David Vitter

 is a Republican Senator from Louisiana
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David Vitter (R-LA) served as a member of the US House from 1999-2005. In 2005, he was elected to the Us Senate. Vitter was identified as a client for a D.C. prostitution service in July 2007 but has since remained in the US Senate.

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Person Party Contributed To Date Amount Relates to

Metairie, Louisiana 70002
Duplass Zwain & Williams
 F Charles Mcmains Jr.
for Senator in 1996 		Jul 12, 1996 $656

Metairie, Louisiana 70002
Duplass Zwain & Williams
 F Charles Mcmains Jr.
for Senator in 1996 		Jun 25, 1996 $656

Metairie, Louisiana 70005
Duplass Whitman Et Al
 Phil Gramm
for President in 1996 		Feb 14, 1995 $375

Metairie, Louisiana 70005
Duplass, Whitman Et Al
 Phil Gramm
for President in 1996 		Jan 13, 1995 $250

Metairie, Louisiana 70005
 Ben Bagert
for Senator in 1990 		May 23, 1990 $250
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David Vitter's Biography

Background

  • Vitter was born and raised in New Orleans.
  • B.A. from Harvard University, 1983; a B.A. from Oxford University in 1985, as a Rhodes Scholar.
  • J.D. Tulane University Law School, 1988.
  • Vitter's wife, Wendy, is a former prosecutor. Together they have three daughters and a son (Sophie, Lise, Airey and Jack).

Career

  • Louisiana House of Representatives, 1992-1999.
  • US House of Representatives, 1999-2005. Elected by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rep Robert L. Livingston, Jr. In 2001, Vitter co-authored legislation to restrict the number of physicians allowed to prescribe the "morning after pill." The bill died in committee. He is also known his his 2001 Amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, that required all federally funded schools to allow US military recruiting on campus.
  • United States Senate, 2005-present.

Accomplishments

Criticism

  • In early July 2007, Vitter's phone number was included in a published list of phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates. The company is a known prostitution service and is owned and run by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also known as the "D.C. Madam" (Source: Washington Post).
  • During his 2004 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 denied the allegation, saying it was "absolutely and completely untrue...just crass Louisiana politics."(Source: Washington Post).
  • Vitter was called an "antichoice extremist" for his bill that would restrict the use of the "morning after pill" (Source: Kaiser Network).

Recent Developments

  • On 13 November 2007, the attorney for Palfrey served Vitter with a subpoena to force him to testify at a hearing about a Palfrey escort. The case judge canceled the hearing the following week. Palfrey's attorney indicated he planned to subpoena Vitter to testify at her 2008 criminal trial (Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune).

Additional information at vitter.senate.gov and Wikipedia