Tom Feeney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 24th district
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 7, 2003
Preceded by	First Representative (District Created After 2000 Census)
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	May 23, 1958 (1958-05-23) (age 49) Abington, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Ellen Stewart
Religion	Presbyterian

Thomas Charles "Tom" Feeney III, usually known as Tom Feeney (born May 21, 1958), is a Republican politician from the state of Florida. Since 2003, he has represented Florida's 24th congressional district (map), which takes up several portions of the Orlando-Daytona Beach area as well as portions of the Space Coast region. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (937x1340, 386 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tom Feeney Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area South Florida Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... In 2006 Incumbent Congressman Tom Feeney will face Clint Curtis. ... For the ecclesiastical office, see Incumbent (ecclesiastical). ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Abington Township, Pennsylvania may refer to: North Abington Township, Pennsylvania West Abington Township, Pennsylvania South Abington Township, Pennsylvania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) 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. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area South Florida Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In 2006 Incumbent Congressman Tom Feeney will face Clint Curtis. ... Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ... Daytona Beach is a city located in Volusia County, Florida. ... The Space Coast is a region in the U.S. state of Florida around Kennedy Space Center, where NASA frequently launches rockets and shuttles into space. ...

He was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. He graduated from Penn State University in 1980, obtaining a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1983. Soon afterwards, he moved to Oviedo, Florida; a suburb of Orlando where he still lives, and opened a private practice there. Abington Township, Pennsylvania may refer to: North Abington Township, Pennsylvania West Abington Township, Pennsylvania South Abington Township, Pennsylvania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: , Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ... The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related land-grant university in Pennsylvania, with over 80,000 students at 24 campuses throughout the state. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Barco Law Building, University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh School of Law was founded in 1895, and became a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools in 1900. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Oviedo is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. ...

Florida legislature

In 1990, Feeney was elected to the Florida House of Representatives as a Republican from Seminole County. He served two terms there before running for lieutenant governor of Florida as Jeb Bush's running mate in 1994. After the pair narrowly lost, Feeney joined the James Madison Institute, a conservative think tank, as a director. He returned to the Florida House in 1996 and was elected as Speaker of that body in 2000. Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The Florida House of Representatives, one of the two Chambers of the Florida Legislature, is composed of 120 members, each representing a district. ... Seminole County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida and part of the Orlando-Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). ... A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... John Ellis Jeb Bush (born February 11, 1953), a Republican, is the forty-third and current Governor of Florida. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Feeney first came to national prominence in 2000, shortly after his election as Speaker, when he led efforts to certify the state's Republican presidential electors even though it was still unclear whether George W. Bush or Al Gore had won the state's electoral votes. Feeney and his colleagues claimed that Florida's electoral votes were in imminent danger of being removed from consideration if the results of the popular vote in the state could not be determined with legal certainty. While Article 2 of the United States Constitution places this power in the legislature, many Democrats insisted that recounts needed to be completed, and that by doing so, a clear legal victor would emerge. Feeney and State Senate president John McKay argued that the state Supreme Court's verdict in favor of the Democrats' position on recounts essentially "tainted" the entire process, so that there was (as Feeney stated) "a great risk" Florida's electoral votes would be disregarded altogether in the selection of the next President.^[1] The U.S. Supreme Court's verdict in Bush v. Gore rejected the argument from uncertainty by a margin of 6-3, and halted the recount process on other grounds. Bush won Florida and the election. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. ... The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. ... There are several different notable people named John McKay: John McKay (UK politician) (1885–1964), British Labour Party MP for Wallsend 1945–1964. ... Holding In the circumstances of this case, any manual recount of votes seeking to meet the December 12 “safe harbor” deadline would be unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. ...

In 2001, Feeney was one of the lawmakers who opposed a demand by Bud Selig that the state finance a new baseball stadium for the Florida Marlins. At that time, Selig had threatened that the Marlins might leave South Florida if they did not receive a tax break.^[2] Allan Huber Bud Selig, Jr. ... Major league affiliations National League (1993–present) East Division (1993–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 5, 42 Name Florida Marlins (1993–present) Other nicknames The Fish Ballpark Dolphin Stadium (1993–present) a. ...

U.S. House of Representatives

Florida gained two congressional district after the 2000 census. One of them was the 24th District in the Orlando area. Some have argued that Feeney drew this district for himself ^[3], since it included virtually all of his state House district and term limits prohibited him from running for the state House again. (The other new district, the 25th, was drawn for fellow state representative Mario Diaz-Balart). He was handily elected in 2002, re-elected unopposed in 2004, and took 58% of the vote in 2006. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart (born September 25, 1961) is an American politician. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Political positions

Feeney is one of the most conservative members of the House. He drafted a "Principles Card" soon after becoming state house speaker which allowed his fellow Republicans to check if legislation was consistent with conservative principles. He modified this card when he came to Congress, calling it the Conservative Check Card. Ths article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ...

Despite his ties to the Bush family, Feeney broke with the White House and opposed the Medicare reform package of 2003 since he felt its centerpiece, a prescription drug benefit for senior citizens, was too expensive. He was a founding member of Washington Waste Watchers, a group that combats what it considers to be wasteful government spending. For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... President Johnson signing the Medicare amendment. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Feeney is a cosponsor of a nonbinding resolution against the use of foreign law in federal courts. When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said (of the resolution) that "[i]t's none of your business", Feeney said that Scalia's comments were "like being told your favorite baseball player disagrees with your approach to hitting."^[4] Antonin Gregory Scalia (born March 11, 1936[1]) is an American jurist and the second most senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. ...

Awards

In 2006, Feeney was named a "Taxpayer Superhero" by the Citizens Against Government Waste.^[5] He received a perfect score from the Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform(ATR). He was named "Guardian of Small Business" by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The National Taxpayers Union presented Feeney with the "Taxpayers' Friend Award" in 2004^[6] and in 2006.^[7] Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is a prominent taxpayer watchdog group in the USA. Its stated goal is to eliminate waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in the federal government. ... Grover Norquist Grover Glenn Norquist (born October 19, 1956) is an American conservative activist. ... Americans for Tax Reform is an interest group seeking to reduce the overall level of taxation in the United States, at the federal, state and local level. ... The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is a lobbying organization with offices in Washington, DC USA, and in all 50 state capitols. ... National Taxpayers Union (NTU) is an pro-taxpayers advocacy organization in the United States, founded in 1969 by James Dale Davidson. ...

2006 re-election campaign

In 2006, Feeney faced Democrat Clint Curtis in the November general election. Clint Curtis (born 1958) is a programmer who worked for Yang Enterprises (YEI) in Oviedo, Florida until February 2001. ...

In September, Feeney's campaign launched a website that depicts Curtis as a tinfoil hat-wearing loony-bin candidate. The website is full of references to conspiracies and aluminum hats. Curtis said the attention is actually helping him. ^[8]

In early October, Feeney's campaign sent out flyers to 110,000 voters that showed the head of Curtis superimposed on what's supposed to be the body of Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner. The flyer also mentioned Larry Flynt and Hustler magazine. Feeney said he was using such tactics to inform the voters that Curtis was endorsed by Flynt. Curtis responded that he has never met Flynt or anyone at Hustler magazine.^[9] Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois), also referred to colloquially as Hef, is the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Larry Flynt Hustler Club on West 52nd Street in New York Hustler is a monthly pornographic magazine aimed at men and published in the United States. ...

Feeney refused to debate Curtis on substantive policy issues. It would be a disservice to voters to do so, he said. Curtis countered that Feeney was ducking him.^[10]

Feeney was reelected with 58% of the vote in 2006.^[11]

2008 election

Presidential candidate support

In mid-January 2007, Feeney endorsed Mitt Romney's nascent campaign for United States President. "With his record of fighting for lower taxes and balanced budgets, Gov. Romney is the right kind of leader to bring fiscal sanity back to Washington," Feeney said in a statement.^[12] Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947), known by the American public as Mitt Romney, was the 70th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...

Feeney's chief of staff, Jason Roe (politician), is serving as deputy campaign manager for Romney. Jason Roe is the chief of staff for Florida U.S. Representative Tom Feeney and is also the campaign manager for Peter Roskam, a candidate for U.S. Representative in Illinois. ...

Re-election

In June 2007, the 24th Congressional District was one of five in Florida that Democrats hoped to win from the Republicans in 2008. At that time, the party was recruiting a candidate to oppose Feeney.^[13]

See also

• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy
• 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy, voting machines

(Redirected from 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy) Introduction After the 2004 U.S. presidential election there were allegations of data irregularities and systematic flaws which may have changed the election result, if proven. ... After the 2004 U.S. presidential election there were allegations of data irregularities and systematic flaws which may have affected the outcome of both the presidential and local elections. ...

References

1. ^ Fla. Legislature Announces Special Session. The American Presidency Project (2000-12-06). Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
2. ^ "Baseball commissioner warns: No new stadium, no Marlins", Associated Press, 2001-04-17. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. 
3. ^ Mercurio, John. "Between the Lines (excerpt)", Roll Call, 2002-03-11. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. 
4. ^ Lane, Charles. "Scalia Tells Congress to Minds Its Own Business", Washington Post, 2006-05-19, p. A19. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. 
5. ^ Office of Representative Tom Feeney (2006-10-11). Tax Cuts and Spending Reform Slash Deficit. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-10-30.
6. ^ NTU's Taxpayer Friends in the House for 2004. National Taxpayers Union. Retrieved on 2006-02-26.
7. ^ NTU's Taxpayer Friends in the House for 2006. National Taxpayers Union. Retrieved on 2006-02-26.
8. ^ Emily Heil, "Feeney website dubs opponent ‘Crazy Clint’", The Hill, September 28, 2006
9. ^ "Porn Mag Used In Political Mailer Upsets Local Mother", WFTV.com, 2006-10-06. Retrieved on 2006-10-24. 
10. ^ Robert Perez, "House race turns zanier: Candidate's claims spark Internet spoof", Orlando Sentinel, October 7, 2006
11. ^ "STATE RACES» Florida", Elections 2006, CNN. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. 
12. ^ "Feeney's a Fan", St. Petersburg Times blog, January 19, 2007
13. ^ Brendan Farrington, "Florida will be a congressional battleground again in 2008", Herald Tribune, June 23, 2007

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External links

• U.S. Congressman Tom Feeney official House site
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Federal Election Commission — Tom Feeney campaign finance reports and data
• On the Issues — Tom Feeney issue positions and quotes
• OpenSecrets.org — Tom Feeney campaign contributions
• Project Vote Smart — Representative Tom Feeney (FL) profile
• SourceWatch Congresspedia — Tom Feeney profile
• Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Tom Feeney voting record
• Tom Feeney for Congress — official campaign site
• Beyond Delay — Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
• Altamonte Springs Community Blog