1. John Elmer Linder was born on September 9,1942 and is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2011.
35 Facts About John Linder
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John Linder's district was numbered the from 1993 to 1997, the from 1997 to 2003, and the from 2003 until 2011.
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In March 2019, he was announced as President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next United States Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; John Linder was not confirmed and his nomination expired at the end of the Trump administration.
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John Linder was born in Deer River, Minnesota, was educated at the University of Minnesota Duluth, served in the United States Air Force, was a dentist and businessman, president of a lending institution, and a member of the Georgia House of Representatives where he served for seven terms.
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John Linder chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign funding arm of House Republicans, during the 105th Congress.
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John Linder was defeated for a second term as chairman after a poor showing in the 1998 mid-term elections.
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John Linder is coauthor of The FairTax Book with radio talk show host Neal Boortz, which spent time atop the New York Times bestseller list.
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John Linder first introduced the legislation in July 1999 to the 106th United States Congress.
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John Linder has reintroduced substantially the same bill in each subsequent session of Congress.
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John Linder has worked with interest groups such as Americans for Fair Taxation as well as National Taxpayers Union.
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Since 1996 John Linder has backed the National Right to Life Committee 100 percent of the time.
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Since 1996 John Linder has backed the US Chamber of Commerce at least 90 percent of the time except in 2005 where he backed them 75 percent of the time.
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John Linder has backed the interests of the NRA throughout his career.
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John Linder has received $25,401 from the Construction industry and $25,300 from the Energy and Natural Resources industry.
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John Linder voted against the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
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John Linder voted in favor of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
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John Linder voted in favor of reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act in 2005.
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John Linder opposed transferring prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
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John Linder voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the related Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
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John Linder voted against the 2008 Medicare bill that was vetoed by George W Bush.
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John Linder voted against the re authorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program in 2007, and voted against the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993.
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John Linder voted against reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act in 2006.
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John Linder voted in favor of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Amendment in 1993, and voted against the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.
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John Linder voted against the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007.
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John Linder voted against legislation to limit the federal government's authority to prosecute medical marijuana users in states where medical marijuana is legal.
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John Linder voted against measures to shield the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from drilling.
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John Linder voted against the Water Resources Development Act of 2007.
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John Linder voted against establishing the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area and expanding the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.
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John Linder voted against the DREAM Act, which would benefit undocumented youth who were brought to the United States as children.
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John Linder voted in favor of Secure Fence Act of 2006, legislation to create a fence along the US-Mexico border.
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John Linder voted in favor of the Real ID Act of 2005.
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John Linder has been criticized for omitting a trip paid for by a client of lobbyist Jack Abramoff from travel disclosure forms, even though he declared it on his personal income filings.
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John Linder was first elected to Congress from the newly created 4th District in 1992, defeating state senator Cathey Steinberg by 2,600 votes.
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John Linder's district was renumbered as the 11th District in 1997 after Georgia's previous congressional map was thrown out as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
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John Linder handily defeated Barr in the 2002 Republican primary, all but assuring him of a sixth term.