Politics
The Shays-Meehan bill has another hurdle or two before it officially wins House passage
Aug. 4, 1998
Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-Mass.) got to Congress by running against Congress.
May 2, 1993
World & Nation
Martin Meehan, a onetime Irish Republican Army commander who spurred IRA members toward compromise, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack in his Belfast home, the Sinn Fein party said.
Nov. 5, 2007
Rep. Martin T. Meehan plans to offer a bill to end ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ after a report finds that the policy may harm troop readiness.
Feb. 25, 2005
A solid majority of House legislators has indicated support for a comprehensive bill to clean up the corrupt system by which political campaigns are financed.
Aug. 2, 1998
Opinion
The right-wing hysteria over books with sexual, violent or racial themes is ridiculous. Not that the left, even in California, is entirely innocent
Jan. 31, 2024
Strategy: With campaign finance reform measure becoming a labyrinth of confusing amendments, lawmakers used ‘scorecards’ to turn the tide.
Obituaries
Three-time Tony Award-winning book writer Thomas Meehan, best-known for transforming the Little Orphan Annie cartoon strip into the smash Broadway musical “Annie,” has died at age 88.
Aug. 22, 2017
House champions of a bipartisan campaign finance bill rode out a wave of “killer” amendments Thursday and were within sight of winning a dramatic endorsement for their approach to correcting fund-raising abuses.
July 31, 1998
Finally, the House of Representatives has begun an extensive debate on a campaign finance reform bill that would close some of the most pernicious loopholes in current law.
June 19, 1998