Steven LaTourette
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 14th district
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 4, 1995–
Preceded by	Tom Sawyer
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	July 22, 1954 Cleveland, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Jennifer LaTourette
Religion	Methodist

Steven C. LaTourette (born July 22, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician from Ohio. A Republican, he is currently a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, currently representing Ohio's 14th Congressional district. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Ohios 14th district The 14th congressional district of Ohio is currently represented by Representative Steven C. LaTourette. ... The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tom Sawyer Thomas Charles Sawyer, (born August 15, 1945), usually known as Tom Sawyer, is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1987 to 2003. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Ohios 14th district The 14th congressional district of Ohio is currently represented by Representative Steven C. LaTourette. ...

A graduate of the University of Michigan, LaTourette studied law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and had the dubious distinction there of disrupting a school assembly honoring Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales. LaTourette was roughly removed by the Secret Service. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (UM or U of M) is a coeducational public research university in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

After a stint as a public defender, LaTourette was elected the County Prosecutor of Lake County, Ohio and served from 1989 to 1995. His employment policies did not endear to him staff at first, cutting pay of assistants severely and paying assistants he brought on higher than existing prosecutors. There, he made his name prosecuting the Kirtland serial murders that were organized by mass-murderer and outlaw Mormon, Jeffrey Lundgren. Despite being criticized by Judge Paul Mitrovich of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas for offering lenient pleas to underlings in the murder conspiracy in order to get at Lundgren, LaTourette received excellent publicity that gave him momentum to run for Congress. Lake County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ...

Promising to only serve two terms, and claiming the job "sucked", he was elected to the House in 1994 in the wave of Republican successes in that year, defeating incumbent Eric Fingerhut. LaTourette served the 19th district of Ohio from 1995–2003. After the district was eliminated in the round of redistricting following the 2000 Census, LaTourette shifted to the 14th district of Ohio, where he currently serves the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, northeastern Summit County, and Ashtabula County. He is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and is chairman of that committee's Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Following his divorce and the outing of his affiar with his former chief of Staff, Jennifer Laptook, Latourette was replaced as a member of the House Ethics Committee. Eric David Fingerhut (b. ... The United States Census of year 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... Summit County is a urban county located in the state of Ohio, United States. ... Ashtabula County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ...

LaTourette is a social conservative known particularly for his support by the National Rifle Association. He voted for Bill Clinton's impeachment. His overall voting record reflects a moderate conservatism, although he is a member of the moderate/liberal Republican Main Street Partnership and supports stem cell research, despite an overall opposition to abortion. However, his voting record at the committee level shows that he votes the Republican party line more than 85% of the time. Social conservatism is a belief in traditional morality and social mores and the desire to preserve these in present day society, often through civil law or regulation. ... National Rifle Association logo This article concerns the National Rifle Association of the USA. For the UK organisation, see National Rifle Association, UK The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit group for the promotion of marksmanship, firearm safety, and the protection of hunting and personal protection firearm... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... In politics and religion, a moderate is an individual who holds an intermediate position between two extreme or radical viewpoints. ... Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of... The Republican Main Street Partnership is a group of social liberals and moderates in the United States Republican Party. ... Mouse embryonic stem cells. ...

LaTourette became a controversial figure in the months following October 2003, when he telephoned his wife, Susan, that he was having an affair with a lobbyist and was filing for divorce. The affair was publicized in 2003 by The Hill newspaper, and the online news magazine Salon.com reported in October 2004 that LaTourette's mistress was Jennifer Laptook, a former aide now working as a lobbyist for Van Scoyoc Associates, which lobbies LaTourette's committee on a number of issues. Lobbying is the practice of private advocacy with the goal of influencing a governing body, in order to ensure that an individuals or organizations point of view is represented in the government. ... The Hill is a non-partisan, non-ideological newspaper published in Washington, D.C.. It is written for and about the U.S. Congress. ... Screenshot of Salon. ...

In October 2004, Washingtonian published the results of a survey of congressional staffers that awarded LaTourette the title of "No Altar Boy." The Washingtonian is a monthly magazine distrubuted in the Washington DC area. ...

During the 2004 election campaign season, LaTourette's wife posted signs supporting the election of Capri S. Cafaro, LaTourette's opponent for re-election in 2004, at her home in Madison, Ohio. Capri Silvestri Cafaro (born November 21, 1977) is an American politician of the Democratic Party in Ohio who is an Ohio state senator elect. ... Madison is a village in Lake County, Ohio, in the United States. ...

In 2006 LaTourette co-authored the Financial Data Protection Act of 2006 which seeks to unify state and federal laws on banking and privacy and ease the burden of patchwork legislation. Opponents of the bill argue that it will limit consumers access to a personal credit freeze and blunt state laws requiring corporations to notify victims of information security breaches. Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

Involvement in The Jack Abramoff Scandal

Papers filed in the Jack Abramoff case show that LaTourette wrote a letter to The General Services Administration on behalf of an Abramoff associate, and networked on Abramoff's behalf with indicted Congressman Bob Ney, (who was the best man at Steve LaTourette's wedding to Jennifer Laptook). Abramoff on the cover of the January 16, 2006 issue of TIME magazine after pleading guilty earlier that month. ... The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. ... Robert William Bob Ney (born July 5, 1954) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. ...

LaTourette was asked to work with indicted Abramoff co-conspirator David Safavian to pass a regulation change that might secure minority-owned small-business contracts for Native American tribes Abramoff represented. David Hossein Safavian (suh-FAY-vee-an) was chief of staff of the United States General Services Administration (GSA), the procurement arm of the U.S. federal government and in 2004, an employee of the Office of Management and Budget. ... Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ...

According to an FBI document, Abramoff "sent an e-mail to Safavian's home e-mail address containing a draft letter purportedly to be sent by at least two members of Congress to the Administrator of GSA."[1] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. ...

Despite doing possible favors for Abramoff, LaTourette may not have taken any money from the lobbyist or his clients. Opensecrets.org, a non-partisan campaign finance watchdog, does not show LaTourette on its comprehensive list of Abramoff donation recipients. LaTourette's own profile on the site shows his PAC as having taken only $500 from lobbyists in the 2006 election cycle, and $1000 in the 2004 election cycle. None of the $1500 was from Abramoff; $500 was from the Wexler & Walker Public Policy Association. Former Congressman Robert Smith Walker (R-PA) (the Walker in "Wexler and Walker") is a fierce critic of Abramoff. The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, organization in the United States which is concerned with monitoring campaign finance laws in the U.S. and works for campaign finance reform. ... Robert Smith Walker (born December 23, 1942) was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1977 to 1997. ... Official language(s) English, Pennsylvania Dutch Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ...

LaTourette, while in the majority, always developed a reputation of working for Cleveland issues despite the city not being in his district. He reasoned that issues affecting Cleveland would also have a ripple affect on the counties surrounding the city. To that effect, LaTourette was instrumental in saving the DFAS Finance office in Cleveland from being removed to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

See also

• Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 19th District
• Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 14th District
• List of United States Representatives from Ohio

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External links

• Steven C. LaTourette's Home Page
• Information from Project Vote Smart
  • Project Vote Smart Biography
  • Campaign Finances
  • Issue Positions
  • Voting record
• LaTourette wrote letter to GSA for Abramoff lobbying associate
• Voting record maintained by the Washington Post