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| Preceded by | Maurice Hinchey |
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| Born | September 3, 1950 Bellefonte, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Donna Reynolds |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Thomas M. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The 26th Congressional District of New York is a Congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Western New York. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Maurice Dunlea Hinchey (born October 27, 1938) is an American politician Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bellefonte is a borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity Reynolds (born September 3, 1950), commonly known as Tom Reynolds, is a politician from the U.S. state of New York, currently representing the state's 26th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The 26th Congressional District of New York is a Congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Western New York. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The district includes suburban Buffalo and Rochester as well as many rural communities. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Reynolds was chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the official Republican House campaign organization, for the 2006 election cycle. "NRCC" redirects here For the organization of Canadian collectives see Neighbouring Rights Collective of Canada. He will retire at the end of 2008, and will not run for reelection this November[1]. He currently is supporting Chris J. Lee to replace him.
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Early life
Reynolds was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania and graduated from the Springville-Griffith Institute. Bellefonte is a borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. He served in the New York Air National Guard from 1970 to 1976,[2] and was elected to the Concord, New York town board in 1974. The New York Air National Guard is the component of the United States Air National Guard operating within the state of New York. Concord is a Town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 8526 at the 2000 census Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Reynolds was elected to the Erie County legislature in 1982. County of Erie, commonly referred to as Erie County, is a county located in the U Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) He was elected to the New York Assembly as a Republican from Erie County in 1988. The New York State Assembly is the Lower house of the New York Legislature, the state legislature of the U Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
U. S. House of Representatives
1998 election
Reynolds ran for the House in 1998 after Bill Paxon was forced out of his leadership role in the House Republican leadership ranks because of his role in a coup attempt against Newt Gingrich. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) L William Paxon (born April 29, 1954) commonly known as Bill Paxon, is a former U Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich, (born Newton Leroy McPherson on June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the Speaker He endorsed Reynolds, who had managed several of his past campaigns, as his successor. There was controversy because Reynolds did not live in Paxon's district, his Springville home being in the neighboring district of fellow Republican Jack Quinn who was running for his own reelection. Springville is a Village in Erie County, New York, United States. Reynolds would not move into the district until eight months after the election when he purchased a home in Clarence — near Amherst, one of the larger towns in the seven-county district. Clarence is a Town located in the northeastern part of Erie County, New York, United States. Amherst is a Town in Erie County, New York, US, directly northeast of the City of Buffalo.
Committee Assignments
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- Ways and Means Committee
- Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
- Subcommittee on Trade
Political positions
Reynolds has a "conservative" voting record in Congress. In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities His 83 percent rating from the American Conservative Union ties him with Peter T. King of Long Island as the third most conservative among the state's 29 Representatives. The American Conservative Union ( ACU) is an American political organization advocating conservative policies. Peter T King (born April 5, 1944) is a Republican Politician from the U Only Representatives Randy Kuhl (92%) and Vito Fossella (84%) received higher ratings. John R "Randy" Kuhl Jr is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Vito John Fossella Jr (born March 9, 1965) is a Republican Politician from the state of New York who has represented [3]
Re-elections
In the 2000 round of redistricting, a special master proposed a plan that would have put considerably more Democrats into Reynolds' district. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. A special master, in Law, is an authority appointed by a Judge to make sure that judicial orders are actually followed The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. While Republicans would have still held a plurality, this would have exposed Reynolds. According to one political strategist, Reynolds and his allies in Washington wanted a district that would let him vote "like a Southern conservative. " With the help of Vice President Dick Cheney, Reynolds pressured the state legislature to redraw his district so that it remained heavily Republican [1]. Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. Gerrymandering is a form of redistribution in which electoral district or Constituency boundaries are manipulated for electoral advantage He was elected from this district in 2002, and again 2004. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " His 2004 opponent was millionaire industrialist Jack Davis was bested by 12 percent of the vote. A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul, tycoon, baron, or industrialist, is a person who has reached a prominent place in John R "Jack" Davis is an Industrialist and Democratic Politician from western New York, known for his strong stance against In 2006 Reynolds again defeated Davis by 4% of the vote amid the Mark Foley page scandal. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Mark Foley scandal, which broke in late September 2006 centers on soliciting E-mails and sexually explicit instant messages sent by Mark
NRCC
Reynolds served as chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee during the 108th Congress. "NRCC" redirects here For the organization of Canadian collectives see Neighbouring Rights Collective of Canada. In this capacity, he oversaw the loss of 29 seats from the Republican caucus.
2006 House page scandal
Rodney Alexander (R-Louisiana), the sponsor of a House page (from his district) who received e-mails from Representative Mark Foley, told reporters that he learned of the e-mails from the page's family in November, 2005. The Mark Foley scandal, which broke in late September 2006 centers on soliciting E-mails and sexually explicit instant messages sent by Mark Rodney McKinnie Alexander (born December 5 1946) is an American politician currently affiliated with the Republican Party. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America United States House of Representatives Page Program is a program run by the United States House of Representatives, under the office of the Clerk of the House in which appointed Mark Adam Foley (born September 8 1954 is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Alexander said the family did not want the matter pursued. Alexander also said he passed information that Foley had appeared overly friendly first to Majority Leader John Boehner, and later to Reynolds, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. "NRCC" redirects here For the organization of Canadian collectives see Neighbouring Rights Collective of Canada. [4] Carl Forti, a spokesman for the GOP campaign organization, said Reynolds also was told by Alexander that the parents did not want to pursue the matter and that they did not want a large-scale investigation.
Reynolds later issued a statement that he had spoken with House Speaker Dennis Hastert about the matter early in 2006. See also Illinois's 14th congressional district special election 2008 John Dennis "Denny" Hastert (born January 2, 1942) is an According to the Washington Post, "Republican insiders said Reynolds spoke out because he was angry that Hastert appeared willing to let him take the blame for the party leadership's silence. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D "[5] Hastert did not "explicitly recall" that conversation but said he did not dispute it. [2]
On October 2, Reynolds held a press conference [3] on the matter, from Buffalo at Daemen College while surrounded by numerous children of his adult supporters. A news conference or press conference is a Media event in which newsmakers invite journalists to hear them speak and most often ask questions Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. Daemen College is located on Main Street in Amherst New York. He said he took the Foley matter to his "supervisor" as soon as he found out about the matter. Reynolds claimed that he had no knowledge of any sexual conversations or e-mails between Foley and the page until after it was disclosed in the media. [4] Soon afterwards, he came out with a television campaign advertisement claiming that he had no knowledge of the depth of Foley's transgressions until afterwards.
In December, 2006, Reynolds was largely exonerated by the Republican-controlled House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, which probed the Foley case. The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, often known simply as the Ethics Committee, is one of the committees of the United States House of Representatives The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported in its December 9th edition that "Rep. The Democrat and Chronicle is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in the greater Rochester New York area Tom Reynolds told the truth when he said he told House Speaker Dennis Hastert about ex-Rep. Mark Foley's questionable e-mails to congressional pages, the House ethics committee has concluded," while the Associated Press reported the "the House ethics committee on Friday cleared Rep. Thomas Reynolds and his ex-chief of staff Kirk Fordham of wrongdoing in the congressional page scandal. "
On page 76 of its report, the committee reported they had uncovered the fact that "the communications directors for both the House Democratic Caucus and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee also had copies of the e-mails in the fall of 2005," months prior to Reynolds' knowledge of the incident. During the 2006 campaign, Republicans charged that Democrats had prior knowledge of Foley's inappropriate e-mails with a House page. Democrats, including DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel, vehemently denied the accusation. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (commonly referred to as the " D triple C," or the " D-Trip " is the Democratic Hill Rahm Emanuel (born November 29 1959) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003 representing, which
References
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2008/03/reynolds-out.html
- ^ American Conservative Union ratings of New York state members of Congress
- ^ "Sixteen-Year-Old Who Worked as Capitol Hill Page Concerned About E-mail Exchange with Congressman", Associated Press , September 29, 2006. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio
- ^ "GOP Leaders Knew Of Foley's Messages", Washington Post, October 1, 2006. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Retrieved on 2006-09-30. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the
External links
- U.S. Congressman Thomas M. Reynolds official House site
- Thomas M. Reynolds at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Federal Election Commission — Thomas M Reynolds campaign finance reports and data
- On the Issues — Thomas Reynolds issue positions and quotes
- OpenSecrets.org — Tom Reynolds campaign contributions
- Project Vote Smart — Representative Thomas M. Reynolds (NY) profile
- SourceWatch Congresspedia — Tom Reynolds profile
- Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Thomas Reynolds voting record
- Congressman Tom Reynolds official campaign site
- Tom Reynolds Watch
| Preceded by Bill Paxon |
New York State Assembly, 147th District 1989–1998 |
Succeeded by Daniel Burling |
| Preceded by Clarence D. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as L William Paxon (born April 29, 1954) commonly known as Bill Paxon, is a former U The New York State Assembly is the Lower house of the New York Legislature, the state legislature of the U Daniel J Burling (born 1947 represents District 147 in the New York State Assembly, which comprises a number of communities located in Upstate New York, including Rappleyea |
Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly 1995–1998 |
Succeeded by John Faso |
| Preceded by Bill Paxon |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 27th congressional district 1999–2003 |
Succeeded by Jack Quinn |
| Preceded by Maurice Hinchey |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 26th congressional district 2003– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Thomas M. Davis Virginia |
Chairman of National Republican Congressional Committee 2003–2007 |
Succeeded by Tom Cole Oklahoma |
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