Senator David Vitter

Republican  •  Louisiana  •  4th Term  •  Sworn In 1999
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 93%
  • Abstains: 2%

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11/20/09
Senate battle begins over financia...

...said. Shelby said the Democratic bill "requires a complete rewrite" and said he intended to offer a substitute proposal. Sen. David Vi...

11/19/09
Evodna Springer: Melancon exploits...

I was absolutely mortified reading Congressman Charlie Melancon's Nov. 6 op ed in the Shreveport Times, in which Melancon exploited a you...

11/18/09
Senate takes up health care

...to join Republicans on the issue if the “public option” is contained in the final bill. No doubt exists over where U.S. Sen. David Vit...

11/18/09
Flood threat may linger, but study...

...on Bodcau Dam. That would allow water to be released at a rate that swollen streams and bayous could handle. U.S. Sen. David Vitter wa...

11/18/09
Senate debates restrictions on ove...

WASHINGTON (Medill News Service) -- Unsatisfied with last week's move by the Federal Reserve to curb high overdraft fees on consumers, me...

Source: MarketWatch
11/15/09
Mass. immigrant tuition bill to ge...

...to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens. The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitt...

Source: Fresno Bee
11/15/09
Will 2010 census count all?

Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter wants only legal citizens included in the official count. The Rev. Miguel Rivera, who heads the N...

Source: Fresno Bee
11/15/09
Common sense wins oyster debate

US Sen. David Vitter said, “These new regulations by the FDA are another massive government overreach that will cause great harm to the ...

Source: Houma Courier
11/14/09
westviews Opinions from newspapers...

John Ensign (adultery), Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (prostitutes) or former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig (playing footsie with airport securit...

Source: IdahoStatesman.com
11/14/09
Vitter on the offensive for '10

...affair (or what we call just another election in Louisiana). During last week's historic health care debate, Sen. David Vitter, R-La.,...

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11/19/09
Stupidity or Cynicism? - ThoughtCr...

What we're getting here is more likely an indrect but still unlovely glimpse of Senator David Vitter's voting base. He'd rather come acro...

11/19/09
About the Long Term Care Benefits ...

Santelli now wants nothing to do with it, but diaper-wearing senator David Vitter does! As do Fox News anchors Neil Cavuto and Sean Hanni...

Source: TalkLeft
11/19/09
Katrina ruling could bring new del...

Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, said the ruling could "serve as a warning for the future and as a means to help bring some for...

Source: KHQ - News
11/19/09
Our View: Census hinges on common ...

At one extreme is Sen. David Vitter, R-Louisiana. Just five months before the 10-question census is to be sent to every residence in the ...

11/19/09
Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Com...

U.S. Sen. David Vitter has filed a bill that would prevent Guantanamo Bay detainees from being tried in U.S. criminal courts instead of m...

11/19/09
Fox exec. faults "copy editor" for...

This is just another in the series of Fox "mistakes": "Sen. David Vitter, D-LA involved in D.C. madam case"? Oops, sorry, honest mistake,...

11/19/09
Utah Homophobe Senator Chris Butta...

Hey, Senator Buttholes, er um, Buttars... we'll stop stuffing it down your throat when gay citizens have all of their civil rights in the...

11/18/09
Sen. David Vitter On Loving V. Vir...

Yesterday, Mike Stark of The Stark Report ran into Senator David Vitter of Louisiana and asked him a very simple question — a question he...

11/18/09
NRSC.org - Media finds stimulus fu...

... but if they are having this much trouble keeping track of the stimulus money, how are they ever going to stay on top of the massive g...

Source: Home
11/18/09
Senator Vitter doesn’t know if Lov...

...28 days ago — Despite political setbacks and a determined Democratic opposition, a new poll shows Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) leads his r...

Source: Beltway Blips
Official website: http://vitter.senate.gov/
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516 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4623
Fax: 202-228-5061

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