Jim Leach, who represented Iowa in Congress for 30 years, and was known for his bipartisanship and as a champion of democratic process issues, was unanimously voted chairman of Common Cause's National Governing Board, the organization announced Monday. <\/p>
L\u00e0 m\u1ed9t th\u00e0nh vi\u00ean \u0110\u1ea3ng C\u1ed9ng h\u00f2a t\u1eebng ph\u1ee5c v\u1ee5 t\u1ea1i H\u1ea1 vi\u1ec7n Hoa K\u1ef3 cho \u0111\u1ebfn n\u0103m 2006, Leach thay th\u1ebf lu\u1eadt s\u01b0 Martha Tierney \u0111\u1ebfn t\u1eeb Denver, ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111ang gi\u1eef ch\u1ee9c v\u1ee5 quy\u1ec1n ch\u1ee7 t\u1ecbch. Leach hi\u1ec7n l\u00e0 gi\u00e1m \u0111\u1ed1c t\u1ea1m quy\u1ec1n c\u1ee7a Vi\u1ec7n Ch\u00ednh tr\u1ecb t\u1ea1i Tr\u01b0\u1eddng Qu\u1ea3n l\u00fd Nh\u00e0 n\u01b0\u1edbc John F. Kennedy thu\u1ed9c \u0110\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc Harvard. \u00d4ng \u0111ang t\u1ea1m ngh\u1ec9 vi\u1ec7c t\u1ea1i \u0110\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc Princeton, n\u01a1i \u00f4ng l\u00e0 Gi\u00e1o s\u01b0 th\u1ec9nh gi\u1ea3ng John L. Weinberg v\u1ec1 Quan h\u1ec7 C\u00f4ng ch\u00fang v\u00e0 Qu\u1ed1c t\u1ebf t\u1ea1i Tr\u01b0\u1eddng Woodrow Wilson. <\/p>
\"We're so busy telling everyone else in the world how to do democracy that we've failed to place a proper emphasis on improving our own model,\" Leach said. \"One of our most glaring shortcomings relates to conflicts of interest that grow out of the vast sums of money distributed through American campaigns. The problems of following the money make clear the case for a more transparent system, one where all citizens have opportunity to seek on a fair and competitive basis elective office. Common Cause is dedicated to campaign finance reform, and in a larger sense to uplifting the American debate and revitalizing the American political ethic. I look forward to being part of that effort.\" <\/p>
Bob Edgar, the president of Common Cause, and a former Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania who served with Leach in the US House, said: \"Jim Leach knows how to find common ground on the important progressive issues we work on. He brings tremendous political skill in our fight for John Gardner's vision of a government that serves the public's interest, not the special interests.\" <\/p>
Leach ph\u1ee5c v\u1ee5 t\u1ea1i H\u1ea1 vi\u1ec7n Hoa K\u1ef3 t\u1eeb n\u0103m 1976 \u0111\u1ebfn n\u0103m 2007. \u00d4ng l\u00e0 ch\u1ee7 t\u1ecbch \u1ee6y ban Ng\u00e2n h\u00e0ng v\u00e0 D\u1ecbch v\u1ee5 T\u00e0i ch\u00ednh, Ti\u1ec3u ban v\u1ec1 c\u00e1c V\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 Ch\u00e2u \u00c1 v\u00e0 Th\u00e1i B\u00ecnh D\u01b0\u01a1ng, v\u00e0 \u1ee6y ban H\u00e0nh ph\u00e1p Qu\u1ed1c h\u1ed9i v\u1ec1 Trung Qu\u1ed1c. \u00d4ng l\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi ti\u00ean phong \u1ee7ng h\u1ed9 lu\u1eadt m\u1edf r\u1ed9ng h\u1ed7 tr\u1ee3 \u0111i\u1ec1u tr\u1ecb v\u00e0 ph\u00f2ng ng\u1eeba AIDS, x\u00f3a n\u1ee3 qu\u1ed1c t\u1ebf, c\u1ea5m c\u1edd b\u1ea1c tr\u1ef1c tuy\u1ebfn v\u00e0 c\u1ea3i c\u00e1ch ng\u00e0nh d\u1ecbch v\u1ee5 t\u00e0i ch\u00ednh. \u00d4ng c\u00f3 l\u1ebd \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c bi\u1ebft \u0111\u1ebfn nhi\u1ec1u nh\u1ea5t v\u1edbi t\u01b0 c\u00e1ch l\u00e0 t\u00e1c gi\u1ea3 ch\u00ednh c\u1ee7a lu\u1eadt Gramm-Leach-Bliley, \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c coi l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t trong nh\u1eefng v\u0103n b\u1ea3n lu\u1eadt ng\u00e2n h\u00e0ng quan tr\u1ecdng nh\u1ea5t c\u1ee7a th\u1ebf k\u1ef7 20, ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u1ee9ng sau \u0110\u1ea1o lu\u1eadt D\u1ef1 tr\u1eef Li\u00ean bang n\u0103m 1913 v\u1ec1 t\u1ea7m quan tr\u1ecdng. <\/p>
Leach's tenure in Congress was also marked by concern for the democratic process issues that are the hallmark of Common Cause. He championed campaign reform and pressed for a system of public financing of elections. Leach in his own campaigns refused to accept political action committee contributions or donations from outside of Iowa. <\/p>
Leach attended Princeton, the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins, and the London School of Economics. A former U.S Foreign Service officer, he served as a delegate to the Geneva Disarmament Conference and the U.N. General Assembly. In 1973, Leach resigned his commission in protest of the Saturday Night Massacre when Richard Nixon fired his Attorney General, Eliot Richardson, and the independent counsel investigating the Watergate break-in, Archibald Cox. Cox later served as Common Cause's national governing board chairman from 1980 to 1992. <\/p>
Leach serves on the board of several public companies and three non-profit organizations - the Century Foundation, the Kettering Foundation, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and formerly served as a trustee of Princeton University. <\/p>
\u00d4ng Leach s\u1edf h\u1eefu t\u00e1m b\u1eb1ng danh d\u1ef1 v\u00e0 \u0111\u00e3 nh\u1eadn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c hu\u00e2n ch\u01b0\u01a1ng t\u1eeb hai ch\u00ednh ph\u1ee7 n\u01b0\u1edbc ngo\u00e0i. \u00d4ng l\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi nh\u1eadn Gi\u1ea3i th\u01b0\u1edfng Ch\u00ednh tr\u1ef1c Wayne Morse trong Ch\u00ednh tr\u1ecb, Gi\u1ea3i th\u01b0\u1edfng Woodrow Wilson c\u1ee7a \u0110\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc Johns Hopkins, Gi\u1ea3i th\u01b0\u1edfng Adlai Stevenson c\u1ee7a Hi\u1ec7p h\u1ed9i Li\u00ean H\u1ee3p Qu\u1ed1c v\u00e0 Gi\u1ea3i th\u01b0\u1edfng Edger Wayburn c\u1ee7a C\u00e2u l\u1ea1c b\u1ed9 Sierra. <\/p>
Leach s\u1ed1ng t\u1ea1i Iowa City v\u00e0 Cambridge v\u1edbi v\u1ee3 Elisabeth (Deba), con trai Gallagher v\u00e0 con g\u00e1i Jenny.<\/p>
Click here to read Leach's biography.<\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\n