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.
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Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law. David Vitter for U. Senate account, even though he already declared his candidacy for governor of Louisiana. The argument stemmed from the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that equated spending on independent political expenditures with free speech, and a follow-up ruling by a Washington D.
On August 3, , Vitter posted an invitation to join him at a Justin Bieber concert with his family. The Personal Gain Index U. Congress is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.
Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants. It consists of two different metrics:. Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets. Vitter ranked as the 57th most wealthy senator in Between and , the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.
From to , Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack , Vitter was a " rank-and-file Republican ," as of July 22, This was the same rating Vitter received in June The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often.
The results include a member from each party. According to the website GovTrack, David Vitter missed of 3, roll call votes from January to September This amounts to 6.
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. He ranked 20th on the list of the lowest paid Republican senatorial staff salaries and ranked 27th overall of the lowest paid senatorial staff salaries in Overall, Louisiana ranked 27th in average salary for senatorial staff.
The average U. Each year, National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted, as compared to other members, in the previous year. More information about the analysis process can be found on the vote ratings page.
Vitter ranked 12th in the conservative rankings in Vitter ranked 6th in the conservative rankings in The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. Vitter voted with the Republican Party Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
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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.
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