Patrick Leo Meehan was born on October 20,1955 and is a former American Republican Party politician and federal prosecutor from Pennsylvania who represented parts of Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, Berks, and Lancaster counties in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 until his resignation in 2018.
22 Facts About Pat Meehan
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Pat Meehan succeeded Democrat Joe Sestak, who ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
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Pat Meehan attended Bowdoin College in Maine, graduating in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Pat Meehan attended Temple Law School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1986 with his Juris Doctor degree.
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Pat Meehan went on to serve as Special Counsel to US Senator Arlen Specter.
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In 1995 and 1999, Pat Meehan was elected the District Attorney of Delaware County as a Republican.
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Pat Meehan established the United States Department of Justice's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in Pennsylvania.
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Pat Meehan became the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on September 17,2001, six days after the September 11,2001 attacks.
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Pat Meehan was appointed by President George W Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate.
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Pat Meehan headed an office of over 200 lawyers and staff backed up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Department of Homeland Security and the US Postal Inspection Service Office.
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The US Attorney's Office under Pat Meehan was nationally recognized for its work in the field of health-care fraud.
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Pat Meehan was applauded in the press and in the city for his handling of the situation, which resulted in twelve indictments including that of Street confidant Ronald White and city treasurer Corey Kemp, who was convicted and sentenced to ten years in federal prison.
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Pat Meehan ran unopposed for the Republican Party nomination in the May 18,2010, Republican primary.
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Michael Green, the District Attorney and Pat Meehan supporter, turned over the matter to the office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General.
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Pat Meehan was convicted on seven of the charges after pleading guilty as part of a plea-bargain deal.
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Pat Meehan won all the counties in the 7th Congressional District that include Delaware, Montgomery, Chester, Berks, and Lancaster counties.
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Pat Meehan was appointed to serve as one of three freshman members on the House Republican Steering Committee and became one of the few House freshmen to chair a subcommittee.
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Pat Meehan was ranked as the 35th most bipartisan member of the US House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy.
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Pat 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.
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Pat Meehan has led the effort to preserve funding for the V-22 Osprey, an advanced military aircraft manufactured in Pat Meehan's district.
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Pat Meehan was removed from the US House Ethics Committee.
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Pat Meehan responded regarding his prior use of the term "soul mate".