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'''David Bruce Vitter''' (born [[May 3]], [[1961]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician, currently serving as the junior [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Louisiana]]. He was formerly a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], first elected in [[1999]], to represent the [[suburbs|suburban]] First Congressional District of Louisiana. In [[July]] [[2007]], Vitter was identified as a client of "D.C. Madam" [[Deborah Jeane Palfrey]]'s escort service in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="CNN071007">{{cite web
'''David Bruce Vitter''' (born [[May 3]], [[1961]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician, currently serving as the junior [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Louisiana]]. He was formerly a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], first elected in [[1999]], to represent the [[suburbs|suburban]] First Congressional District of Louisiana.
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==Early life, career, and family==
==Early life, career, and family==

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David Vitter
United States Senator
from Louisiana
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2005
Serving with Mary Landrieu
Preceded byJohn Breaux
Succeeded byIncumbent (2011)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Louisiana's 1st district
In office
May 29, 1999 – January 3, 2005
Preceded byBob Livingston
Succeeded byBobby Jindal
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
SpouseWendy Baldwin Vitter
Alma materHarvard University

David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is an American Republican politician, currently serving as the junior U.S. Senator from Louisiana. He was formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives, first elected in 1999, to represent the suburban First Congressional District of Louisiana.

Early life, career, and family

Vitter was born in New Orleans to Audrey Malvina St. Raymond and Albert Leopold Vitter.[1] He received a B.A. from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1983; a B.A. from Oxford University in 1985, as a Rhodes Scholar; and a Juris Doctor from the law school of Tulane University in New Orleans in 1988. He was a lawyer and a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 1999, when he entered the U.S. House.

Vitter and his wife Wendy, a former prosecutor,[2] have three daughters, Sophie, Lise, and Airey, and a son, Jack.

House of Representatives

Elections

Vitter won a special election to Louisiana's 1st Congressional District in 1999, succeeding Republican Congressman Bob Livingston, who resigned after an adultery scandal. In the initial vote on May 1, 1999,[3] former Congressman and Governor David Treen finished first with 36,719 votes (25 percent). Vitter was second, with 31,741 (22 percent), and self-styled "white nationalist" David Duke finished third with 28,055 votes (19 percent). Monica L. Monica, a Republican ophthalmologist, had 16 percent; State Representative Bill Strain, a conservative Democrat, finished fifth with 11 percent; and Rob Couhig, a Republican lawyer and the owner of New Orleans's minor league baseball team, had 6 percent.[4] In the special election runoff on May 29, Vitter defeated Treen, 61,661 votes (51 percent) to 59,849 (49 percent).[5]

In 2000 and 2002, Vitter won re-election with over 80 percent of the vote in what has become a safe Republican district.[5]

Political actions and positions

In May 2001, Vitter authored an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act which required all secondary schools receiving federal funding to permit US military recruitment on school grounds.[6] Some high schools had policies prohibiting organizations that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, such as the US military, from recruiting on their campus. Since the passage of the Vitter Amendment, many high schools run by Quakers and other peace tradition churches have refused to accept federal funding in order to avoid this requirement.[citation needed]

2002 gubernatorial race

In 2002, Vitter was preparing to run for governor in 2003, with the incumbent, Republican Mike Foster prevented by term limits from running again. But in June 2002, shortly before the Louisiana Weekly ran a story about Vitter's alleged relationship with a prostitute, Vitter dropped out of the governor's race,[7] saying he and his wife were dealing with marital problems. "Our [marriage] counseling sessions have ... led us to the rather obvious conclusion that it's not time to run for governor," Vitter said.[5]

United States Senate

2004 election

In 2004, Vitter ran to replace Democrat John Breaux in the U.S. Senate. Former state Senator Daniel Wesley Richey, a Baton Rouge political consultant, directed Vitter's grassroots organization in the race, with assistance from Richey's longtime ally, former state Representative Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins of Baton Rouge, himself a defeated U.S. Senate candidate in 1978, 1980, and 1996.

During the campaign, Vitter was accused by a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee of having had a lengthy affair with a prostitute in New Orleans. Vitter responded that the allegation was "absolutely and completely untrue" and that it as "just crass Louisiana politics."[2]

On November 2, 2004, Vitter won the Louisiana senatorial jungle primary with 51.0 percent of the vote. The field of opponents including two major Democrats, then Seventh Congressional District Congressman Christopher John, who got 29.4 percent of the vote, and state Treasurer John N. Kennedy (no relation to the Massachusetts Kennedys), who got 15.1 percent.

Vitter was the first Republican in Louisiana to be popularly elected as a U.S. Senator. The previous Republican Senator, John S. Harris, who took office in 1868, was chosen by the state legislature, in accordance with the process used before the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution went into effect in 1914.

Currently, David Vitter is a member of the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations; Commerce, Science and Transportation; Environment and Public Works; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Political actions and positions

Hurricane Katrina

On August 30, 2005, immediately after Hurricane Katrina, while New Orleans' flood levels were still rising in all areas, Vitter made an inaccurate statement that received notable media attention:

In the metropolitan area in general, in the huge majority of areas, it's not rising at all. It's the same or it may be lowering slightly. In some parts of New Orleans, because of the 17th Street breach, it may be rising and that seemed to be the case in parts of downtown. I don't want to alarm everybody that, you know, New Orleans is filling up like a bowl. That's just not happening," said Vitter on August 30.[8]

In early September, Vitter said that he would give "the entire big government organized relief effort a failing grade, across the board." He said that state and local governments shared in the blame as well.[9] Vitter's actions during Hurricane Katrina are described in historian Douglas Brinkley's May 2006 book, The Great Deluge.

In response to gun confiscations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Vitter was the Senate sponsor of the Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act, to prohibit federal funding for the confiscation of legally held firearms during a disaster.

In September 2007, Vitter announced that he got "a critical concession" from the White House that decreased Louisiana's obligations for hurricane recovery by $1 billion. However, the White House said that was false.[10]

Abstinence education

Vitter advocated abstinence-only sex education, emphasizing abstinence while excluding issues involving birth control and safe sex.[11] He said, "Abstinence education is a public health strategy focused on risk avoidance that aims to help young people avoid exposure to harm...by teaching teenagers that saving sex until marriage and remaining faithful afterwards is the best choice for health and happiness."[12] According to Focus on the Family, Vitter was one of three conservative senators that convinced Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg to withdraw an amendment that would have restricted abstinence education to programs deemed to be "medically accurate".[13][14]

Same-sex marriage

Vitter believes strongly that marriage is a sacred vow between a man and a woman. In 2003, Vitter proposed to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban same sex marriages.[15] In 2004, he said, "This is a real outrage. The Hollywood left is redefining the most basic institution in human history...We need a U.S. Senator who will stand up for Louisiana values, not Massachusetts’s values."[16] In June 2006, he said "I don't believe there's any issue that's more important than this one ... I think this debate is very healthy, and it's winning a lot of hearts and minds. I think we're going to show real progress."[17] In 2006, he told The Times-Picayune, “I’m a conservative who opposes radically redefining marriage, the most important social institution in human history.”[18]

In October 2005, at a Lafayette Parish Republican Executive Committee luncheon, Vitter compared gay marriage to hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which came through the same geographical areas. Vitter said "It's the crossroads where Katrina meets Rita. I always knew I was against same-sex unions." [19]

New Orleans public housing

In September 2007, The Times-Picayune reported that Vitter and the Bush administration opposed a provision of the Gulf Coast Housing Recovery bill which required that any public housing apartment torn down be replaced with another form of low-income housing. Vitter stated it would recreate "housing projects exactly as they were", isolated and riddled with crime. However, Mary Landrieu, the Louisiana Democratic Senator, said the intent was to make certain there were affordable places for people who returned.[20]

Federal water bill

Vitter helped write the Water Resources and Development Act for flood-control, hurricane-protection and coastal-restoration projects including $3.6 billion for Louisiana. He called it the "single most important" legislation for assisting Louisiana with its recovery from hurricane Katrina. President Bush vetoed the act, objecting to its cost.[21][22][23] Congress overrode his veto, enacting the bill.[24]

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

In September 2007, during hearings of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Vitter expressed serious doubts about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea treaty concerning issues of U.S. sovereignty[25] echoing an array of anti-UN conservative groups against the treaty[26][25] including The National Center for Public Policy Research,[27] The Heritage Foundation[28] and the Center for Security Policy.[29] The treaty, which sets up countries' jurisdiction over their coasts and ocean including exploration and navigation rights,[30] is supported by the Bush administration, a majority of the United States Senate, the Pentagon, the State Department and Navy[31] as do a coalition of business and environmental groups.[32] The committee approved the treaty 17-4, with Vitter voting no.[33]

Louisiana Family Forum earmark

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In September, 2007, Vitter earmarked $100,000 in federal money for a Christian group, the Louisiana Family Forum,[34] known for challenging evolution by means of "teaching the controversy" which promotes intelligent design while discrediting evolution.[35] According to Vitter, the earmark was "to develop a plan to promote better science education".[34] Though the Louisiana Family Forum is largely forbidden from political activity due to its non-profit status,[36] The Times-Picayune alleged the group had close ties with Vitter.[34] However, they have criticized Vitter for his support of Rudy Giuliani.[37]

On October 17, 2007, the liberal organization People For the American Way, along with several other groups asked the Senate to remove the earmark.[38][39] Vitter later withdrew it.[40][41]

Children's health insurance program

In September 2007, Vitter opposed an increase of $35 billion for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the national program to provide health care for children from families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private health insurance. He said he preferred that private health insurance provide the needed care and deemed the bill as "Hillarycare", a reference to the 1993 Clinton health care plan created by Hillary Clinton which proposed universal health care.[42] The increase passed the Senate, 67 to 29 but was later vetoed by President Bush.[43]

Sanctuary cities

In October 2007, Vitter introduced an amendment withholding Community Oriented Policing Services funds from any sanctuary city which bans city employees and police officers from asking people about their immigration status in violation of the Illegal Immigration Act. Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, in opposition to the amendment, said these cites do not want to inquire about someone's immigration status if they report a crime, are a victim of domestic violence or get vaccinations for their children. According to Fox News, one senator remarked that the amendment would withhold funds for prostitution enforcement which was a problem for Vitter because of the D.C. Madam controversy. The amendment failed to pass.[44]

Family planning funding

In October 2007, Vitter introduced an amendment[45] barring all funds to health care providers and Planned Parenthood that provide health services (such as contraceptives, Pap smears, breast exams and tests for STDs) in addition to abortions. Federal law bars any funding to directly finance abortions. Vitter argued that the funds are used for overhead costs that benefit the abortion services. The amendment failed to pass.[46][47] Following the rejection, Vitter and others urged the Senate to pass a similar bill[48] introduced by Vitter in January 2007.[49]

2008 presidential endorsement

In March 2007, Vitter announced his support for Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid. Vitter has served as the southern regional chair of Giuliani's campaign.[50] On July 11, 2007, the New York Times reported that the chairmanship is in doubt due to the so-called D.C. Madam scandal.[18] A spokesman for Giuliani said Vitter's job is secure.[51] However, a New Orleans City Business reporter wrote that Vitter has been "quietly marginalized" in the campaign.[52] As of September 2007, the two have not been seen in public together since the "D.C. Madam" story broke.[10]

In announcing the endorsement, Vitter said "I believe the Republican Party needs to always be the party of free market economics and reform. Rudy implemented those principles as Mayor of New York by cutting taxes twenty-three times, making government more efficient and moving welfare recipients into jobs. It’s exactly the kind of conservative reform the federal government needs".[53]

"Obviously, I disagree with Rudy on some significant social issues, and these are very important to me and to many of the people I represent," Vitter said. However, after numerous meetings with Giuliani, Vitter said that "it's very clear to me that he's not running for president to advance any liberal social agenda."[54]

D.C. Madam controversy

In early July 2007, Vitter's phone number was included in a published list of phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates, a company owned and run by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also known as the "D.C. Madam", which is accused by the U.S. government of being a prostitution service. Hustler magazine identified the phone number and contacted Vitter's office to ask about his connection to Palfrey.[55] The following day, Vitter issued a written statement:

This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible. Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there - with God and them. But I certainly offer my deep and sincere apologies to all I have disappointed and let down in any way.[56]

The statement containing Vitter's apology said his telephone number was included on phone records dating from his days as a member of the House of Representatives.[2] Phone records show that Vitter's number was called by Palfrey's service five times, the first on October 12, 1999, and the last on February 27, 2001.[57] Two calls were placed while House roll call votes were in progress.[58]

As background, several news outlets reported that in May 1999, Vitter replaced Congressman Bob Livingston after Livingston resigned due to an adultery scandal.[59][60][18] Vitter said about Livingston's decision to resign, "It's obviously a tremendous loss for the state .... I think Livingston's stepping down makes a very powerful argument that Clinton should resign as well and move beyond this mess," referring to the Monica Lewinsky scandal of President Bill Clinton.[61] In 2000, his wife, Wendy Vitter, commenting on the same scandal, said, "I'm a lot more like Lorena Bobbitt than Hillary. If he [Vitter] does something like that, I'm walking away with one thing, and it's not alimony, trust me," referring to the incident of Lorena Bobbitt severing the penis of her husband and to Clinton's wife, Hillary Clinton.[60]

On July 10, 2007, Jeanette Maier, the "Canal Street Madam", alleged that Vitter was a customer on more than one occasion in the 1990s, when Maier was identified by federal prosecutors as operating a $300 per hour brothel.[62] The Times-Picayune reported that "Maier offered no evidence or documents to support her claim."[63] Maier said that Vitter "was not a freak. He was not into anything unusual or kinky or weird," and that he favored one prostitute in particular, Wendy Cortez,[64][65][66][67], the name of the prostitute with whom Vitter had been accused, during his 2004 campaign, of having had a lengthy affair. Vitter denied that allegation during the campaign.[68] On July 12, Cortez told The Times-Picayune that Vitter was "a regular customer" during his time in the state legislature, but that they "did not have a romantic relationship." [69] On September 12, 2007, The Times-Picayune reported that the women, whose real name was Wendy Ellis, had passed a lie detector exam.[70]

Vitter is unlikely to face criminal charges due to statutes of limitations.[71] Vitter apologized to GOP senate colleagues but avoided the press who repeatedly attempted to talk to him. [72]

On November 13, 2007, the attorney for Palfrey served Vitter with a subpoena to force him to testify at a November 28, 2007 hearing about whether an act of prostitution occurred when with a Palfrey escort.[73][74]

Reaction

Even though Vitter has admitted to having broken the law, the Louisiana state Republican Party offered guarded support,[75] national Republicans offered forgiveness.[76] The liberal magazine, The Nation, predicted that the Republican Party would be in a "forgiving mood" pointing out if Vitter did step down, Democratic Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco would likely appoint a Democrat to take Vitter's place until a special election took place, thus increasing Democratic control over the Senate.[77][78][79] Margaret Carlson of Bloomberg News agreed, saying, "[T]here’s a Democratic governor in New Orleans, so they were afraid if they slapped around Vitter too much, that seat would go Democratic."[80]

Marianne Means, a syndicated columnist for Hearst Newspapers, reported that Republican senators gave Vitter a "loud standing ovation" which she characterized as hypocritical by contrasting this with the Republican attitude toward President Clinton's marital infidelity.[81] The applause came after Vitter privately apologized to his colleagues.[10]

Republican Senator Sam Brownback told Bloomberg Television on October 5, 2007 that Vitter should be censured by the Senate. He said, "I think you could see something like that taking place. If you look at the actual crime itself and the discussion across the country -- and as a Republican -- this is bad."[82]

Vitter was also criticized by the University of New Orleans College Republicans for holding a second press conference about the scandal at the same time that fellow Republican Bobby Jindal formally kicked off his campaign for governor. They called on Vitter to resign after that action, accusing him of putting himself before the good of the party.[83]

Footnotes

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Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Louisiana's 1st congressional district
1999 – 2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by U.S. senator (Class 3) from Louisiana
2005–present
Served alongside: Mary Landrieu 		Incumbent

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