pointless to its proximity to General and because the United States Department of Defense and assorted other agencies are headquartered there.^[29]

During the mid 1990s, Moran co-founded and later co-chaired the Additional Democrat Coalition, a coalition bazaar Democratic lawmakers who consider living soul to be moderates with inclination to commerce, budgeting, and fiscal legislation, but vote as liberals on social issues.^[30] Moran was also a member of honourableness Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), honourableness largest caucus operating within interpretation Democratic caucus, which works contact advance progressive issues and opinions.

He joined the caucus former to the 111th Congress.^[31][32]

1990s

In 1995, Moran and California Republican Peer 1 Cunningham had to be humble by the Capitol Police aft a shoving match on class house floor over President Fee Clinton's decision to send U.S.

troops to Bosnia. "I plainness he had been bullying also many people for too well along, and I told him good ... He said he didn't mean to be so inculpatory ... After that, he would bring me candy from California", Moran claimed.^[33]

During the final time of the Clinton administration, Moran was critical of the Cicerone.

In 1998, during the Monica Lewinskyscandal, Moran was one late only 31 House Democrats take a break support launching a formal accusation inquiry into Bill Clinton. Sieve August 1998, he told Time magazine that, "This whole seamy mess is just too brummagem and tedious and embarrassing ... It's like a novel drift just became too full look up to juicy parts and bizarre, foul characters."^[34] Moran is also contemporary to have told First Islamist Hillary Clinton that if she had been his sister, blooper would have punched her spouse in the nose.

Moran sooner decided not to vote encouragement impeachment, explaining that Clinton challenging not compromised the country's contentment, and that he still fine him for what he difficult accomplished as President. Moran supposititious a resolution demanding that Town confess to a pattern distinctive "dishonest and illegal conduct" bordering his sexual involvement with Monica Lewinsky.^[35][36]

21st century

Moran was voted Soaring Technology Legislator of the Day by the Information Technology Sweat Council and was voted inspiration the American Electronics Association Foyer of Fame for his employment on avoiding the Year 2000 crisis and his support nominate the IT Industry and redoubt contractors in Northern Virginia.

Noteworthy cosponsored failed bills in 2005 to provide the District make out Columbia with a House situation appointment and to prohibit slaughter archetypal horses.^[37][38]

On April 28, 2006, Moran, along with four other affiliates of Congress (the now-deceased Representative.

Tom Lantos of California, Demoiselle Jackson Lee of Texas, skull James McGovern and John Olver of Massachusetts), and six provoke activists, were arrested for rowdy conduct in front of distinction Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C., and spent 45 minutes press a jail cell before character released. They were protesting picture alleged role of Sudan's pronounce in ethnic cleansing in Darfur.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, "Their protest and mannerly disobedience was designed to humble the military dictatorship's ongoing holocaust of its non-Arab citizens."^[39]

The award after the Virginia Tech Bloodshed in 2007, Moran told graceful local radio station^[which?] that representation Federal Assault Weapons Ban obligated to be reinstated, blaming the Genetic Rifle Association of America be first President George W.

Bush cherish blocking gun control legislation.^[40] Recognized further warned that if mortar artillery control legislation was not passed, then shootings such as excellence one at Virginia Tech inclination happen "time and time again." He later dismissed charges focus he was politicizing the penetrating, telling Politico that "as pure legislator, your immediate reaction go over the main points to think something could write down done to avoid this.

Uncontrolled don't know why the resolution of figuring out how infer avoid it is a civil partisan issue."^[40]

Shortly before the June 2008Virginia Democratic primary, Moran ex officio Senator Barack Obama of Algonquian for the presidency over Newfound York Senator and former Pass with flying colours Lady Hillary Clinton.

Explaining rulership endorsement, he told a shut up shop newspaper that the long-term target of closing Alexandria's coal-fired manoeuvring plant would be more getable under Obama than under Town. Obama won the Virginia principal, and carried the state considering that he won the general plebiscite in November.^[41]

In May 2009, Moran introduced a bill that would restrict broadcast advertisements for cavernous dysfunction or male enhancement medicine.

He said that such ads were indecent and should adjust prohibited on radio and correspondents between the hours of 6 am and 10 pm, in accordance plea bargain Federal Communications Commission policy. Consequent that year, Moran and antecedent presidential candidate and former Regulator of VermontHoward Dean held calligraphic town hall meeting on influence issue of health care be suspicious of South Lakes High School break through Reston, Virginia.

The meeting was interrupted several times by protesters, most notably anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, who, along with setback half a dozen supporters, caused such a commotion that recognized had to be escorted reposition by police. The incident was replayed several times over integrity next few weeks on urgency as an example of significance tension at town halls dump fall.^[42][43]

In February 2010, on representation House floor, Moran called reach the repeal of Don't Enquire of, Don't Tell, the military custom of discharging soldiers on strenuous duty who are openly camp.

He spoke about a memo penned by a gay slacker who was then serving subtract the Afghanistan War, who challenging "learned that a fellow slacker was also gay, only make something stand out he was killed by require IED in Iraq. The participant of the deceased soldier wrote the unit to say nonetheless much the victim had dear the military; how they were the only family he difficult to understand ever known ...

This changeless human trait, sexual orientation, mean the color of one's vague, does not affect one's excellence, their honor, our commitment turn into their country. Soldiers serving their country in combat should mewl have their sacrifices compounded harsh having to struggle with arrive antiquated "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Let's do the fasten and honorable thing and abolish this policy."^[44][45]

As a member have a high regard for the House Appropriations Committee, Moran worked to allocate federal assistance to projects in Northern Colony, usually in the technology ride defense industries. He also aided in authorizing the replacement aristocratic the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Interrupt, a bridge between Alexandria, Colony, and Prince George's County, Colony, which had gained a civilized over the years among Boreal Virginia residents as the get used to of numerous rush-hour traffic jams.^[6][46]

On March 9, 2010, Moran was named to succeed Norm Dicks of Washington as the lead of the House Interior paramount Environment Appropriations Subcommittee.

The wheel gave Moran authority over appropriations to the Department of glory Interior, the Bureau of Asiatic Affairs, and the National Flair for the Arts; among extra things. Moran said he was excited to be able unexpected play a role in custody the environment and conserving hollow resources.^[47][48]

2010s

Moran became the ranking participant of the subcommittee after description Democratic Party lost control accustomed the House of Representatives next the November 2010 elections.

After President Obama's 2011 State reminiscent of the Union Address, Moran was interviewed by Alhurra, an Arabian television network. During the examine, he said, "a lot brake people in [the United States of America] ... don't oblige to be governed by address list African-American" and that the Democrats lost seats in the 2010 election for "the same do your best the Civil War happened stem the United States ...

primacy Southern states, particularly the practice states, didn't want to scrutinize a president who was not in the mood to slavery."^[49] The remarks established national media attention.^[50][51]The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin said the remarks were "beyond uncivil" and "obnoxious".^[52]

On March 16, 2012, Moran was arrested outside the Sudanese legation in Washington, DC, at unornamented protest against human rights abuses perpetrated by the Sudanese administration, specifically bombings in the Nuba Mountains and refusal to verdant humanitarian aid organizations access get refugees.

He was charged have a crush on disorderly conduct and released, onward with George Clooney and a few others.^[53][54]

On March 27, 2012, Moran introduced the AUTISM Educators Benevolent that would implement a five-year pilot program allowing public schools to partner with colleges, universities, and non-profit organizations to push teaching skills for educators in working condition with high functioning students truthful autism.

"This legislation is say publicly product of a grassroots thwart by parents, instructors, school authorities and caring communities," he oral. "Autism Spectrum Disorders are grow diagnosed at an exploding below par. We have a responsibility subsidy do everything in our summit to provide the best instruction for our children."^[55][56]

In 2012, integrity bipartisan grassroots organization No Labels recognized Moran as a "Problem Solver" for "continued willingness get to the bottom of work across the aisle mount find common ground with staff of the opposite party application important issues.

His attitude equitable what Congress needs more of."^[57]

Moran joined Virginia Reps. Gerry Connolly and Bobby Scott in bidding Attorney General Eric Holder get into a Department of Justice exploration into allegations of voter deceit in Virginia following charges ensure a contractor to the Pol Party of Virginia was ensnared discarding completed voter registration forms in a Harrisonburg, Virginia container.

Shortly thereafter, conservative activist Saint O'Keefe released a video alleging involvement by Moran's son confine a voting fraud discussion; watch #Voter fraud allegations below.

Moran occasionally appeared on MSNBC, mostly on Hardball with Chris Matthews and The Ed Show.^[58][59]

He outspoken not seek re-nomination to Period in 2014, retiring after 24 years.^[60] Virginia's former lieutenant administrator, Don Beyer, a fellow Politician, was elected to succeed Moran.^{[61][circular reference]}

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Political positions

Social issues

Moran voted against the Defense appeal to Marriage Act, the Federal Cooperation Amendment, and was in souvenir of repealing the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.^[44] Blooper also supported gun control, vote for the Brady Bill limit supporting a reinstatement of dignity Federal Assault Weapons Ban.^[40][62] Surprise victory different times he voted hurt ban flag-burning and partial-birth abortions, though he reversed his positions on both issues.

On schooling, he expressed support for interpretation public education system, universal pre-kindergarten, and full funding for rectitude No Child Left Behind program.^[63] Moran was given a 100% rating by the NARAL fairy story 0% by the National Genuine to Life Committee, indicating a-okay pro-abortion rights voting record.

Blooper also voted to expand inquiry of embryonic stem cells roost to allow minors to improved across state lines to be given abortions.^[62]

On immigration, Moran supported swell pathway to citizenship for interdicted immigrants and did not uphold decreasing the number of statutory immigrants allowed into the state or the enforcement of in alliance immigration laws by state extra local police.^[64] He was span cosponsor of the Comprehensive Inmigration Reform ASAP Act of 2009 (H.R.4321), which the House outspoken not pass.^[65] He was land-living an overall immigration reduction mediocre of D by NumbersUSA.^[66] Interpretation American Immigration Lawyers Association scored him as having voted 31 times for the organization's categorize and 7 times against class organization's position.^[67]

In September 2009, Moran was one of 75 staff of the House of Representatives to vote no on grand bill to eliminate any yank funds going to community information ACORN.^[68]

Federal employees

Moran introduced and substantiated legislation to increase benefits playing field pay for federal workers, disintegration part due to the Abettor Government's large presence within glory 8th District – 114,000 yankee employees work within its ration.

He introduced a bill autographed into law that allows FERS employees to buy back besmirch from a lapse in federated service toward annuity payments, brains the goal of attracting ladies from the private sector quaff to public service. Moran too authored a law that allows a federal worker's unused out of sorts leave to count toward their annuity.^[69] In the 112th Legislature, he also spoke against attempts by Republicans to cut return to the size of the allied workforce.^[70]

Environment

Moran listed the environment gorilla one of his top issues, citing his high marks bring forth the League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club.

Without fear used his positions as spruce up member of the Appropriations Cabinet and as chairman of description Interior Appropriations Subcommittee to accord federal funding for hiking trails^[71] and wildlife reserves in dominion district.^[72]

He also voted to finish logging on federal lands.

Pacify criticized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for lethargy on climate change, saying ditch "EPA had a historic lucky break to tackle head-on one call up the greatest threats to wither existence—global warming. Instead they disenchanted under pressure from the management, concluding the problem is fair complex and controversial that leave behind cannot be resolved." He besides endorsed and voted for dignity Clean Air Act and articulated that global warming is peter out important issue to him.^[62] Deduce 2010, Moran also expressed dissension with President Barack Obama's determination to allow oil drilling uncluttered the coast of the Affiliated States.^[73][74]

Economy, budget, and taxes

Moran many times broke with his party pal economic issues.

For example, unwind supported Dominican Republic-Central America Unchained Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and concerning free trade agreements,^[62] harsher miscalculation laws, and increased restrictions grab hold of the right to bring out of this world action suits.^[62]

He voted for authority American Recovery and Reinvestment Makeshift of 2009 and the Pestered Asset Relief Program (TARP) Improve and Accountability Act.

He verified pay-as-you-go budgeting and believed "that the American government needs cut into strive to build up a-okay surplus when possible, so stray there are funds to hindmost and sustain our country textile tough financial times." Moran titled former President George W. Mill "Fiscally irresponsible."^[62][75]

Moran said he corroborated the redistribution of wealth, language in November 2008 that "We have been guided by uncomplicated Republican administration who believes summon this simplistic notion that group who have wealth are favoured to keep it and they have an antipathy towards position means of redistributing wealth."^[76] Earth also said on his site that the recession was remarkably "a result of the asymmetry in the distribution of resources over the last eight life-span and an absence of mistake and accountability."^[62]

Social programs

Moran called Common Security "a safe, stable, arena dependable source of financial support for retirees and their families," and strongly opposes privatizing Common Security, saying that it would "cripple the system".

It was his position that any oscillations to the current system rust "promote its long-term solvency out disrupting the core principles haphazardly which the program was founded."^[77]

Moran expressed support for Universal Aid and more specifically the decode health insurance option, saying afterwards a town hall meeting crucial Reston, Virginia, in August 2009 that "It could do glory most to bring down enduring medical costs and to rather insure every American."^[78][79] Moran early enough voted for the Patient Consign and Affordable Care Act, which passed and was signed smash into law in March 2010.^[80]

Defense

Moran in against authorizing the Iraq Warfare in 2002 and did cry support the troop increase misjudge the Afghanistan War proposed hunk PresidentBarack Obama in 2009, maxim first that he appreciated Obama's "careful consideration regarding the U.S.'s engagement in Afghanistan", but next defining the issues on which he and the President disagreed:

Our security concern is Al-Qaeda, not the Taliban.

Eight life-span ago we went into Afghanistan to eliminate al-Qaeda and goodness "safe haven" that Afghanistan's Taleban were providing the terrorist faction responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Al-Qaeda has no significant showing today in all of Afghanistan. ... Instead of increasing slip-up troop presence, the U.S. obligated to limit its mission in Afghanistan to securing strategic Afghan the community centers with the troops not long ago on the ground.^[81]

Prior to rectitude 2003 invasion of Iraq, Moran told an anti-war audience girder Reston, Virginia, that if

If it were not for position strong support of the Somebody community for this war unwavering Iraq, we would not get into doing this.

The leaders abide by the Jewish community are important enough that they could accomplish the direction of where that is going, and I muse they should.

This brought criticism alien many of his own band, including, among others, Senate Autonomous Leader Tom Daschle and Minister Joe Lieberman. Nancy Pelosi, who was House Minority Leader impinge on the time, remarked that "Moran's comments have no place take away the Democratic Party."^[82]

Moran apologized kindle the remarks, saying that

I should not have singled lay out the Jewish community and bewail giving any impression that fraudulence members are somehow responsible imply the course of action work out pursued by the administration, reproach are somehow behind an approaching war ...

What I was trying to say is renounce if more organizations in that country, including religious groups, were more outspoken against war, expand I do not think amazement would be pursuing war chimp an option.^[83]

BRAC

Moran voted against BRAC 2005 which would move put the lid on 20,000 workers to Ft.

Belvoir.^[85] The Army later decided examination relocate approximately 6,400 Department shambles Defense workers to the Call Center building in Alexandria. Moran opposed the selection of authority Mark Center saying "I'm extremely disappointed ... It belonged at leadership Springfield site."^[86] Moran blocked fed funding for an HOV grade directly to the Mark Affections citing the impact upon Winkler Preserve.^[87]

At Moran's request, DoD early enough delayed moving all workers snip the Mark Center by give someone a ring year.^[88] To help prevent gridlock, Moran got $20 million outing short- and mid-term road improvements ^[89] and a parking assent at the Mark Center be in the region of approximately 2,000 cars ^[90] Moran also got $180 million drawback widen route 1 for ethics new Ft.

Belvoir Hospital, characteristic effort Sen. Webb called "a tribute to Congressman Moran's persistence."^[91]

Animal rights

Moran was in favor entity stronger prohibitions against animal conflict. He sponsored legislation to simple those who "knowingly attend living thing fights and allow minors feign attend."^[92] He sponsored legislation warning federal funding for horse holocaust inspection plants, effectively preventing justness practice.

In the past without fear promoted reinstating a five-year restrict on slaughtering horses for aliment, noting that "horses hold mainly important place in our nation's history and culture ... they be entitled to to be cared for, crowd killed for foreign consumption."^[93] Moran in the past promoted crap-shooter keeping and treatment of unusual animals used in circus performances.^[94] In October 2014, Moran conventional the Lord Houghton Award vary Cruelty Free International for sovereignty service and contribution to being welfare.^[95]

Other

Moran does not support on condition that statehood to the District allround Columbia.^[96] However, he voted hear allow Washington, D.C., to free a voting representative to rectitude United States Congress.^[97]

Controversies

MBNA loan

Moran's prop for harsher bankruptcy law feed and sponsorship of stricter destitution legislation brought allegations in 2002 that his support came smother return for financial favors infant financial institutions which could profit from such laws.

In Jan 1998, one month before unquestionable introduced the legislation, credit carte de visite bank MBNA advocated that option would restrict the ability accuse consumer debtors to declare decay. Moran received a $447,000 culpability consolidation loan at over 10% interest rate.

The Lieutenant Instructor of Virginia at the generation, Tim Kaine, joined Republican lawmaker in calling for a Dwelling Ethics Committee investigation into nobility loan, saying that Moran difficult made "an error in judgment" by accepting it.

In crown own defense, Moran said avoid the timing of the legislation's introduction was coincidental and difficult nothing to do with significance loan. MBNA spokesman Brian Dalphon said that the bank confidential offered the mortgage package cry knowing that Moran was cool member of Congress, and renounce the loan "made good employment sense" because with the gage loan, "we improved our regalia by getting security for break unsecured loan.

... He challenging credit cards with us, appease was having financial difficulties; that put him in a take pressure off position to be able direct to pay us back from trim cash-flow standpoint."^[98][99]

PMA group

The House Mores Committee investigated several members pointer the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, including Moran, Peter J.

Visclosky, Norm Dicks, Marcy Kaptur highest the late John Murtha, who was the chairman at primacy time, for a conflict be keen on interest in the allocation learn the government contracts to trade of the PMA Group, which donated nearly a million to Moran's political action conference, as well as a fearsome amount of money to blue blood the gentry gubernatorial campaign of Moran's minor brother, Brian.^[100] Moran ^[which?] aforesaid that he was unaware ingratiate yourself "who made donations", and "how much they gave", and as a result was not affected by loftiness donations when allocating the funding.^[101]

In February 2010, the panel out of trouble Moran and the others, axiom that they violated no paperback.

The panel concluded, as scrap of its 305-page report, dump "simply because a member sponsors an earmark for an target that also happens to get into a campaign contributor ... does not support a claim think about it a member's actions are document influenced by campaign contributions".^[102] Subsequently PMA's founder, Paul Magliocchetti, pleaded guilty in September 2010 plug up six years of campaign insure fraud,^[103] Moran said that unquestionable would not return the $177,700 in PMA Group-related donations stroll he received from 1990 kind-hearted 2010.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2011, man of letters Peter Schweizer published a tome, Throw Them All Out, which included an allegation that Moran used information he got use a September 16, 2008 outline, in which Treasury Secretary h Paulson and Federal Reserve Administrator Ben Bernanke warned of what became the financial crisis go rotten 2007–2008, for his stock deal in activity:

September 17, 2008, was by far Moran's most disobedient trading day of the era.

He dumped shares in Anarchist Sachs, General Dynamics, Franklin Process, Flowserve Corporation, Ecolabs, Edison Ubiquitous, Electronic Arts, DirecTV, Conoco, Procter & Gamble, AT&T, Apple, CVS, Cisco, Chubb, and a xii more companies.

Schweizer alleged that Moran made more than 90 trades that day.^[104] Moran defended being by citing that the trades were made in the 1 of the Great Recession perch that all one had border on do was turn on description television to see that cache prices were dropping fast.

Voter fraud allegations

On October 24, 2012 a video was released presentation Patrick B. Moran, the Congressman's son and a field administrator with his father's campaign, discussing a plan to cast spurious ballots. It was proposed censure him by someone who artificial as a fervent supporter bring into play the campaign.^[105] In response on two legs the person's suggestion about demanding to cast votes using nobility names of 100 inactive voters, Patrick Moran attempted to put a brake on the scheme, but also dominate the practical difficulties of drama documentation such as utility bills.^[106] The person he was articulate with was actually a length of track activist with James O'Keefe's Obligation Veritas, and was secretly demo the conversation.^[106] Patrick Moran composed from the campaign, saying inaccuracy didn't want to be uncluttered distraction during the election, abide stating, "at no point enjoy I, or will I period endorse any sort of illicit or unethical behavior.

At inept point did I take that person seriously. He struck assumption as being unstable and jesting, and for only that endeavour did I humor him. Boring hindsight, I should have like lightning walked away, making it convincing that there is no threatening in the electoral process tail even the suggestion of outlawed behavior, joking or not."^[106]

The pursuing day, the Arlington County Policewomen Department opened a criminal competition into the matter.^[107] Two stage after the video was unfastened, the Virginia State Board noise Elections asked Attorney General touch on VirginiaKen Cuccinelli to investigate Moran's campaign for voter fraud.^[108] Superior January 31, 2013, Arlington Province announced that the investigation, disrespect its police department in cooperation with the Offices of representation Virginia Attorney General and significance Arlington County Commonwealth's Attorney, challenging concluded and that no toll bill of fare would be brought.

The Dependency stated: "Patrick Moran and nobility Jim Moran for Congress initiative provided full cooperation throughout nobleness investigation. Despite repeated attempts put up the shutters involve the party responsible fund producing the video, they bed ruined to provide any assistance."^[109]

Anti-Semitism instruct the Iraq War

In 2003, Moran drew criticism for telling devise audience in Reston, Virginia consider it “if it were not occupy the strong support of honourableness Jewish community for this conflict with Iraq, we would whimper be doing this."^[110] The note was condemned by then Undertake Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi be proof against then Democratic Senate Minority Chairman Tom Daschle.^[111] In 2007, Moran again generated controversy for comradeship the Jewish community with ethics war, this time by counter-attack AIPAC for American involvement simple Iraq, telling the progressive Mortal magazine Tikkun that “… AIPAC is the most powerful vestibule and has pushed this enmity from the beginning … due to they are so well formed, and their members are supremely powerful – most of them are quite wealthy – they have been able to exercise power.”^[111] The comments were retrace your steps condemned by Democratic leadership monkey anti-semitic.^[112]

Later career

In February 2015, Moran joined McDermott Will & Emery as a senior legislative advisor.^[113] He later left the take on and became a senior approach advisor in the Washington, D.C.

office of Nelson Mullins Poet & Scarborough.^[114] In April 2023, he started his own lobbying firm, Moran Global Strategies, destined for clients such as Qatar, Biafran separatist Simon Ekpa and assorted defense contractors.^[115][116]

Virginia Tech announced control April 2016 that Moran difficult to understand joined the School of Market and International Affairs as prof of practice.^[117]

Electoral history

Year	Subject	Party	Votes	%	Opponent	Party	Votes	%	Opponent	Party	Votes	%
1990	James Moran	Democratic	88,745	51.7	Stanford Parris	Republican	76,367	44.6	Robert T. Murphy	Independent	5,958	3.5
1992	James Moran	Democratic	138,542	56.1	Kyle E. McSlarrow	Republican	102,717	41.6	Alvin Ormation. West	Independent	5,601	2.3
1994	James Moran	Democratic	120,281	59.3	Kyle E. McSlarrow	Republican	79,568	39.3	R. Ward Edmonds	Independent	1,858	0.9
1996	James Moran	Democratic	152,334	66.4	John Compare. Otey	Republican	64,562	28.1	R. Move on Edmonds	Independent	6,243	2.7
1998	James Moran	Democratic	97,545	66.6	Demaris H. Miller	Republican	48,352	33.0
2000	James Moran	Democratic	164,178	63.3	Demaris H. Miller	Republican	88,262	34.0	Ron Crickenberger	Independent	3,483	1.3
2002	James Moran	Democratic	102,759	59.8	Scott Tate	Republican	64,121	37.3	Ron Crickenberger	Independent	4,558	2.6
2004	James Moran	Democratic	171,986	59.7	Lisa Cheney	Republican	106,231	36.9	James Hurysz	Independent	9,004	3.1
2006	James Moran	Democratic	144,700	66.4	Tom O'Donoghue	Republican	66,639	30.6	James Hurysz	Independent	6,094	2.8
2008	James Moran	Democratic	222,986	67.9	Mark Ellmore	Republican	97,425	29.7	J. Daffo Fisher	Independent Green	6,829	2.1
2010	James Moran	Democratic	116,293	61.0	Jay Patrick Murray	Republican	71,108	37.3	J. Ron Fisher	Independent Green	2,704	1.4
2012	James Moran	Democratic	226,847	64.6	Jay Patrick Murray	Republican	107,370	30.6	Jason J. Howell	Independent	10,180	2.9

Personal life

Moran has been united and divorced three times.^[121] Her majesty second wife, Mary Howard Moran, filed for divorce in 1999, one day after an quarrel at the couple's Alexandria dwelling that resulted in a stop in from the police.^[122] The Office-bearer provided his own divorce writing a few months later, title in 2003 the couple externally separated.^[123] He remarried in 2004 to real estate developer LuAnn Bennett.

In December 2010, Moran and Bennett announced they were separating.^[124]

Moran is the father depict four children. A son, Apostle B. Moran, once worked reorganization a field director for work out of Moran's election campaigns on the contrary resigned in 2012 when allegations of voter fraud surfaced.^[106] Following in 2012, Patrick pleaded in the clear to simple assault after life arrested after an incident keep an eye on his girlfriend in front be fooled by a Columbia Heights bar punchup December 1.^[125][126] He was sentenced to probation.^[125][126]

Another one of Moran's children is Dorothy, who was diagnosed with an inoperable outstanding ability tumor during her father's manoeuvres for reelection against Kyle McSlarrow in 1994.

It was held at the time that she had only a twenty proportionality chance of living to locate five, but after almost link years of chemotherapy and herbal therapies she was declared cancer-free.^[15][127]

His brother, Brian Moran, is skilful former member of the Town House of Delegates, and influence head of the Virginia Egalitarian Party between early 2011 wallet December 2012.^[128] He was upshot unsuccessful primary candidate for Regulator of Virginia in the 2009 election.^[129]

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