James Anthony Traficant Jr. was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. A staunch economic populist known for his flamboyant personality,he represented the 17th Congressional District,which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley. He was expelled from the House in 2002 after being convicted of ten felony counts,including taking bribes,filing false tax returns,racketeering,and forcing his congressional staff to perform chores at his farm in Ohio and houseboat in Washington,D.C. He was sentenced to prison and released on September 2,2009,after serving a seven-year sentence.
Trent Franks is a former American politician and businessman who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure,Franks served as vice chairman of the United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and chairman of the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution,Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
Mark Adam Foley is an American former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006,representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Republican Party,before resigning due to revelations that he had sent sexually explicit messages to teenaged boys who had served as congressional pages in what came to be known as the Mark Foley scandal.
Edward Espenett Case is an American lawyer and Democratic politician and since 2019 has served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district,which covers the urban core of Honolulu. He represented the 2nd district,which covers the rest of the state,from 2002 to 2007.
Christopher Henry Smith is an American politician serving his 22nd term as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Though it has taken various forms,his district has always been situated in central New Jersey. Currently,the district contains parts of Ocean and Monmouth counties. Smith is a member of the Republican Party,having switched from the Democratic Party in 1978.
Thomas Stephen Foley was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party,Foley represented Washington's fifth district for thirty years (1965–1995). He was the first Speaker of the House in over a century since Galusha Grow in 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign.
David Edward Bonior is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976,Bonior served as Democratic whip in the House from 1991 to 2002,during which time Democrats were in both the majority (1991–1995) and minority (1995–2002),making Bonior the third and second highest-ranking Democrat in the House,respectively.
Gerry Eastman Studds was an American Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts who served from 1973 until 1997. He was the first openly gay member of Congress. In 1983 he was censured by the House of Representatives after he admitted to what he described as a "consensual relationship" with a 17-year-old page.
Joseph Heath Shuler is an American businessman,former NFL quarterback,and former U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2007 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was a member of the Blue Dog Coalition during his tenure. In the 2006 House elections,Shuler defeated incumbent Charles H. Taylor,but retired after his district was redrawn. During his tenure in Congress,Shuler was known for challenging the leadership of his party,and in 2010 ran against Nancy Pelosi for Minority Leader.
Timothy Edward Mahoney is an American politician and businessman who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 16th congressional district from 2007 to 2009. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected in November 2006 after his opponent,six-term Republican incumbent Mark Foley,resigned on September 29,2006,after questions were raised about an email exchange with a congressional page.
The Mark Foley scandal,which broke in late September 2006,centers on soliciting emails and sexually suggestive instant messages sent by Mark Foley,a Republican congressman from Florida,to teenaged boys who had formerly served as congressional pages. Investigation was closed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) on September 19,2008 citing insufficient evidence to pursue criminal charges as both "Congress and Mr. Foley denied us access to critical data," said FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey. The scandal grew to encompass the response of Republican congressional leaders to previous complaints about Foley's contacts with the pages and inconsistencies in the leaders' public statements. There were also allegations that a second Republican congressman,Jim Kolbe,had improper conduct with at least two youths,a 16-year-old page and a recently graduated page.
Kirk Fordham serves as Senior Director of Member and Board Relations for the National Association of Manufacturers.
The Uniting American Families Act is a U.S. bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to eliminate discrimination in immigration by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and of lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and of lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships. If the partnership ends within two years,the sponsored partner's immigrant status would be subject to review.
Elizabeth Price Foley is a conservative American legal theorist who writes and comments in the fields of constitutional law,bioethics,and health care law. She is a Professor of Law at Florida International University College of Law,a public law school located in Miami,Florida. She also serves as Counsel to the Washington,D.C. office of BakerHostetler,LLP,where she practices constitutional,appellate,and food and drug law.
The 2002 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday,November 5,2002. Voters selected a representative for their single At-Large district,who ran on a statewide ballot.
United States House of Representatives Page Program was a program run by the United States House of Representatives,under the office of the Clerk of the House,in which high school students acted as non-partisan federal employees in the House of Representatives,providing supplemental administrative support to House operations in a variety of capacities in Washington,D.C.,at the United States Capitol. The program ended in 2011,although the Senate Page program continued. Pages served within the U.S. House of Representatives for over 180 years.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the 16 U.S. representatives from the state of Ohio,one from each of the state's 16 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a gubernatorial election.
The 2000 House elections in Washington occurred on November 7,2000,to elect the members of the State of Washington's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Washington has nine seats in the House,apportioned according to the 1990 United States Census. This election saw the Democrats flip one Republican-held open seat. These elections occurred alongside Al Gore's victory in the state over George W. Bush in the Presidential election.
The District of Columbia is a political division coterminous with Washington,D.C.,the capital city of the United States. According to the Article One of the Constitution,only states may be represented in the United States Congress. The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state and therefore has no voting representation.
