ENG:Thaddeus George "Thad" McCotter (born August 22, 1965) is a former U.S. Representative from Michigan's 11th congressional district, serving from 2003 to 2012. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes portions of Detroit's northwestern suburbs, such as Livonia, Westland and Novi.
From July 2 to September 21, 2011, he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in the 2012 election. After quitting his presidential campaign he decided to run again for his seat in Congress, but he failed to qualify for the 2012 Republican primary in his congressional district after massive fraud resulted in the rejection of approximately 85% of his petition signatures as invalid. He briefly mounted a write-in bid in the primary, and on June 2, 2012, announced he would ...
Thaddeus George "Thad" McCotter (born August 22, 1965) is the U.S. Representative to Michigan's 11th congressional district, serving since 2003. , positive
McCotter presents WW II veterans and members of the 8th Air Force, 303rd Bombardment Group Eddie Deerfield of Palm Harbor and William Cox of Vacaville with a Congr. proclamation. , positive
Congressional band. Clockwise from bottom, Reps. Kenny Hulshof, Collin Peterson, Dave Weldon, Jon Porter and Thaddeus McCotter, rehearse in Peterson's office. , positive
Rep Thaddeus McCotter stands with his wife Rita and two of their three children as he formally announces his bid for the 2012 U.S. presidential race at a "Freedom Festival". , positive
U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter says his plan to "save Social Security" will not alienate those who currently rely on the retirement program."I started from the premise that the majority of people don't want privatization, they don't want to see benefits reduced, they don't want to see the payroll tax increased or the age hike," the Livonia Republican said Tuesday on WJR-AM 760. "So if you know what nobody wants, you have to figure out a way to get something done."McCotter's legislation, which he unveiled Monday to little fanfare, would allow workers 50 years old and younger to divert a portion of ...
First things first: You may not have heard of Thaddeus McCotter if you're not from Michigan. He's a Republican House member who's also running for the Republican nomination for president.McCotter wrote an op-ed for the National Review, published Aug. 16, 2011, laying out some of his ideas for restoring the nation's economic vitality. Some of his ideas are widely held by the Republican Party, such as reducing federal spending. But others are not: He suggests new regulations requiring banks to have 20 percent of their assets in the form of readily available capital.McCotter also has ideas for ...
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., a five-term congressman who isn't well known on the national stage, is mulling a possible presidential run. "A decision hasn't been made, but it will be made soon.... I’m not going to put a timeline on it," he told the Daily Caller.
McCotter has been working his way into the inner circle of the Republican leadership since his early support of John Boehner, R-Ohio, for majority leader in 2006. As Cook Political Report's David Wasserman writes, McCotter has few options if he wants to continue to climb: "Republicans haven't broken through at the Senate ...