David Vitter
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Don't count illegal immigrants? That doesn't add up...2, 2009 Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, has introduced legislation that, if passed, would instruct the U.S. Census Bureau not to take into account illegal immigrants and other noncitizens in the 2010 census. I'm all for it. In this article: Tax, Unemployment, Medicare, Columbia University, David Vitter, U.S. Census Bureau, and U.S. |
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | October 13, 2009
Census Bureau knocks Sen. David Vitter's proposal to ask about immigration status
Census Bureau knocks Sen. David Vitter's proposal to ask about immigration status Latest Political & State Legislature News, Blogs and Articles The Commerce Department and Census Bureau declared Tuesday that an amendment by Sen. David...
In this article: Census Bureau, Louisiana, California, and Robert Bennett
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Miami Herald | November 15, 2009
Mass. immigrant tuition bill to get new push
...Latino groups, as well as some opponents of comprehensive immigration legislation. Vitter calls his amendment, which he hopes to attach to a Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill, necessary to try to exclude illegal...
In this article: Massachusetts, Appropriation, Council on Foreign Relations, GOP, Florida, Respondent, Recession, and Waste
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Landrieu rejects Vitter's census-citizenship idea
...says. The amendment was offered as an addition to a spending bill for the Census Bureau and other agencies by Landrieu's Republican Louisiana colleague, David Vitter, who has been unable to get a Senate vote on his measure. Landrieu...
In this article: Mary Landrieu, Louisiana, Charlie Melancon, and Respondent
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washingtonpost.com | November 05, 2009
Senate kills census citizenship amendment
Lawmakers voted 60 to 39 to effectively kill an amendment by Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Robert Bennett (R-Utah) that would have excluded illegal immigrants from population totals used to apportion Congressional seats in each state. The...
In this article: Census Bureau, Fourteenth Amendment, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Robert Bennett, Wade Henderson, Utah, and United States
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The Advertiser | October 27, 2009
Delegation pushes on citizenship
...were based on citizens only," Fleming wrote. The amendment by Vitter and U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, would freeze Census Bureau funds if it doesn't add the citizenship question. The amendment has been in limbo and its fate is...
In this article: Mary Landrieu, Respondent, Louisiana, Census Bureau, U.S., Bob Bennett, Steve Scalise, and Rodney Alexander
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Washington Times | October 27, 2009
Vitter takes on census, immigrant rights groups
In his push to have the Census Bureau count the number of U.S. citizens, Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican, is taking a very parochial approach with his colleagues: Your state could be the one to lose an extra seat in Congress. Mr....
In this article: Census Bureau, George Mason University, Joe Baca, Barbara Lee, and New York
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PR Newswire: Multicultural News | November 05, 2009
NALEO Educational Fund Condemns Vitter-Bennett Amendment as Effort to Suppress Latino Census Count
...deprive our nation of timely and accurate data critical to our representative democracy. Senator David Vitter (R-LA) and Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT) have proposed an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies (CJS)...
In this article: Census Bureau, Appropriation, Robert Bennett, Democracy, and National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
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Landrieu turns up heat after Vitter's census-citizenship proposal
...2009, 6:56AM Republican Sen. David Vitter's ongoing crusade to include a citizenship question on the 2010 Census, and then exclude non-citizens from the reapportionment count, has managed to inflame passions all around. And that was...
In this article: Mary Landrieu, Louisiana, Census Bureau, United States, and Respondent
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David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party. Formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives, first elected in 1999, representing the suburban Louisiana's 1st congressional district, Vitter was elected to the Senate in 2004.
Vitter was born and raised in New Orleans. He attended Harvard University for his undergraduate studies and Tulane University for law school in addition to winning a Rhodes Scholarship to University College, Oxford. He served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives before entering the U.S. House.
Vitter is a staunch political conservative. His legislative agenda includes positions ranging from pro-life to pro-gun rights while legislating against gambling, same-sex marriage, funding for abortion providers, increases in the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the United Nations, and amnesty for America's undocumented workers.
Vitter's stated positions include a balanced budget constitutional amendment, abolishing the federal and state estate tax, increasing local police forces, and an assortment of health care, tax and national defense reforms.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Vitter worked with the Louisiana congressional delegation to bring disaster relief to the region for rebuilding and aiding the victims disagreeing primarily over the issue of public housing.
In July 2007, Vitter was identified as a client of "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey's prostitution service in Washington, D.C.
Vitter has announced that he is running for reelection to his Senate seat in 2010.
- Birth Date:
- May 03, 1961
- Birthplace:
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Spouse:
- Wendy Baldwin Vitter
- Residence:
- Metairie, Louisiana
- University Attended:
- Harvard University; Oxford University; Tulane Law School
- Occupation:
- Attorney
- Political party:
- Republican
- Represents:
- Louisiana
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