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Edward John Markey (born July 11, 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1976, representing the 7th District of Massachusetts. He was born in Malden, Massachusetts, was educated at Malden Catholic High School, Boston College and Boston College Law School, served in the United States Army Reserve, and was a lawyer and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing Malden and Melrose before entering the U.S. House. July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as... Massachusetts Congressional District 7 is a congessional district in eastern Massachusetts. ... Malden Auditorium in 1909 Malden is a city located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ... Malden Catholic High School, founded in 1932, is a private, Catholic secondary school for young men. ... This article is about Boston College. ... Boston College Boston College Law School, known colloquially as BC Law, is one of the professional graduate schools of Boston College. ... The United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. ... The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts. ...

He is the ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

He is well known for his advocacy for ending torture and the practice of Extraordinary Rendition, through the Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act. Extraordinary rendition is an American extra-judicial procedure which involves the sending of criminal suspects, generally suspected terrorists or alleged supporters of groups which the US Government considers to be terrorist organizations, to countries other than the United States for imprisonment and interrogation. ...

In 2004, he announced that he would run for John Kerry's seat in the United States Senate if Kerry were to be elected President of the United States. Kerry, however, lost the election, but Markey was reelected easily in 2004 over Republican Ken Chase and Independent Jim Hall by a margin of 74%-21%-5%. John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 109th Congress were held on November 2, 2004. ... Jim Hall is a programmer for the FreeDOS project and the original developer of the GNU Robots program. ...

Since May 2005 he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. Logo of Huffington Post The Huffington Post (often shortened to HuffPost or HuffPo) is a left-leaning political group weblog founded by Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer. ...

He is married to Dr. Susan Blumenthal.

External link

Official Website
Ed Markey's biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by: Torbert H. Macdonald	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Massachusetts's 7th district November 2, 1976–present	Incumbent

Massachusetts Congressional Delegation currently serving in the United States Congress
Senators :	Edward Kennedy (D), John Kerry (D)
Representative(s) :	John Olver (D), Richard Neal (D), Jim McGovern (D), Barney Frank (D), Marty Meehan (D), John F. Tierney (D), Ed Markey (D), Mike Capuano (D), Stephen Lynch (D), Bill Delahunt (D)
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