Citizendia
Your Ad Here

Vic Snyder
Vic Snyder
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 3, 1997
Preceded by Ray Thornton
Born September 27, 1947 (1947-09-27) (age 60)
Medford, Oregon
Political party Democratic
Spouse Betsy Singleton
Religion Methodist

Victor F. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. (In this article Stephen Bundridge Jr is cited has having been elected in 1902 and 1978 which is an impossibility Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Raymond Hoyt "Ray" Thornton Jr (born July 16, 1928, in Conway Arkansas) is a former U Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of 2007 the city had a total population of 75675 and a Metropolitan area population The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations (Vic) Snyder (born September 27, 1947) is a politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 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 Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and represents Arkansas's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. (In this article Stephen Bundridge Jr is cited has having been elected in 1902 and 1978 which is an impossibility The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate.

Contents

Early life

Vic Snyder was born in Medford, Oregon. Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of 2007 the city had a total population of 75675 and a Metropolitan area population Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. He is a graduate of Medford High School (1965) and attended college at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma. Willamette University is an American private institution of higher learning located in Salem Oregon. Salem (ˈseɪləm is the Capital of the US state of Oregon, and the County seat of Marion County. Traditional founding The Kappa Sigma Fraternity claims that its origins can be traced back to Bologna, Italy in 1400. In 1967, after two years of college, Snyder volunteered for the United States Marine Corps. He served in Vietnam with Headquarters Company of the US 1st Marine Division during the Vietnam War, attaining the rank of corporal. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The 1st Marine Division is the oldest largest (active duty and most decorated division in the United States Marine Corps representing a combat-ready force The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and also by some police forces or other uniformed organizations Snyder earned a degree in Chemistry in 1975 from Willamette and earned his medical degree from the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center (now Oregon Health & Science University) in Portland, Oregon in 1979. Oregon Health & Science University ( OHSU) is a public University in Oregon with a main campus including three Hospitals in Portland Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers

Snyder moved to Little Rock, Arkansas and served his residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS is part of the University of Arkansas System, a state-run University in the U In 1982 after completing his residency he worked as a family practice physician for 15 years. During this time he travelled overseas to volunteer his medical services at Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand, Salvadoran refugee camps in Honduras, and Ethiopian refugee camps in Sudan. The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. From 1985 to 1988 Snyder attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law to obtain his law degree while still maintaining his medical practice.

Politics

In 1990 he successfully ran for a seat in the Arkansas legislature and served in that body until 1996. In the Arkansas legislature, Snyder stepped into one of his earliest legislative controversies when he attempted to repeal the state's aged "Sodomy Laws". Sodomy laws in the United States, laws primarily intended to outlaw Gay sex, were historically pervasive but have been invalidated by the 2003 Supreme Court decision Ultimately, however, his efforts failed, and the sodomy laws stayed in effect until the state Supreme Court struck it down in Jegley v. Picado in March 2001.

Snyder was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1996 and was reelected in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006. Snyder focuses on many traditionally liberal issues, including a particular interest in support for veteran's and military families, serving on the House Committee on Veteran's Affairs and the House Armed Services Committee. He has a fairly liberal voting record for being an elected politician from the South and otherwise conservative-leaning Arkansas. Snyder voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment, the ban on partial-birth abortions, banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers and distributors, bankruptcy reform, drilling in ANWR, and on October 10, 2002, he was among the 133 members of the House who voted against authorizing the invasion of Iraq. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia Many of these positions however are supported by Democrats from Southern states. In addition, Snyder was one of only two Congressmen to vote against prosecuting Saddam Hussein. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30

On issues of free and expanded trade, Synder differs with his party, especially his Southern populist colleagues. He has also opposed legislation cracking down on Wal-Mart, which is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores Bentonville is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States.

Vic Snyder is a member of the New Democrat Coalition. The New Democrat Coalition is an organization within the United States Congress.

Committee Assignments

Personal life

Snyder married The Reverend Betsy Singleton, a United Methodist minister at Little Rock's Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, in 2003. The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination and the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States. The Quapaw Quarter of Little Rock Arkansas is a section of the city including its oldest and most historic business and residential neighborhoods Together they have one child, a son, Charles Pennington Snyder born May 23, 2006.

External links

Preceded by
Ray Thornton		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 2nd congressional district
1997-01-03 – present		 Incumbent
The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The Federal Election Commission (or FEC) is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP is a nonpartisan research group based in Washington D Project Vote Smart ( PVS) is a Non-profit, Non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in SourceWatch (formerly Disinfopedia) is an internet site which is a "collaborative project" of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD Congresspedia is a Wiki designed to hold information on the workings of the U Raymond Hoyt "Ray" Thornton Jr (born July 16, 1928, in Conway Arkansas) is a former U The followings tables present the congressional delegations from Arkansas to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives (In this article Stephen Bundridge Jr is cited has having been elected in 1902 and 1978 which is an impossibility Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
 Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic