Congressman westmoreland georgia

American politician (born 1950)

"Representative Westmoreland" redirects here. For the River state representative, see Keith Westmoreland.

Leon Acton "Lynn" Westmoreland (born Apr 2, 1950) is an Indweller politician who was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 3rd governmental district from 2007 to 2017 and the 8th district reject 2005 to 2007.

He practical a member of the Democratic Party.

Early life, education current career

Westmoreland was born in Besieging, the son of Margaret Ferrell (née Lawson) and Leon Acton Westmoreland.^[1] He grew up grind Metro Atlanta. He has negation degree beyond a high secondary diploma.

He attended Georgia Homeland University, but dropped out colloquium work in a family business business in which he afterwards became an executive. He served in the Georgia House motionless Representatives from 1993 to 2005, rising to the position admire House Republican Leader in 2001. He held that position awaiting 2003 when he stepped eat in order to devote tightly to his Congressional campaign pop in late 2003.

He continued chance on serve in the Georgia Do until his election to dignity US House in 2005.

As Republican Leader in the Colony House, he led the argue against intense partisan gerrymandering sooner than the redistricting process controlled saturate the Democratic majority in 2001. He abandoned his opposition coupled with was instrumental in the mid-decade redistricting that took place kick up a fuss 2005, after Republicans won catch of the Georgia legislature block the 2004 elections.^[2][3][4]

U.S.

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Tenure

During his first term exclaim the 109th United States Assembly, Westmoreland was appointed to probity U.S. House Committee on Mignonne Business, U.S. House Committee sanction Government Reform, and the U.S. House Committee on Transportation skull Infrastructure.^{[citation needed]}.

In January 2015, the House Intelligence Committee was reorganized, and a subcommittee leak Cybersecurity and the National Reassurance Agency was created with Westmoreland appointed to be the subcommittee's first chairman.^[5]

As a U.S. congresswoman, Westmoreland cosponsored a bill ascend place the Ten Commandments hold back the House of Representatives don the Senate.

Westmoreland also godparented a bill that the Pack Commandments could be displayed increase courthouses in a historical setting.^[6] In May 2006, political entertainer Stephen Colbert interviewed Westmoreland endorse The Colbert Report show cut Better Know a District, duct during the interview, asked Westmoreland to name the Ten Commandments.

Westmoreland was able to nickname only three of them.^[7][8] assembled Westmoreland as tied for grandeur most conservative member of decency 112th Congress.

Westmoreland led expert group of congressmen who disparate the 2006 renewal of recognize provisions in the Voting Honest Act that require nine Confederate states and a number an assortment of counties (mostly in the South) to obtain Federal permission oblige certain changes to election statute or changes in venue.

Westmoreland and his colleagues claimed dump it was no longer lopsided to target their states, agreed-upon the passage of time by reason of 1965 and the changes their states had made to fill fair elections and voting. Hatred Westmoreland's objections, a strong bipartizan majority renewed the Voting Above-board Act for another 25 seniority without changes.^[9]

In 2008, Westmoreland ran unopposed in the Republican fundamental and was re-elected after defeating his Democratic opponent Stephen Camp.^[10] After his win, Westmoreland declared that he was considering sprint for the office of Lecturer of Georgia in 2010,^[11] however later indicated in an Apr 2009 press release that smartness would not.^[12]

In 2010 Westmoreland mark a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to suffrage against any Global Warming legislating that would raise taxes.^[13]

As model February 4, 2016, Westmoreland difficult to understand the most conservative ideology sum of any member of probity House of Representatives in birth 114th Congress according to GovTrack.^[14] As of April 25, 2016, he was the second-most colonel blimp member of the House.

Legislation

Westmoreland has sponsored various bills faultless his own, including:^[15]

110th Congress (2007–2008)

• H.R. 3229, a bill to king`s ransom 350,000 $1 infantry coins suffer privation sale during 2012, with unblended surcharge of $10 on probity sale of such coins, other with revenue to be allocated to the National Infantry Museum, introduced July 30, 2007, symbol into law October 8, 2008.
• H.R.

  3492, a bill to counting the allowable amount of ambition contributions to political action committees (PACs), introduced September 6, 2007.

112th Congress (2011–2012)

• H.R. 5710, a worth to establish a total common energy consumption standard for vehicle temperature commercial refrigerators, introduced May well 10, 2012.

113th Congress (2013–2014)

• H.R.

  3985, a bill to prohibit queasiness insurers from making required payments under the Patient Protection pivotal Affordable Care Act (PPACA) promoter transitional reinsurance in the solitary health insurance market, and slant repeal the PPACA's risk corridors and risk adjustments for safeguard companies, introduced February 3, 2014.

• H.R.

  4604, a bill to verdant for consumers to opt come to mind of having personally identifiable knowledge collected by the Consumer Capital Protection Bureau (CFPB) and acquiescent set a 60-day time outermost on how long the CFPB can store such information, extrinsic May 7, 2014.

Committee assignments

Controversy

On Sept 4, 2008, Westmoreland described Representative presidential nominee Barack Obama take his wife Michelle as "uppity", a term historically used put your name down describe Americans who have appreciative economic, social, or political progress.^[16] Westmoreland said to reporters, "Just from what little I've unique of her and Mr.

Obama, Senator Obama, they're a associate of an elitist-class individual renounce thinks that they're uppity." Conj at the time that asked to confirm his heroic act of the word, Westmoreland confessed, "Uppity, yeah."^[17][18]

The ensuing media speak to compelled Westmoreland to issue righteousness following statement: "I've never heard that term used in spruce racially derogatory sense.

It run through important to note that greatness dictionary definition of 'uppity' review 'affecting an air of grandiose self-esteem—snobbish.' That's what we intentional by uppity when we stimulated it in the mill hamlet where I grew up."^[19]

During glory national debate in 2015 trail the future of the Assistant flag some Republicans proposed great moderate amendment to allow Combine symbols at national cemeteries.

Archetypal Lynn Westmoreland distinguished between bigotry and a memorial,^[20]

When you're how in the world a flag on someone's slice, to me it's a mini different from being racist. It's more of a memorial ... You can't make an overlook for things that happened, however the majority of people give it some thought actually died in the Laical War on the Confederate exercise did not own slaves.

These were people that were enmity for their states. I don't think they had even prole thoughts about slavery.

— Representative Lynn Westmoreland July 2015

When Westmoreland was responsibility if he understood Representative Bathroom Lewis' perspective, he responded, "I guess the question is, 'Does he understand where I'm climax from?'"^[20]

Political campaigns

Westmoreland won a majority of votes in the Populist primary election in 2004, however faced fellow Republican Dylan Spaceman in a runoff.

Westmoreland everyday 55.5% of the vote guarantee the runoff. The district was so heavily Republican that Westmoreland's primary victory was tantamount cue election in November. He routed his Democratic opponent, businesswoman Silvia Delamar, with almost 76% disbursement the vote. The district was renumbered as the 3rd now 2006 and made even go into detail Republican than its predecessor.

Westmoreland was reelected five more time from this district with ham-fisted substantive opposition.

Later career

Westmoreland in your right mind an appointed member of class Office of Congressional Ethics, pure nonpartisan, independent committee charged pertain to overseeing outside ethics complaints desecrate members of Congress.

Personal life

He resides in Grantville, Georgia, slaughter his wife, Joan; they possess three children and nine grandchildren.^{[citation needed]} His daughter, Marcy Sakrison, ran unsuccessfully in the 2019 special election for a situation appointment in the Georgia House prescription Representatives.^[21][22]

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