Congress.gov Biography:
"SHIMKUS, John M., a Representative from
Illinois; born in Collinsville, Madison County, Ill., February 21, 1958;
graduated from Collinsville High School, Collinsville, Ill.; B.S., West
Point Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1980; teaching certificate, Christ
College, Irvine, Calif., 1990; M.B.A., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville,
Ill., 1997; United States Army, 1980-1986; United States Army Reserve;
Collinsville Township, Ill., trustee, 1989-1996; Madison County, Ill.,
treasurer, 1990-1996; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifth
and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-present)."
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20061024
-
 Hastert
-  Foley
-  Fordham
- Palmer
-  Kolbe
-  Alexander
-  Boehner
-  Reynolds
- Shimkus
- Trandahl
-  Florida
-  Illinois
-  Arizona
-  Louisiana
-  Ohio
-  New
York
- "House
panel questions Hastert's top aide in Foley case."
... "Kirk Fordham, [Florida Republican Mark] Foley's former chief of staff,
said he alerted [Illinois Republican Dennis Hastert's chief of staff Scott]
Palmer several years ago to his concerns about Foley's friendships with
pages." ... "Palmer has denied Fordham's account." ... "So far, these people
have claimed they warned congressional leaders or their staff about Foley:"
... "• Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz. [Republican-Arizona], said he alerted Hastert's
staff in 2000 or 2001." ... "• Fordham said he spoke with the speaker's
office in 2002 or 2003." ... "• Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La. [Republican-Louisiana],
said he alerted the speaker's office last year and spoke to House Majority
Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio [Republican], and Rep. Thomas Reynolds, R-N.Y.
[Republican-New York], again this spring." ... "• Boehner and Reynolds
said they brought up Alexander's complaints with Hastert. The speaker said
he does not remember the conversation, but does not dispute that it occurred."
... "After Alexander contacted Hastert's office last year about e-mails
that Foley had sent a Louisiana page, Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill. [Republican-Illinois],
head of the House Page Board, and former House clerk Jeff Trandahl confronted
Foley, who promised to stop." -By Kathy Kiely
-USATODAY
20061009
-
Foley
- Hastert- Shimkus
- Alexander
- Fla
- Ill
- La
- Ariz
- Gay
-
 Lawmaker
-  Internet
- E-Mail
- Communication
- Messages
- "Lawmaker
Saw Foley Messages In 2000: Page Notified GOP Rep.
Kolbe." ... "A Republican congressman knew of disgraced former representative
Mark Foley's inappropriate Internet exchanges as far back as 2000 and personally
confronted Foley about his communications." ... "A spokeswoman for Rep.
Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz. [Republican-Arizona]) confirmed yesterday that a former
page showed the congressman Internet messages that had made the youth feel
uncomfortable with the direction Foley (R-Fla. [Republican-Florida]) was
taking their e-mail relationship. Last week, when the Foley matter erupted,
a Kolbe staff member suggested to the former page that he take the matter
to the clerk of the House, Karen Haas, said Kolbe's press secretary, Korenna
Cline." ... "The revelation pushes back by at least five years the date
when a member of Congress has acknowledged learning of Foley's behavior
with former pages. A timeline issued by House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert
(R-Ill. [Republican-Illinois]) suggested that the first lawmakers to know,
Rep. John M. Shimkus (R-Ill. [Republican-Illinois]), the chairman of the
House Page Board, and Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-La. [Republican-Louisiana]),
became aware of "over-friendly" e-mails only last fall. It also expands
the universe of players in the drama beyond members, either in leadership
or on the page board." ... "A source with direct knowledge of Kolbe's involvement
said the messages shared with Kolbe were sexually explicit, and he read
the contents to The Washington Post under the condition that they not be
reprinted." ... "Kolbe, the only openly gay Republican in Congress, is
retiring at the end of the year." -By Jonathan Weisman
with contributions by James V. Grimaldi -WashingtonPost
20061007
-
Hastert
- Foley
- Shimkus
- Boehner
- Reynolds
- Ill
- Fla
- Louisiana
- Ohio
- NY
- "Staffer
Cites Earlier Role by Hastert's Office: Confrontation
With [Florida Republican] Foley Detailed." ... "House Speaker [Illinois
Republican] J. Dennis Hastert's chief of staff confronted then-Rep. Mark
Foley about his inappropriate social contact with male pages well before
the speaker said aides in his office took any action, a current congressional
staff member with personal knowledge of Foley and his behavior with pages
said yesterday." ... "The staff member said Hastert's chief of staff, Scott
Palmer, met with the Florida Republican at the Capitol to discuss complaints
about Foley's behavior toward pages. The alleged meeting occurred long
before Hastert says aides in his office dispatched Rep. John M. Shimkus
(R-Ill. [Republican-Illinois]) and the clerk of the House in November 2005
to confront Foley about troubling e-mails he had sent to a Louisiana boy."
... "The staff member's account buttresses the position of Foley's onetime
chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, who said earlier this week that he had appealed
to Palmer in 2003 or earlier to intervene, after Fordham's own efforts
to stop Foley's behavior had failed. Fordham said Foley and Palmer, one
of the most powerful figures in the House of Representatives, met within
days to discuss the allegations." ... "Hastert maintains that he knew nothing
of Foley's actions until last week, when the story first broke and Foley
resigned. His stance contradicts that of House Majority Leader John A.
Boehner (R-Ohio) and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman
Thomas M. Reynolds (R-N.Y.), both of whom said they had informed Hastert
this spring." ... "Palmer, who shares a townhouse with Hastert when they
are in town, is more powerful than all but a few House members. Members
know that he speaks for Hastert." (1, 2)
-By Jonathan Weisman with contributions by Jim VandeHei,
Charles Babington, Dan Eggen, and Allan Lengel -WashingtonPost
20061004
-
Shimkus
- Foley
- Hastert
-
 Teen
- E-Mail
- Photograph
-  Media
- Illinois
- Florida
- Lawmakers
- "Defiant
Shimkus says he'll keep post." ... "[Illinois Republican]
Rep. John Shimkus mounted an intense media offensive Wednesday, saying
he has no intention of resigning from the House Page Board and angrily
lashing out at the press and Democrats who have questioned him about his
role investigating [Florida Republican] ex-Rep. Mark Foley's contact with
former House pages." ... "Shimkus said he had no knowledge of and no comment
on new reports that Foley's former chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, told House
Speaker [Illinois Republican] Dennis Hastert's office three years ago that
Foley had improper contact with House pages." ... "Shimkus, R-Collinsville,
serves as head of the board that oversees the page program, and he has
said he confronted Foley last year about a set of e-mails that Foley, R-Fla.,
sent to a former page. In a telephone interview Wednesday with the Post-Dispatch
from his Collinsville office, he maintained his actions were sufficient."
... "The news that Fordham may have alerted the GOP leadership to Foley's
conduct more than three years ago raised new questions about both Hastert's
and Shimkus' role in the scandal. On Wednesday, Hastert's chief of staff
said he had no such warning from Fordham." ... "And the two Illinois lawmakers
said that they only knew about one set of e-mail messages, in which Foley
asked a former page how he was doing, what he wanted for his birthday,
and for a photograph of the teen." -By Deirdre Shesgreen
-SLTrib.com
20060929
-
Mark
Foley - Florida
- John
Boehner
- Ohio
- NY
- Ill
-
 Mich
-  Calif
- "Foley
Interviewed About Page Last Year; Democrats Not Told: Ethics Inquiry Ordered."
... "[Florida Republican] Ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), who resigned Friday
after reports of his improper communications with a former male House page
were made public, was interviewed about some of those contacts by the chairman
of the House Page Board and the then-Clerk of the House last year." ...
"At least four Republican House Members, one senior GOP aide and a former
top officer of the House were aware of the allegations about Foley that
prompted the initial reporting regarding his e-mail contacts with a 16-year-old
House page. They include: Majority Leader [Ohio Republican] John Boehner
(R-Ohio), National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman [New York
Republican] Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) and Reps. [Louisiana Republican] Rodney
Alexander (R-La.) and [Illinois Republican] John Shimkus (R-Ill.), as well
as a senior aide to Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and former Clerk of
the House Jeff Trandahl." ... "[Michigan Democrat] Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Mich.),
who serves on the page board, was never told of the interview with Foley."
... ""I became aware of it this afternoon when [Shimkus] came by my office.
I think we should have had a page meeting right away," Kildee said, referring
to last year's discovery of Foley's e-mails." ... "When asked if was upset
about being excluded, Kildee said yes, adding, "I've been on the page board
for
20 years."" ... ""I'm the chairman of the page board," Shimkus said when
asked why he didn't include Kildee. "The Clerk and I addressed this issue.""
... "House Minority Leader [California Democrat] Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.),
who introduced a privileged resolution friday night to require an ethics
probe, criticized Republican leaders, who she said, "have known of the
egregious behavior of Congressman Mark Foley, yet were prepared to adjourn
tonight without an Ethics Committee investigation."" ... ""The investigation
must determine when Mr. Foley sent the inappropriate emails, who knew of
them, whether there was a pattern of inappropriate activity by Mr. Foley
with pages or former pages, when the Republican leadership was notified,
and what corrective action was taken once officials learned of any improper
activity," she added." -By John Bresnahan and Susan
Davis -RollCall.com
-
-
Mark
Foley - Florida
- Children
-
 Enforcement
-  Politics
- IM
- "Florida
Republican Foley Resigns From U.S. House Seat (Update2)."
... "[Republican] Representative Mark Foley, a Florida Republican, resigned
his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives today after ABC News queried
him about sexually explicit messages with underage congressional pages."
... "ABC News today said the network had read excerpts of instant messages
provided by former pages who said Foley made references to sexual organs
and acts." ... "[Speaker of the House, Illinois Republican Dennis] Hastert
said he had asked the head of the page board, Illinois Republican John
Shimkus, ``to look into this issue regarding Congressman Foley. We want
to make sure that all our pages are safe and the page system is safe.''"
... "Foley was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and co-chairman
of the House's Missing and Exploited Children Caucus." -By
Nicholas Johnston and Brian Faler -Bloomberg
-
Mark
Foley - E-Mails
- Florida
- Parents
- Enforcement
- Politics
- 2006
Election - La
- NY
- Ill
- "[Republican]
Foley Resigns From Congress Over E-Mails." ... "[Republican]
Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., abruptly resigned from Congress on Friday in the
wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former teenage male page." ...
"His departure sent Republicans scrambling for a replacement candidate
less than six weeks before midterm [2006] elections in which Democrats
are making a strong bid to gain control of the House." ... "Foley, 52,
had been a shoo-in for a new term until the e-mail correspondence surfaced
in recent days." ... "[Louisiana Republican] Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La.,
who sponsored the page from his district, told reporters that he learned
of the e-mails from a reporter some months ago and passed on the information
to [New York Republican] Rep. Thomas Reynolds, R-N.Y., chairman of the
House Republican campaign organization." ... "Carl Forti, a spokesman for
the GOP campaign organization, said Reynolds learned from Alexander that
the parents did not want to pursue the matter. Forti said, however, that
the matter did go before the House Page Board — the three lawmakers and
two House officials who oversee the pages." ... "It was unclear what the
officials did." ... "The board currently is headed by [Illinois Republican]
Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., who did not respond to requests for an interview."
-By David Espo and Jim Kuhnhenn with contributions
by Brendan Farrington, Larry Margasak, and Natasha Metzler
-AP via -SFGate.com
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