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Encyclopedia > Doug Ose

Douglas Arlo Ose commonly known as Doug Ose(born June 27, 1955), American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005, representing the 3rd District of California. He was born in Sacramento, California and was educated at the University of California, Berkeley. He did not get reelected in 2004, but was instead briefly a candidate in the Republican primary for the US Senate. His sister, Mary Ose lost the Republican nomination to former state Attorney General and former US Congressman Dan Lungren. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Sacramento is the county seat of Sacramento County, California and the capital of the U.S. state of California. ... University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California, USA to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Dan Lungren, a Republican from California, was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004. ...


In December 2003, Ose introduced a bill (H.R. 3687) to outlaw the broadcast of George Carlin's seven "dirty words," including "compound use (including hyphenated compounds) of such words and phrases with each other or with other words or phrases, and other grammatical forms of such words and phrases (including verb, adjective, gerund, participle, and infinitive forms)." George Carlin in the film Jersey Girl George Carlin (born May 12, 1937 in New York City) is an Irish American (I used to be Irish Catholic, now Im an American. ...


This Bill received criticism from some conservatives because one of the banned words, "piss", is used in the King James Bible and there was concern that Christian radio stations would be fined for reading Bible verses.


Ose also appeared as himself with Barbara Boxer in the Gilmore Girls episode Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days. Barbara Boxer Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and the current junior United States Senator from California. ... Regarded by fans as the best female oriented drama on television Gilmore Girls is an hour-long American television drama/comedy that has aired since 2000, completing five seasons, with a sixth season officially announced on May 17, 2005. ...


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Doug Ose (624 words)
Ose said Congress should be working to make the tax code "as evenhanded as possible," by doing away with the "marriage tax" and inheritance tax.
Ose said he is in agreement with many Democrats on gun control issues, supporting trigger locks and the gun-show waiting period.
Ose's 3rd District U.S. House GOP primary election victory in June 1998 over state legislator Barbara Alby, left bitterness in the ranks of some Republicans, largely because of an Ose advertisement that attacked Alby's attendance record by painting her as an absentee lawmaker.
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State/The West -- Congressman's attempts to lower clean water protections aid donors (1231 words)
Ose said it was proper for his congressional subcommittee and its staff to intervene repeatedly on behalf of the California contributors, because, "How those rules relate to those projects is a national issue.
Ose convened his Government Reform Subcommittee in September to hear how federal protections for small streams and wetlands might be affected by a January 2001 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that developers and agriculture interests suggest should limit the government's jurisdiction only to navigable waterways.
Ose criticized the Corps for using an "elastic" definition of navigable waterways to claim jurisdiction, including "ditches, which are only infrequently wet." The Corps' and EPA's lack of a consistent policy "has created confusion and chaos" for those who want to develop protected areas as well as for states, he said.
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