Vito Fossella

 is a Republican US Representative from New York
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Religion: Catholic
Party: Republican
Born: Mar 9, 1965
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Vito John Fossella, Jr., is a Republican politician from the state of New York who has represented the state's 13th Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997.

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Issue Stance
Iraq War Withdrawal
Iraq Troop Surge
Privatization of Social Security
Legalized Abortion
Free Trade
Affirmative Action
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)

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Money to parties
Republican $3,500
President in 2008
Rudy Giuliani $2,500

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Person Party Contributed To Date Amount Relates to

2178 Forest Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10303
Professional Engineer @ Land Planning & Expressway Consultants
 Rudy Giuliani
for President in 2008 		Jun 6, 2007 $2,500

Staten Island, New York 10305
 Vito Fossella
for Representative in 2002 		Feb 24, 2000 $1,000
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Background

  • Vito Fossella was born in Staten Island, N.Y. on March 9, 1965
  • B.S., Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 1987
  • J.D., Fordham University Law School, 1994

Professional Positions

  • Fossella was a lawyer in a private practice in New York, N.Y.
  • City council member, New York, NY
  • Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifth Congress by special election. He has been reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (November 4, 1997-present).
  • Fossella is seen as a conservative that tends to focus on fighting terrorism, prolonging engagement in Iraq, and national security issues. He has said that withdrawing American troops “would only destabilize that country, help embolden the terrorists and leave the innocent Iraqi people to fend for themselves.” (Source: NY Times)

Accomplishments

  • Fossella was apart of a bipartisan effort to secure money for monitoring and treating rescue workers, volunteers and firefighters who became ill after helping with the 9/11 cleanup and recovery.(Source: NY Times)

Criticism

  • Fossella was arrested for drunken driving in May 2008 (Source: NY Times). During questioning, the Republican congressman admitted to fathering a child from an extramarital affair (Source: AP).
  • Fossella was widely criticized for using the image of Osama bin Laden to incite fear in Staten Island residents. Fossella's 2006 re-election campaign distributed fliers with bin Laden's picture along side Fossella's democratic opponent to paint him as weak on terrorism (Source: NY Times).

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  • Address:
    2453 Rayburn House Office Building
    Washington D.C. 20515
  • Phone: (202) 225-3371
  • Fax: (202) 226-1272 (Send a free internet fax at http://www.faxzero.com)

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