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'{{otherpeople|James Moran}} {{Infobox_Congressman | name = Jim Moran | image name = Jim Moran.jpg | date of birth = {{birth date and age|1945|05|16}} | place of birth = [[Buffalo, New York]] | state = [[Virginia]] | district = [[Virginia's 8th congressional district|8th]] | term_start = January 3, 1991 | preceded = [[Stanford Parris]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | spouse = Mary Moran, divorced c:a 2000<br>LuAnn Bennett | religion = [[Roman Catholic]] | residence= [[Alexandria, Virginia]] | alma_mater= [[Holy Cross College]], [[University of Pittsburgh]] | occupation= [[stockbroker]] }}'''James Patrick "Jim" Moran Jr.''' (born May 16, 1945 in [[Buffalo, New York]]) has represented the {{ushr|Virginia|8|8th congressional district}} of [[Virginia]] since 1991. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. ==Early life== Moran was born in [[Buffalo, New York]] and grew up in [[Natick, Massachusetts]], a western suburb of [[Boston]]. He was a [[Boxing|boxer]].<ref name=DianaRay/> His brother, [[Brian Moran]], is a former member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] and was an unsuccessful [[primary election|primary]] candidate for [[Governor of Virginia]] in the [[Virginia elections, 2009|2009 election]]. He attended [[Marian High School]] in [[Framingham, Massachusetts]], the [[College of the Holy Cross]] ([[B.A.]] in [[economics]] 1967) and the [[University of Pittsburgh]], graduating with a [[master's degree]] in [[Public Administration]]. Voters elected him to the [[Alexandria, Virginia]], [[City Council]] in 1979. He was [[deputy mayor]] from 1982 to 1984, when he resigned as part of a ''[[Nolo contendere]]'' [[plea bargain]] to a [[misdemeanor]] [[conflict of interest]] charge, which courts later erased. In 1985 Moran was elected [[Mayor]] of Alexandria. ==Congress== In 1990, Moran won the Democratic nomination for the 8th District. Due to his popularity as mayor of Alexandria, he defeated 10-year incumbent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Stanford Parris]] by seven points. [[Mary "Mame" Reiley]] was instrumental in persuading (then) Mayor Moran to run for Congress in 1989<ref name="three">{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19300-2004Jul27.html |title=Women's Caucus Leader Extols Trailblazers |publisher=washingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2009-04-13}}</ref> later serving as his [[communications director]] during the campaign, and eventually serving as his [[chief of staff]] from 1991 to 1996. After the [[1990 Census]] gave Virginia one more House seat, most of the 8th's Republican areas were [[legislative redistricting|drawn into the new]] [[Virginia's 11th congressional district|11th District]], and Moran hasn't faced serious opposition since. The [[2000 Census]] gave Virginia no new House seats, but shifted districts westward, giving Moran heavily Democratic [[Reston]] and an [[gerrymander|oddly shaped]] 8th district.<ref name=McCaffrey_2006/> He is a member of the [[United States House Committee on Appropriations|House Appropriations Committee]]. In 1998, during the [[Monica Lewinsky]] [[Lewinsky scandal|scandal]], Moran was one of 31 House Democrats who voted with Republicans to launch a formal [[impeachment]] inquiry into [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. On October 10, 2002, Jim Moran was among the 133 members of the House voting against authorizing the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]]. Politically, Moran is a [[New Democrat]], and is affiliated with the [[Democratic Leadership Council]]. On economic issues he often breaks with his party, supporting [[Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement|CAFTA]] and other [[free trade]] agreements, harsher [[bankruptcy]] laws, and increased restrictions on the right to bring [[class action suit]]s. However, he strongly supports [[gay rights]] and [[gun control]], and voted against the [[Defense of Marriage Act]]. At different times he has voted to ban [[flag-burning]] and [[partial-birth abortion]]s, though he has reversed his positions on both issues. He cosponsored failed bills in 2005 to provide the [[District of Columbia]] with [[D.C. voting rights|a House seat]] and to prohibit [[Animal slaughter|slaughter]] of [[horse]]s.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR02043:@@@P |authorlink=Tom Davis |first=Tom |last=Davis |title=To establish the District of Columbia as a Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. (HR 2043) |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |date=May 3, 2005 |quote=Latest Major Action: 6/6/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. }}</ref><ref> {{cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:156:./temp/~bdXynY:@@@P |authorlink=Nick Rahall |first=Nick Joe |last=Rahall II |title=To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R.297) |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |date=January 25, 2005 |quote=Latest Major Action: 2/7/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.}}</ref> Moran appeared on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' as part of the series "[[Better Know a District]]". During the appearance he described himself as "gentle," but later jokingly punched Colbert in the face after Colbert called Moran a "coward."<ref name="colbert">{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=41474&ml_collection=&ml_gateway=&ml_gateway_id=&ml_comedian=&ml_runtime=&ml_context=show&ml_origin_url=%2Fshows%2Fthe_colbert_report%2Fvideos%2Fdistrict%2Findex.jhtml%3FplayVideo%3D41474&ml_playlist=&lnk=&is_large=false|title=Know a District: Virginia's 8th|first=Stephen|last=Colbert|date=2005-12-08|accessdate=2008-03-21|work=[[Better Know a District]]|publisher=[[Comedy Central]]}}</ref> Congressman Moran has publicly expressed enthusiasm for policies to [[Redistribution (economics)|redistribute wealth and income]].<blockquote> Now in the last seven years we have had the highest corporate profit ever in American history. Highest corporate profit! We’ve had the highest productivity! The American worker has produced more per person at any time, but it hasn’t been shared, and that’s the problem because we have been guided by a Republican administration who believes in this simplistic notion that people who have wealth are entitled to keep it and they have an antipathy towards the means of redistributing wealth.<ref>{{cite video |people = [[Jim Moran]] |date2 = 2008-10-31 |month2 = |year2 = |title =Redistribution of Wealth |url =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJyS1WJNisM&feature=player_embedded |format = |medium = |language = |publisher =Perhaps recorded by opposition researcher for Moran's 2008 opponent |location =Unknown location |archiveurl = |archivedate= |accessdate = 2009-08-13 |time = |id = |isbn = |oclc = |quote = }} Duration: 47 seconds</ref></blockquote> In May 2009, Moran introduced a bill that would restrict [[Television advertisement|broadcast advertisements]] for [[erectile dysfunction]] or [[Penis enlargement|male enhancement]] medication. He claimed that such ads were [[indecent]] and should be prohibited on [[radio]] and [[television]] between the hours of 6 am and 10 pm, in accordance with [[Federal Communications Commission]] policy.<ref>{{cite web | last =Jones | first =Susan | title =Liberal Democrat Wants Restrictions on Erectile Dysfunction Ads | publisher =[[Cybercast News Service]] | date =2009-05-05 | url =http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47636 | accessdate =2009-05-05 }} </ref> ==Darfur== On April 28, 2006, Moran, along with four other members of Congress and six other activists, was arrested for disorderly conduct in front of the [[Sudan]]ese [[embassy]] in Washington. They were protesting the alleged role of Sudan's government in [[Darfur conflict|ethnic cleansing in Darfur]]. According to the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', "Their protest and [[civil disobedience]] was designed to embarrass the [[military dictatorship]]'s ongoing [[genocide]] of its non-[[Arab]] citizens."<ref>Jim Doyle, [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/28/MNG4RIH93T7.DTL Five members of Congress arrested over Sudan protest], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', April 28, 2006. Accessed 25 September 2006.</ref> ==Controversies== {{controversy-section}}<!-- There's plenty of controversy, some of it hard to integrate into other sections. --> ===Assaults and threats=== After then Congressman Stan Parris, during the [[U.S. House elections, 1990|1990 campaign]], called him soft on [[Saddam Hussein]], Moran threatened to assault Parris.<ref name=DianaRay/> In the run up to the first [[Persian Gulf War]] in 1991, Moran had declared his support for [[President George H. W. Bush]]. When the vote came, he changed his mind and voted with the Democrats against the U.S. troop commitment. Afterwards, when he passed [[journalist]] [[J. Michael Waller]] on the street, Waller made a wisecrack about Moran's [[flip flop]]. Moran shouted at him repeatedly, grabbed him, and shouted some more - demanding to know his name and employer. When Moran later gave his version of the confrontation on a radio [[talk show]]. When Waller called in to complain of defamation; Moran left.<ref> {{cite news |title=Moran Grabs Writer, Screams and then Fantisizes on Radio |accessdate=2009-08-11 |url=http://www.questiaschool.com/read/5001748749%3Ftitle%3DIs%2520He%2520Hot-Headed%2520and%2520Quick-Fisted+(%22James+Moran%22+OR+%22James+P.+Moran%22+OR+%22Jim+Moran%22)+%22J.+Michael+Waller%22+-site:blogspot.com+-freerepublic.com&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us |work=[[Insight on the News]] |publisher=[[Questia Media America, Inc.]] |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |page= | pages= |language = |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}} </ref> In 1995, on the floor of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], he threatened to slug Rep. [[Dan Burton]], R-[[Indiana]], then [[chairman]] of the [[U.S. House Committee on Government Reform]]. "You pull that again and I'll break your nose!"<ref name=DianaRay> {{cite news |title=Is He Hot-Headed and Quick-Fisted |issue=22 |vol=16 |first=Diana |last=Ray <!-- |authorlink=Diana Ray --> |format=Fee |accessdate=2009-08-11 |date=June 12, 2000 |page=14 |work=[[Insight on the News]] |publisher=[[Questia Media America, Inc.]] |url=http://www.questiaschool.com/read/5001748749%3Ftitle%3DIs%2520He%2520Hot-Headed%2520and%2520Quick-Fisted+(%22James+Moran%22+OR+%22James+P.+Moran%22+OR+%22Jim+Moran%22)+%22J.+Michael+Waller%22+-site:blogspot.com+-freerepublic.com&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us |curly= |author= |author2= |author3= |author4= |author5= |author6= |author7= |agency= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= | pages= |language = |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}} </ref> His [[U.S. House elections, 1998|1998 opponent]] (and also [[U.S. House elections, 2000|2000 opponent]]), [[Demaris Miller]] (Mrs. [[James C. Miller III]]) reported that Moran began to lunge at her during a 1998 campaign forum, but stopped himself.<ref name=DianaRay/> Later in 1995 he attacked &mdash; from behind &mdash; fellow Rep. [[Randy Cunningham]], R-[[California]], [[U.S. Navy|naval]] [[flying ace|ace]] of the [[Vietnam War]] and [[TOPGUN]] instructor (but not yet a [[convicted felon]].) Once outside the House chamber, Moran threw a punch that Cunningham blocked. Colleagues and U.S. Capitol Police restrained them.<ref name=DianaRay/> In about 2000 he got into a scuffle with an eight year old [[black person|black]] [[second grade]] [[boy]] in Alexandria, whom he accused of attempting to [[carjack]] him. The lad in question was all of {{convert|4|ft|7|in|cm}} tall.<ref name=DianaRay/> Also in about 2000 Mary Moran, his wife, called Alexandria [[police]] accusing him of assaulting her. No charges were filed, but she filed for [[divorce]] the following day.<ref name=DianaRay/> ===Comments regarding Jews=== Prior to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] he told an antiwar audience in [[Reston, Virginia]] on March 3, 2003, that "If it were not for the strong support of the [[Jewish]] community for this war with [[Iraq]], we would not be doing this. The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going, and I think they should."<ref name=Brown_2003> {{cite news |title=The White House wants a vote at the Security Council Thursday, no later than Friday; Air Force Tests New Bomb |url=http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0303/11/asb.00.html |curly= |author= |first=Aaron |last=Brown |authorlink=Aaron Brown |author2=[[John King]] |author3=[[Richard Roth]] |author4=[[Jamie McIntyre]] |author5=[[Rusty Dornin]] |author6=[[Ari Fleischer]] |author7=[[Jonathan Karl]] |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=2009-08-13 |date=March 11, 2003 |format= |agency= |work=CNN NEWSNIGHT AARON BROWN |publisher= |location= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |page= | pages= |language = |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=Virginia Democrat Jim Moran sparked the controversy last week when he told an anti-war forum in Reston, Virginia, -- quote -- "If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this. The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going. And I think they should." Moran apologized, saying he should have not singled out the Jewish community. But after his comments hit the front page of "The Washington Post," fellow Democrats pounced. SEN. TOM DASCHLE (D-SD), MINORITY LEADER: I think that Mr. Moran made comments that were unfounded, baseless, and way out of line. KARL: House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said, in a written statement: "Moran's comments have no place in the Democratic Party." Joe Lieberman called the comments "deeply offensive and morally wrong." (on camera): But as eager as Democrats are to distance themselves from Moran, they are not calling for his resignation. And in a series of local TV interviews, Moran said that he is sorry, but not sorry enough to leave office. REP. JIM MORAN (D), VIRGINIA: I'm not going to resign. I don't quit easy, even if I sympathize with those people who are offended. But the voters put me here. And, for better or worse, I am going to stay here until they take me out of office. KARL (voice-over): Maybe not resign, but Democrats are openly speculating that he could face a challenge from another Democrat. DASCHLE: Well, I'm sure that there will be great debate within his district about what ought to be done, what options may be available to those. But I will leave that to the people of his district. KARL: But Moran has been a survivor. He was under fire for a controversial half-million dollar loan from a credit card company last year and he still won reelection by a margin of more than 20 percent. Jonathan Karl, CNN, Capitol Hill. }} </ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/moran.jews/ CNN.com - Lawmaker under fire for saying Jews support Iraq war - Mar. 12, 2003<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Moran said his comments were taken out of context, and he had said the same about the [[Catholic Church]] and [[Southern Baptist Convention]] at three antiwar forums.<ref> {{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10336-2004Jun2.html |tile=Q & A. The Incumbent: Rep. James P. Moran |work=[[Washington Post]] |date=June 3, 2004}} </ref><ref>Berlau, John. "Moran can't keep his tongue tied: there is growing alarm about Rep. Jim Moran's habit of uttering offensive statements about Jews and Israel, apologizing for his remarks, then doing it all over again. (The nation: anti-semitism)." Insight on the News 19.9 (April 15, 2003): 34(2). General OneFile. Gale. [[Fairfax County Public Library]]. <http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS>. Gale Document Number:A100111693. Retrieved 2007-11-27.</ref> The [[National Jewish Democratic Council]] criticized Moran's comments.<ref name=NJDC>[http://www.middleeast.org/forum/fb-public/1/3262.shtml Retiring Senator blasts AIPAC influence] Mid-East Realities</ref> Senate Minority Leader [[Tom Daschle]] said Moran's comments were "unfounded, baseless, and way out of line." House Democratic leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] said Moran's comments have "no place in the Democratic Party." [[Joe Lieberman]] called the comments "deeply offensive and morally wrong."<ref name=Brown_2003/> Writing in the December 22, 2003 edition of ''[[The Nation (U.S. periodical)|The Nation]]'', Letty Cottin Pogrebin charged that "Representative James Moran of Virginia stirred up another incendiary canard — Jewish influence — by attributing America's war with Iraq to 'the strong support of the Jewish community.'"<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/docprem.mhtml?i=20031222&s=pogrebin In Defense of the Law of Return<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> According to a [[Gallup Poll]], the vast majority of Jewish Americans oppose the war, even the minority of [[U.S. Republican Party|Republican]] Jews. .<ref>http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=26677</ref> According to an article about Moran by [[Alexander Cockburn]] in ''[[The Nation]]'',<ref>'No place in the Democratic Party,' Alexander Cockburn, The Nation, March 31, 2003, p. 8</ref> reporters like Robert Kaiser in the ''[[Washington Post]]'' have described the [[neoconservative]] lobby that supported the Iraq war, which includes such prominent Jewish neocons as [[Richard Perle]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], and [[Douglas Feith]]; ''[[The Forward]]'' reported that Jewish groups, such as [[Workmen's Circle]], were angry at the [[Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations]] for supporting the war; and the [[American Jewish Congress]] supported the war. In the [[U.S. House elections, 2004|House elections of 2004]] Moran for the first time faced a Democratic [[primary election|primary]] challenger, [[Andy Rosenberg]]. 58.5 percent of the district voted for Moran versus 41.5 percent for Rosenberg. Moran went on to be reelected to the U.S. Congress in the [[general election]] for his eighth term. In September 2007, Moran again angered Jewish organizations. In an interview with ''[[Tikkun (magazine)|Tikkun]]'',<ref>[http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/tik0709/frontpage/israellobby The Israel Lobby--and the Interview with Cong. Jim Moran,] Michael Lerner, Tikkun, September 2007.</ref> Moran said, "Jewish Americans, as a voting bloc and as an influence on American [[foreign policy]], are overwhelmingly opposed to the war," more than any other ethnic group. "But [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee|AIPAC]] is the most powerful lobby and has pushed this war from the beginning. I don’t think they represent the mainstream of American Jewish thinking at all, but because they are so well organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful &mdash; most of them are quite wealthy &mdash; they have been able to exert power. The reason I don’t hesitate to speak out about AIPAC’s influence &mdash; notwithstanding the fact that I’ll be accused of being [[antisemitism|anti-Semitic]] every time I suggest it &mdash; is that I don’t think AIPAC represents the mainstream of American Jewish thinking.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2007/09/18/todd.moran.vs.aipac.cnn Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name=WP-Moran-07>{{cite web | first = Amy | last = Gardner | title = Moran Upsets Jewish Groups Again | publisher = Washington Post | date = September 15, 2007 | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091402171.html | accessdate = 2007-09-15 }}</ref> The [[National Jewish Democratic Council]] responded "Rep. Moran’s comments are not only incorrect and irresponsible – they are downright dangerous.”<ref>{{cite web | title = NJDC TO MORAN: RETRACT AIPAC STATEMENTS | publisher = National Jewish Democratic Council | date = September 8, 2007 | url = http://www.njdc.org/njdcspeaks/detail.php?id=739 | accessdate = 2007-09-15 }}</ref> The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington complained that "[Moran] uses clearly anti-Semitic images such as Jewish control of the media and wealthy Jews using their wealth to control policy."<ref name=WP-Moran-07/> ===Earmarks=== The June 10, 2006, edition of the ''Arlington Sun'' reported that the previous evening Moran had told a crowd of 450 at the [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]] Democratic Committee's annual [[Jefferson-Jackson Dinner]] that if Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives in the [[U.S. House elections, 2006|2006 midterm elections]], he would use his [[seniority]] to secure more money for his congressional district. He stated, "When I become chairman [of the [[United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies|Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies]]], I'm going to earmark the shit out of it."<ref name=McCaffrey_2006> {{cite news |last=McCaffrey |first=Scott |date=June 10, 2006 |url=http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2006/06/10/arlington/news/nws936e.txt |title=Moran: Democratic Majority Means More Money for Eighth District] |work=[[Arlington Sun]] |accessdate=2008-08-19}} </ref> This assertion resulted in nationwide negative publicity for Moran after [[conservative]] [[columnist]] [[Robert Novak]] repeated the story in his [[print syndication|syndicated]] [[Column (newspaper)|column]]. Moran's office issued a statement asserting that he had made his remark in jest and that he remains committed to [[fiscal responsibility]].{{cn|date=August 2009}} (Moran is the 10th most senior of 37 Democrats on the committee, but did not become an Appropriations [[United States congressional subcommittee|subcommittee]] chairman after the Democrats took control of the House in 2007.)<ref> {{cite book |last=Barone |first=Michael E. |authorlink=Michael Barone |coauthors=[[Richard E. Cohen]] |title=[[The Almanac of American Politics]], 2008|editor=Charles Mahtesian |publisher=[[National Journal Group]] |location=[[Washington, D. C.]] |date=2007 |edition=Paperback |page=1684 |isbn=9780892341177}} </ref> This assertion resulted in nationwide negative publicity for Moran after conservative columnist [[Robert Novak]] repeated the story in his [[print syndication|syndicated]] [[column]]. Moran's office issued a statement asserting that he had made his remark in jest and that he remains committed to fiscal responsibility. (Moran did not become chairman of any subcommittees of the Appropriations Committee as a result of the Democrats taking control of the House in 2007.) On June 19, 2006, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that Moran supports [[Earmark (politics)|earmarks]] for "Project M", a technology involving [[magnetic levitation]]. To date, the project has received $37 million in earmarks. This project was designed to keep [[submarine]] machinery quieter, keep [[United States Navy SEALs|Navy SEALs]] safer in their boats, and protect [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] from [[roadside bomb]]s. [[The Pentagon]], however, has said that it has no use for the project. The owner of Project M's [[prime contractor]], Vibration & Sound Solutions Ltd., has given $17,000 to Moran's campaign.{{cn|date=August 2009}} ===Comments regarding House Majority Leader election=== Moran and newly elected [[Speaker of the House]] [[Nancy Pelosi]] both supported [[John Murtha]], D-[[Pennsylvania]], for [[House Majority leader]], but [[Steny Hoyer]], D-[[Maryland]] was elected. Moran said, "Some of the freshmen who came in with some naïvete are understanding the meaning [of Pelosi’s endorsement]...They'll screw themselves for the rest of their lives."<ref>[http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/111606/dem.html thehill.com]</ref> He subsequently alleged that some members had told both candidates that they would support them, saying, "We know who they are."<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6498330 NPR.org]</ref> ===Incident with U.S. Capitol Police=== On [[Inauguration Day]], January 20, 2009, Moran got into an argument with a [[U.S. Capitol Police]]man when Moran's wife tried to enter the Capitol unescorted during a lockdown situation just after [[President Obama]] had entered the [[Capitol]]. <ref>http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2JiNzBmOWVjMzQ4M2MwZGYyZTBhNmU2NTdhM2RiZTA=</ref> ===PMA Group=== The ''[[Washington Times]]'' reported in March 2009 that Moran had received, over ten years, $997,348 in [[Political donations)|campaign donations]] from clients of the [[PMA Group]]. In 2007 and 2008, the [[United States House Committee on Appropriations]], of which Moran is a member, directed $137 million in government purchasing to PMA's clients. The PMA Group is currently under investigation by the [[FBI]].<ref> {{cite news |author=Yost, Pete |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/24/murtha-fundraiser-missed-donor-pal/ |title=Murtha Fundraiser Missed Donor Pal |work=[[Washington Times]] |date=March 24, 2009 |page=6}} </ref> ===Financial conflicts of interest=== During his time in the House, Moran has been involved in a few controversies related to personal financial dealings with[[lobbyists]] and business interests. He was the chief Democratic sponsor of the [[Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act|bankruptcy reform bill]] (that made it more difficult for a bankrupt person to escape his debts), after a major [[credit card]] issuer gave him a large home [[equity loan]] under [[Sweetheart deal|unusually favorable terms]]. Moran contended in press accounts that his support for the bankruptcy bill had nothing to do with this loan. ==Elections to the House of Representatives== ===2006=== In 2006, Moran was re-elected with 66 percent of the vote, defeating [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Thomas O'Donoghue, (31 percent) and [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] candidate [[Jim Hurysz]] (3 percent). ===2008=== Candidates for this District in 2008 include Ron Fisher ([[Independent Green]]), Ellmore (R), and Jim Moran (D). Moran beat a primary challenger with 86% of the vote. In the [[U.S. House elections, 2008|November 4 General Election]], Moran beat [[Mark Ellmore]] 67.94 percent to 29.68 percent. He received 222,986 votes, while Ellmore and Fisher received 97,425 and 6,829 votes, respectively. 957 write-in votes were cast. ==Committee assignments== *'''[[United States House Committee on Appropriations|Committee on Appropriations]]''' **[[United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense|Subcommittee on Defense]] **[[United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies|Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies]] **[[United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies|Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://moran.house.gov/ Congressman Jim Moran] '''official U.S. House website''' *[http://www.jimmoran.org/ Jim Moran for Congress] '''official campaign website''' {{CongLinks | congbio = m000933 | fec = H0VA08040 | opensecrets = N00002083 | votesmart = H4122103 | ontheissuespath = VA/James_Moran.htm | legistorm = | surge = | govtrack = | findagrave = }} *[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jim_Moran Profile] at [[SourceWatch]] [[Congresspedia]] *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25332-2004Jun8.html Moran Wins Va Primary] ''Washington Post'', June 8, 2004, controversies analyzed *[http://findingourvoices.com/ht/d/sp/i/336/pid/336 Jim Moran as featured in the film, '''FINDING OUR VOICES'''] Moran's views on the Iraq war *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Congressman-Jim-Moran/100123453059?ref=ts Jim Moran on [[Facebook]]] {{start box}} {{USRepSuccessionBox | state=Virginia | district=8 | before=[[Stanford E. 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