Pat Meehan

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2010

Meehan began his campaign for Pennsylvania governor in 2008. [16] On August 7, 2009, however, he announced that he was ending his exploratory bid and would instead run for Congress. Reports indicated that another candidate, Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett, was too far ahead of Meehan in fundraising and endorsements. [17]

Meehan ran in Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district election, vacated by Joe Sestak, who defeated U.S. Senator Arlen Specter in 2010 in the Democratic Party primary, but lost to Republican Pat Toomey in the general election. Meehan ran unopposed for the Republican Party nomination in the May 18, 2010, Republican primary.

To appear on the primary election ballot a candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania is required to collect valid signatures of 1,000 registered voters in the congressional district. When evidence of fraud in some of Meehan's petitions was discovered by the Meehan campaign, Meehan alerted the Delaware County District Attorney. Michael Green, the District Attorney and Meehan supporter, turned over the matter to the office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General. Because the Attorney General, Tom Corbett, is the Republican candidate for governor, Lentz requested that the United States Department of Justice take over the investigation. [18] Paul Summers, a Republican campaign operative and volunteer, was charged with seven counts of forgery and seven counts of making false signatures. [19] He was convicted on seven of the charges after pleading guilty as part of a plea-bargain deal. [20]

Meehan defeated Democratic State Representative Bryan Lentz 55%–44%. [21] [22] [23]

2012

Meehan won re-election to a second term with 60% of the vote over Democrat George Badey. [24]

2014

Meehan won re-election in 2014, defeating Democrat Mary Ellen Balchunis with 62% of the vote. [25]

2016

Meehan ran for re-election in 2016. He defeated Stan Casacio in the Republican primary. [26] He defeated Democrat Mary Ellen Balchunis in the general election with 60% of the vote. [27] The general election was held on November 8, 2016. As the election concluded, Meehan easily won another term with 219,314 votes, which was 59.7%. [28] [29] Meehan won all the counties in the 7th Congressional District that include Delaware, Montgomery, Chester, Berks, and Lancaster counties. This is Meehan's fourth term in the 7th Congressional District. This election was a rematch of the election between Meehan and Balchinis in 2014. [30] The difference between this election and the one in 2014 is that this election occurred during a Presidential election year. [31]

Meehan's 7th district had been considered the poster child for egregious gerrymandering and its shape compared to an alien character from the classic arcade game Space Invaders. [32] In January 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the boundaries of the 7th and other Pennsylvania districts as unconstitutional. [33]

On April 27, 2018, Meehan resigned from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations. [34]

Tenure

Meehan was sworn in on January 5, 2011. He was appointed to serve as one of three freshman members on the House Republican Steering Committee and became one of the few[ quantify ] House freshmen to chair a subcommittee. Meehan was ranked as the 35th most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress (and the second most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania) in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy. [35]

Meehan supported reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. [36]

In February 2017, while serving on the Ways and Means Committee, he voted against a measure that would have led to a request of the Treasury Department for President Donald Trump's tax returns. [37] The measure failed 23–15 on a party-line, with all 23 Republicans voting against the measure. [37]

Committee assignments

Political positions

Economy

As far as fiscal policy, he voted for the Budget Control Act of 2011, [38] Cut, Cap and Balance Act, [39] and voted to defund NPR. [40] Among bills that became law, he voted for the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [41] and to extend the Patriot Act. [42]

Meehan has introduced the Jump Start for Job Creators Act, legislation that would encourage entrepreneurs to create jobs by increasing the maximum tax deduction for small business start-up expenses. [43] Meehan has led the effort to preserve funding for the V-22 Osprey, an advanced military aircraft manufactured in Meehan's district. [44]

In June, Meehan announced that six Chester County fire companies in Pennsylvania will receive $430,000 in federal grants to purchase new radios and rescue equipment. [45]

In November 2015, Meehan's H.R. 1314, The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, was enacted into law, [46] avoiding a government shutdown. [47]

Healthcare

Meehan has voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [48] [49]

Although he voted the bill out of Ways and Means Committee, Meehan opposed his own party and voted against the American Health Care Act of 2017, arguing that the bill's economic effects were insufficiently known and that the replacement did not adequately fund insurance for sick people. [50]

Homeland security

On November 14, 2013, Meehan introduced the Preclearance Authorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 3488; 113th Congress), a bill that would authorize the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish preclearance facilities, conduct preclearance operations, or provide customs services outside of the United States of America to prevent terrorists, terrorist instruments, and other national security threats from gaining access to the United States. [51]

On February 6, 2014, Meehan introduced the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014 (H.R. 4007; 113th Congress), a bill that would make permanent the United States Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) authority to regulate security at certain chemical facilities in the United States. [52] Under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, DHS collects and reviews information from chemical facilities in the United States to determine which facilities present security risks and then requires them to write and enact security plans. [52]

As a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Meehan chairs the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. Meehan has held hearings to investigate issues such as Iran's ties to terrorism and the risks posed by extremists in Pakistan. [53]

Other

Meehan introduced legislation, titled the 'Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement Act of 2013' (CIRDA), that passed the subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies in 2013. The bill aims to make key improvements in security for important infrastructure. The measure calls for expansion in research and development for security technology as well as implementing a new strategy in dealing with cyber threats that the Department of Homeland Security faces. This bill would also streamline sharing of these technologies to many other branches of government, thus making them more secure as a whole. [54] [55]

In 2013, Meehan introduced a bill called the Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement Act of 2013 (H.R. 2952; 113th Congress). If signed into law, the bill would require more oversight of the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity goals, according to Ripon Advance. The bill would require DHS to transmit to the Congress a strategic plan for research and development efforts addressing the protection of critical infrastructure and a report on departmental use of public-private consortiums to develop technology to protect such infrastructure. [56] On January 16, 2014, the United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies passed the bill, [57] and in February the full Homeland Security Committee approved the bill. [58] On July 28, 2014, the House voted to pass the bill in a voice vote. [59] [60]

Sexual harassment settlement

The New York Times revealed in January 2018 that Meehan used taxpayers' money to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by a female staff member. [61] After the alleged victim rejected his advances, Meehan allegedly grew hostile. [62] [61] The staff member began remote work to avoid Meehan's advances and ultimately left the job. [61] Following the report, Meehan denied the allegations against him. [61] He was removed from the U.S. House Ethics Committee. [15]

A few days later in an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Meehan denied harassment and said he was not sexually interested in the staffer, though explained she was his "soul mate" and he had reacted poorly to learning she had a new boyfriend. [63] Another two days later, on January 25, 2018, Meehan announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term, and not seek re-election in 2018. He said he would repay the taxpayer money if the Ethics Committee determines he committed sexual harassment. He also responded regarding his prior use of the term "soul mate". [1] On April 27, 2018, he abruptly resigned, saying that his intent is to repay the $39,000 settlement funds within 30 days of his resignation because "I did not want to leave with any question of violating the trust of taxpayers." [2] [64]

Post-political career

Following his resignation from Congress, Meehan worked as a consultant, forming the firm Harvey Run Strategies, and registered as a lobbyist. [65]

Personal life

Meehan, his wife Carolyn and their three sons live in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, [66]  – in Chadds Ford as of 2017 [67] and formerly Drexel Hill. [68]

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Pat Meehan
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th district
In office
January 3, 2011 –April 27, 2018
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Preceded by District Attorney of Delaware County
1996–2001		Succeeded by
Patricia Holsten
Preceded by United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
2001–2008		Succeeded by
Laurie Magid
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Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
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