Comparatively, the th Congress had 4. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate on March 7, , with a vote of 63 - Most Democrats supported the nomination, while Republicans were somewhat divided with roughly one-third supporting the nomination. The nearly 1,page bill reformed and continued various programs of the Department of Agriculture through On January 16, , the Democratic -controlled Senate approved H.
Vitter voted with the 17 Republican and the 55 Democratic members in favor of the bill. During the shutdown in October , the Senate rejected, down party lines, every House-originated bill that stripped the budget of funding for the Affordable Care Act. A deal was reached late on October 16, , just hours before the debt ceiling deadline.
The bill to reopen the government, H. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies. Vitter voted with the Republican Party against the bill. Vitter voted against H. The bill passed the Senate on January 31, , with a vote of 64 - The purpose of the bill was to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and withhold the pay of members of Congress until a budget could be passed.
The vote largely followed party lines with Democrats overwhelmingly supporting it and many Republicans in opposition to the bill. The amendment was rejected by the Senate on June 18, , with a vote of 39 - The purpose of the amendment was to require the completion of miles of fence described in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of before registered provisional immigrant status may be granted.
It would also require miles of fence be completed before the status of registered provisional immigrants may be changed to permanent resident status. The vote followed party lines. Vitter voted for S. The bill was passed by the Senate on February 12, , with a vote of 78 - The purpose of the bill was to combat violence against women, from domestic violence to international trafficking in persons.
All 22 dissenting votes were cast by Republicans. According to a January Politico report, Vitter introduced 67 bills, the most of any senator , in Vitter voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in and while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. The bill was passed in the Senate by an 89 - 8 vote on January 1, Vitter was one of the 47 who signed the letter.
No Democrats signed it. The letter caused backlash from both the Obama administration and members of Congress. In November , Vitter announced that he was the spokesman for a national advertising campaign by Citizens United that alleged members of Congress were helped by the Obama administration to exempt them from the Affordable Care Act.
Vitter introduced SB on September 12, , to expand the required coverage by state health insurance exchange American Health Benefit Exchange from members of Congress and their staff to also include the President, Vice-President, executive branch political appointees and employees of congressional committees and leadership offices of Congress. It also prohibits any government contribution or subsidy for this coverage. Ted Cruz joined on September 17, Office of Personnel Management ruling that allowed members of Congress and their staff to keep their insurance subsidies provided by the government.
In August , Vitter signed a letter that threatened a government shutdown unless Congress voted to defund the Affordable Care Act. Mike Lee Utah , was signed by 11 fellow Republicans , including Vitter. For these reasons, we will not support any continuing resolution or appropriations legislation that funds further implementation or enforcement of ObamaCare," said the letter to Reid.
After beginning the th Congress Sen. Vitter R-La. Barbara Boxer D-Calif. Vitter called for an ethics probe of Boxer and Sen. Harry Reid D-Nev. Under the proposed legislation any senator whom a congressional ethics panel had "probable cause" to believe solicited prostitutes would be ineligible for congressional health insurance. On September 24, , the Senate Ethics Committee, chaired by Boxer, dismissed Vitter's complaint and said that no further action would be taken.
Reid, Sen. Boxer, or their staffs were involved with the legislative language drafted by unknown parties that you described. Boxer accused him of using the committee to launch political attacks. In early July , 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.
Vitter said he would not endorse a candidate in the special election for the 5th District congressional seat. Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Louisiana's U. Senate race as safely Republican. The seat was open following incumbent David Vitter 's decision to retire. A total of 24 candidates filed to run and competed in the primary election on November 8, John Kennedy R and Foster Campbell D took the top two spots in the election, advancing to the general election on December 10, Kennedy subsequently defeated Campbell in the general election.
Vitter announced that he would not seek re-election to the Senate following his loss in the gubernatorial election. Vitter ran for Governor of Louisiana in Bobby Jindal R was unable to run for re-election due to term limits. In a statement released to the Associated Press in December , Vitter said he would make a decision by January Edwards defeated his Republican opponent.
In a post-election analysis for Ballotpedia , reporter Jim Barnes wrote that Edwards' attractiveness to conservative voters, coupled with Vitter's unpopularity, helped him win the election. Barnes pointed out that the pro-Edwards Gumbo PAC tailored its anti-Vitter ads toward supporters of Vitter's defeated primary opponents Scott Angelle , who did not endorse a candidate in the general election, and Jay Dardenne , who endorsed Edwards.
Barnes also mentioned Vitter's prostitution scandal and Edwards' conservative positions on social issues as factors in Vitter's loss. No candidate received an outright majority in the blanket primary election. The first topic of the debate was how each candidate would handle the 10, Syrian refugees that President Obama said the United States will accept in the coming months.
Both candidates said they support Governor Bobby Jindal 's executive order preventing more refugees from entering Louisiana, beyond the 14 already settled. Vitter accused Edwards, however, of siding with Obama on the issue in a recent Facebook post. The candidates also debated character issues and tax policy. In his closing statement, Vitter addressed allegations that he had solicited the services of prostitutes in the past, arguing that he had grown as a person. Edwards had mentioned it multiple times, directly and indirectly, throughout the evening.
Topics at the November 10, , debate included health insurance, K education, the state budget and infrastructure and various campaign controversies. The debate lasted for one hour. All four candidates shared similar thoughts on funding for transportation and the state police along with the legacy of term-limited Gov.
Bobby Jindal R. Dardenne criticized the state's approach to new transportation projects, arguing that it was unsustainable and too political.
Each candidate agreed that the state police should see decreases in their allotment from the transportation trust fund, which is funded by gas taxes. Vitter, a sitting U. The biggest source of disagreement on January 16 was the state's financial support for parish transportation costs.
Angelle and Edwards noted that parish governments needed state transportation aid because of their inability to generate enough revenue for local projects. Dardenne argued that current local aid, equaling more than one cent per dollar in gas taxes, needed to be decreased to preserve the state fund. Third quarter report Comprehensive donor information for this election was collected from the state's campaign finance authority.
This information was last updated on September 25, Second quarter report Comprehensive donor information for this election was collected from the state's campaign finance authority.
First quarter report Comprehensive donor information for this election was collected from the state's campaign finance authority. This information was last updated on May 4, Annual report Comprehensive donor information for this election was collected from the state's campaign finance authority.
This information was last updated on February 19, I and Thomas G. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation. D , Richard M. Fontanesi I and R. The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Advocate staff photo by Mark Ballard -- U. David Vitter arrives at the Secretary of State's Office on Tuesday with his wife, Wendy, to qualify to run for governor.
David Vitter, with his wife Wendy, speaks to the media after qualifying to run for governor Tuesday at the Secretary of State's Office. David Vitter blocks a diaper-wearing protester as Vitter qualified to run for governor Tuesday at the Secretary of State's Office.
David Vitter celebrates with his wife Wendy and supporters Tuesday, Nov. The Louisiana gubernatorial campaign has been tame so far, at least publicly: The four major candidates have focused on meat-and-potatoes issues, such as state budget problems, traffic congestion and the Common Core education standards.
But in the shadows, a parallel, and much less polite, campaign has been unfolding, this one having to do with lingering questions about presumptive front-runner U. John Bel Edwards — have more than a passing interest in the subject. This week, with a month and a half to go before the Oct. First, Baton Rouge television reporter Derek Myers was fired Tuesday after he confronted Vitter with questions about the issue. Myers claimed he lost his job because the Vitter campaign threatened to pull its ads from the station.
Next, a political action committee launched an anti-Vitter ad on television. Exactly who is behind the group and how much money its donors are putting behind the ad is not yet clear, but it was airing statewide as of Friday.
With Vitter holding a huge lead in fundraising and enjoying a large statewide profile, some think a new and sordid disclosure — or a cleverly packaged attack using existing information — may be the only thing that will derail him.
But no new information has emerged yet. In , he easily weathered a Senate re-election campaign, in which his opponent was unable to dig up any fresh scandal. The senator contends that he is being targeted by the left.
And White, an unabashed liberal who last year wrote stories questioning timesheets filed by then-U. The problem is, most of it appears suspect. Berry, who has been looking into Vitter since , when he won re-election, has published only one post culled from his research, and that was an audio interview with a woman who denied rumors that she had serviced Vitter as a call girl.
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The chart is based on the bills Vitter sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, to Dec 10, See full analysis methodology. Does 13 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a it is enacted itself, b it has a companion bill in the other chamber as identified by Congress which was enacted, or c if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the th Congress.
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