Daniel Milton Newhouse was born on July 10,1955 and is an American politician and agricultural scientist serving as the US representative for.
14 Facts About Dan Newhouse
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Dan Newhouse was one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump during Trump's second impeachment, and one of two Republicans to vote for impeachment and win reelection in 2022, along with David Valadao of California.
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Dan Newhouse graduated from Washington State with a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics in 1977.
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Dan Newhouse is a graduate of the Washington Agriculture and Forestry Leadership Program.
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Dan Newhouse served four terms in the Washington House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009, representing the 15th district in eastern Yakima County, his father's old district.
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The race was very close, and was seen as a battle between the factions of the GOP; Dan Newhouse is considered a mainstream Republican, while Didier openly identified with the Tea Party movement.
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Dan Newhouse faced Didier in a rematch in 2016, placing first in the blanket primary with 44,720 votes to Didier's 26,892.
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In December 2020, Newhouse was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump.
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Dan Newhouse voted to impeach alongside nine other Republicans that day.
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Dan Newhouse expressed regret for not speaking out sooner against Trump's spreading of election misinformation.
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On May 19,2021, Dan Newhouse became one of 35 Republicans who joined all Democrats in voting to approve legislation to establish the January 6 commission meant to investigate the storming of the US Capitol.
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Dan Newhouse voted for the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, which authorized DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.
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In 2022, Dan Newhouse voted to provide approximately $14 billion to the government of Ukraine.
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In 2018, Dan Newhouse married Joan Galvin in a small ceremony at the Congressional Prayer Room in the United States Capitol building.