John Shadegg: Difference between revisions

|name = John Shadegg

|image = JohnShadegg.jpg

|office = Chair of the [[Steering and Policy Committees of the United States House of Representatives|House Republican Policy Committee]]

|leader = [[Dennis Hastert]]

|term_start = January 3, 2005

|term_end = January 13, 2006

|predecessor = [[Christopher Cox|Chris Cox]]

|successor = [[Adam Putnam]]

| office1 = MemberChair of the<br> [[U.S.Republican HouseStudy of Representatives]]<br>from [[ArizonaCommittee]]

|term_start1 term_end1 = January 3, 19952003

|predecessor1 successor1 = [[JonSue KylMyrick]]

|successor1state2 = [[Ben QuayleArizona]]

|birth_nameterm_start2 = JohnJanuary Barden3, Shadegg1995

|parents birth_place = [[StephenPhoenix, ShadeggArizona]]<br, />Eugenia[[United KerrStates|U.S.]]

|unit relatives = [[ArizonaStephen Air National GuardShadegg]] (father)

'''John Barden Shadegg''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|æ|d|ᵻ|ɡ}}; born October 22, 1949) is aan American politician and former [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representativerepresentative]] for {{ushr|Arizona|3|}}, serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]].

The district, numbered as the 4th Districtdistrict before the 2000 Censuscensus, includesincluded much of northern [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]].

Shadegg is the son of the former Eugenia Kerr and [[Stephen Shadegg]], both deceased. The senior Shadegg, a conservative political consultant and public relations specialist, supported [[Barry Goldwater]]'s 1952, 1958, 1968, 1974, and 1980 U.S. Senate campaigns and worked with [[F. Clifton White]] and [[Peter O'Donnell (Texas businessman)|Peter O'Donnell]] to organize the [[Draft Goldwater Committee]] in the 1963–64 presidential campaign. Stephen Shadegg also served not as the national campaign manager for Goldwater in 1964—that post went to [[Denison Kitchel]], also of Phoenix—but as the [[Western United States|western]] regional director of the Goldwater forces. A prolific author, Stephen Shadegg was considered the person closest to Goldwater in their shared [[Conservative (politics)|conservative]] philosophy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/24/obituaries/stephen-shadegg-goldwater-adviser-and-alter-ego-80.html|title=Stephen Shadegg, Goldwater Adviser And Alter Ego, 80|author=Glenn Fowler|date=May 24, 1990|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdateaccess-date=August 28, 2014}}</ref>

In 1975, he went to work for the law firm of Treon, Warnicke, Dann and Roush. Shadegg. In 1982, Shadegg led the re-election campaign of [[Robert K. Corbin|Robert Corbin]], for Arizona Attorney General. The election was challenged with claims that Corbin buried the prosecution looking into the murder of organized crime investigative reporter [[Don Bolles]] which Corbin's former employer was suspected in. Shadegg served as Special Assistant Attorney General for Corbin between 1983 and 1990. He was also Corbin's chief lobbyist, where he was the point man for the impeachment of Gov. [[Evan Mecham]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Executive Intelligence Review |work=LaRouche Volume 23, Number 40, October 4, 1996 |accessdateaccess-date=February 13, 2017 |url=http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1996/eirv23n40-19961004/index.html}}</ref>

On January 13, 2006, Shadegg officially joined the race for the [[Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]] as a compromise alternative candidate to Representatives [[Roy Blunt]] and [[John Boehner]]. Shadegg received the support of the [[National Review]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/editorial/editors200601131656.asp |title=Editorial: Shadegg for Leader |date=January 13, 2006 |work=National Review }}</ref> the [[Club for Growth]],<ref>{{cite press release |title=Club Endorses John Shadegg |publisher=The Club for Growth |date=January 13, 2006 |url=http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2006/01/press_release_club_endorses_jo.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190313/http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2006/01/press_release_club_endorses_jo.php |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the [[Arizona Republic]],.<ref>{{cite news |title=Editorial: Shadegg is gift GOP should open |work=The Arizona Republic |date=January 19, 2006 |url=https://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0119thur2-19.html }}</ref> and the blog ''RedState''.<ref>{{cite web |title=RedState's View: John Shadegg for Majority Leader |work=RedState |author=The Directors |date=January 12, 2006 |url=http://www.redstate.com/story/2006/1/12/102210/282 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118063029/http://www.redstate.com/story/2006/1/12/102210/282 |archive-date=January 18, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Feb. 2, after Shadegg came third in the first ballot, his supporters switched to second place Boehner, ensuring Boehner's election on the second ballot.

In 2007, he opposed several bills to set a deadline to withdraw troops from Iraq.<ref name="postkeyvotes">{{cite news |title=Key Votes By John Shadegg |worknewspaper=The Washington Post |accessdateaccess-date=February 19, 2008 |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000275/key-votes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311012450/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000275/key-votes/ |archive-date=March 11, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=110th Congress, 1st session, House vote 186 |worknewspaper=The Washington Post |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/house/1/votes/32/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=110th Congress, 1st session, House vote 265 |worknewspaper=The Washington Post |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/house/1/votes/265/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=110th Congress, 1st session, House vote 624 |worknewspaper=The Washington Post |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/house/1/votes/624/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://johnshadegg.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=61918 |title=Shadegg Opposes Senate War Supplemental Legislation |date=March 29, 2007 |publisher=Office of U.S. Congressman John Shadegg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070425191227/http://johnshadegg.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=61918 |archive-date=April 25, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=110th Congress, 1st session, House vote 32 |worknewspaper=The Washington Post |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/house/1/votes/32/ }}</ref> Shadegg voted against the [[Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007]], which increased the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour.<ref name="postkeyvotes" /><ref>{{cite news |title=110th Congress, 1st session, House vote 18 |worknewspaper=The Washington Post |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/house/1/votes/18/ }}</ref> Shadegg voted for a bill to build a {{convert|700|mi|km|adj=on}} fence along the border between the United States and Mexico ([[Secure Fence Act of 2006]]).<ref name="postkeyvotes" /> In 2005, Shadegg voted against a bill to create a flag-burning amendment to the Constitution.<ref name="postkeyvotes" /><ref>{{cite news |title=109th Congress, 1st session, House vote 296 |worknewspaper=The Washington Post |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/109/house/1/votes/296/ }}</ref>

Shadegg is a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online [[poker]]. In 2006, he cosponsored H.R. 4411, the [[Goodlatte]]-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04411: |title=Thomas (Library of Congress): HR 4411] |access-date=August 6, 2008 |archive-date=November 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081125231725/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04411: |url-status=dead }}</ref> and H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04777: |title=Thomas (Library of Congress): HR 4777] |access-date=August 6, 2008 |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018013459/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04777: |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Shadegg is vehemently opposed to the Healthcare Reform Package that was tabled in October 2009. He said the reform package is a "Soviet-style gulag health care", and will make American healthcare something akin to that available to the prisoners of Russian gulag.<ref>{{cite web|author=14 oktober 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XSFbvRXNGg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127151820/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XSFbvRXNGg| archive-date=2012-01-27 | url-status=dead|title=Rep. Shadegg: We're getting 'Russian gulag, Soviet style gulag healthcare' |publisher=YouTube |accessdateaccess-date=March 19, 2010}}</ref>

On October 14, 2009, Shadegg joined with three fellow Representatives in calling for the investigation of CAIR (the [[Council on American-Islamic Relations]]) over allegations of trying to plant "spies", based on a CAIR memo indicating that they "will develop national initiatives such as Lobby Day, and placing Muslim interns in Congressional offices." The request came in the wake of the publication of a book, ''[[Muslim Mafia]]'', the foreword of which had been penned by Congresswoman [[Sue Myrick]], that portrayed CAIR as a subversive organization allied with international terrorists.<ref name=co>[http://www.charlotteobserver.com/topstories/story/1047173.html Doyle, Michael, "Judge: Controversial 'Muslim Mafia' used stolen papers"], ''[[Charlotte Observer]]'', November 10, 2009, accessed November 17, 2009{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> CAIR has countered that these initiatives are extensively used by all advocacy groups and accused Shadegg and his colleagues of intending to intimidate American Muslims who "take part in the political process and exercise their rights."<ref>{{cite news |work=Salon.com |date=October 15, 2009 |url=http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/15/investigation/index.html |title=GOP House members call for investigation of Muslim political activity |author=Glenn Greenwald }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=Capitol Hill Publishing Corp. |date=October 14, 2009 |url=httphttps://thehill.com/homenews/house/6302352379-house-republicans-accuse-muslim-advocacy-group-of-trying-to-plant-spies/ |title=House Republicans accuse Muslim group of trying to plant spies |author=Jordy Yager |access-date=October 17, 2009 |archive-date=December 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207223906/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/63023-republicans-accuse-muslim-advocacy-group-of-trying-to-plant-spies |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2009, New York City Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] expressed confidence in the security of having five 9/11 suspects brought to trial in lower Manhattan, to which Shadegg gave an overheated response: "Well mayor, how are you going to feel when it is your daughter that is kidnapped at school by a terrorist?".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/11/lawmaker_what_if_terrorists_took_nyc_mayors_kid.php |title=Lawmaker: What if terrorists took NYC mayor's kid &#124; TPM News Pages |publisher=Talkingpointsmemo.com |date=November 17, 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=March 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124063640/http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/11/lawmaker_what_if_terrorists_took_nyc_mayors_kid.php |archive-date=November 24, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He later apologized to the mayor and his family for "the insensitivity of my remarks."

On March 17, 2010, after criticizing the lack of a [[single-payer health care]] system or an alternative [[public health insurance option|public option]] in health insurance reform proposals by the Obama administration, Shadegg, who has previously responded to the possibility of such a system as, "full on Russian gulag, Soviet-style gulag health care",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/14/shadegg-gulag-healthcare/|title=Rep. Shadegg: 'We're getting full on Russian gulag, Soviet-style gulag healthcare.'|date=October 14, 2009|accessdateaccess-date=March 18, 2010|website=[[ThinkProgress]]}}</ref> stated in an interview, "I would support single-payer."<ref name="hill_public_option">{{cite news|url=httphttps://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/campaigns/8752164452-shadegg-r-i-would-support-single-payer-over-individual-mandate/|title=Shadegg (R): 'I would support single payer' over individual mandate|date=March 18, 2010|accessdateaccess-date=March 18, 2010|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> Shadegg's spokeswoman later clarified the remark, explaining that the Congressman believes that "Forcing them [health insurance companies] to compete, even through a public option, would be better than an [[individual mandate]] which will not work."<ref name="hill_public_option"/>

On September 29, 2008, Shadegg voted against the [[Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008]] which created the [[Troubled Assets Relief Program]].<ref name="Bailout Roll Call">{{cite web|title= Bailout Roll Call | url= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/09/29/bailout.rollcall.0929.pdf| date= September 29, 2008 |accessdateaccess-date=September 29, 2008 }}</ref>

Despite his support of the second economic stimulus package bill, he voted "NO" on the first Economic Package and he also was a proponent of the [[2009 Tea Party protests]] which condemned any bailouts, and even spoke at a rally in Phoenix.<ref name="Think Progress">{{cite web|title= Republican Members of Congress embrace radical anti-Obama Protests | website= [[ThinkProgress]]| url= http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/08/gopestablishment-joins-teaparties/| date= April 15, 2009}}</ref>

Shadegg announced on February 11, 2008, that he would not run for an eighth term, saying that he wanted to "seek a new challenge in a different venue to advance the cause of freedom." However, Shadegg retracted the statement on February 21 and announced he would seek reelection.<ref name="Kraushaar">{{cite news |first=Josh |last=Kraushaar |title=Shadegg Un-retires, Will Run For Re-election |url=httphttps://www.cbsnews.com/storiesnews/2008shadegg-un-retires-will-run-for-re-election/02/21/politics/politico/thecrypt/main3861460.shtml |work=The Politico |date=February 21, 2008 |accessdateaccess-date=February 21, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="hensley">{{cite news |first=JJ |last=Hensley |title=Shadegg is asked to stay |url=https://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0214shadeggstay0215.html |work=The Arizona Republic |date=February 14, 2008 |accessdateaccess-date=February 15, 2008 }}</ref> Although it was speculated that he would run for the [[United States Senate election in Arizona, 2010|United States Senate in 2010]] if [[John McCain]] had become president,<ref>{{cite news |title=Will McCain Quit the Senate? |first=Ben |last=Pershing |worknewspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 19, 2008 |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2008/02/will_mccain_quit_the_senate.html?hpid=topnews |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523100527/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2008/02/will_mccain_quit_the_senate.html?hpid=topnews |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Shadegg had expressed his intention to leave public life and return to the private sector<ref name="hensley" /> before changing his mind.

On January 14, 2010, Shadegg announced he would not run for reelection to a ninth term. In his statement, Shadegg says he will "pursue my commitment to fight for freedom in a different venue."<ref name="2010 election">{{cite news|first=Dan|last=Nowicki|title=Arizona Rep. John Shadegg won't seek re-election|url=https://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/01/14/20100114shadegg-will-not-seek-re-election.html |newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]|date=January 14, 2010 |accessdateaccess-date=February 17, 2014}}</ref>

Early in 2011, Shaddeg joined the [[Goldwater Institute]] in Phoenix as a senior fellow; but he is no longer formally affiliated with the group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldwaterinstitute.org/article/congressman-john-shadegg-named-goldwater-institute-senior-fellow|title=Congressman John Shadegg named Goldwater Institute Senior Fellow|date=January 4, 2011|publisher=goldwaterinstitute.org|accessdateaccess-date=August 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903145013/http://goldwaterinstitute.org/article/congressman-john-shadegg-named-goldwater-institute-senior-fellow|archive-date=September 3, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

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