| Full Name: | Vito J. Fossella, Jr. |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Family: | Wife: Mary Patricia Rowan; 3 Children: Dylan Michael, Griffin Thomas, Rowan Frances |
| Birth Date: | 03/09/1965 |
| Birth Place: | Staten Island, NY |
| Home City: | Staten Island, NY |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Summary
Vito J. Fossella, Jr.
Issue Category:
- Select One down
- Abortion
- Abortion and Reproductive
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals and Wildlife
- Arts and Entertainment
- Budget, Spending and Taxes
- Business and Consumers
- Campaign Finance and Elections
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Conservative
- Crime
- Death Penalty
- Defense
- Drugs
- Education
- Employment and Affirmative Action
- Energy
- Environment
- Executive Branch
- Federal, State and Local Relations
- Foreign Affairs
- Gambling and Gaming
- Government Operations
- Guns
- Health and Health Care
- Housing and Property
- Immigration
- Indigenous Peoples
- Judicial Branch
- Labor Unions
- Legislative Branch
- Liberal
- Marriage, Family, and Children
- Military Personnel
- National Security
- Science
- Senior Citizens
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Social
- Stem Cell Research
- Technology and Communication
- Trade
- Transportation
- Unemployed and Low-Income
- Veterans
- Women
Recent Key Votes
HR 2749 - Food Safety Regulation Amendments
Legislation (NA)
July 30, 2009 - Institutes an annual registration fee for each facility in order to pay for "food safety activities," and specifies that the fee shall be $500 ...
HR 7321 - Automotive Industry Financing
Legislation (Nay)
Dec. 10, 2008 - Requires the President to designate one or more officials ("Car Czars") to be overseen by the Comptroller General in order to assess auto manufacturers' ...
HR 5811 - Electronic Communications Preservation Act
More Key Votes
Legislation (Did Not Vote)
July 9, 2008 - Requires that the Archivist of the United States develop regulations governing the preservation of Presidential and federal agency electronic messages, including (Secs 2 ...
Recent Public Statements
Exchange News Direct - Rep Fossella To U.S. Treasury: Bold And Decisive Action Is Needed
Oct. 13, 2008 - Exchange News Direct - Rep Fossella To U.S. Treasury: Bold And Decisive Action Is Needed Congressman Vito Fossella (R-NY13) today wrote a letter to US ...
New York Times - 2 Congressmen Manage to Agree That Bailout Is Needed
Sept. 30, 2008 - New York Times - 2 Congressmen Manage to Agree That Bailout Is Needed It was one of his few public events since announcing that he ...
Staten Island Advance - Congressional Candidates Support Bailout -- With Limits
More Public Statements
Sept. 27, 2008 - Staten Island Advance - Congressional Candidates Support Bailout -- With Limits Straniere, McMahon and Cochran weigh in on mess, but Fossella's statements offer no insight ...
Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
Vito Fossella, Jr. REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY RESPONSES TO CITIZENS ON ISSUES THROUGH THE 2006 NATIONAL POLITICAL AWARENESS TEST WHEN ASKED TO DO SO BY Key national leaders of both major parties including: John McCain, Republican Senator Geraldine Ferraro, Former Democratic Congresswoman Michael Dukakis, Former Democratic Governor Bill Frenzel, Former Republican Congressman Richard Kimball, Project Vote Smart President Over 100 news organizations throughout the nation also urged their candidates to supply their issue positions through the National Political Awareness Test.
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