1. John Barden Shadegg is an American politician and former US representative for, serving from 1995 until 2011.
21 Facts About John Shadegg
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John Shadegg was born in Phoenix and received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Arizona at Tucson in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona Law School, in Tucson, in 1975.
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John Shadegg served in the Arizona Air National Guard from 1969 to 1975.
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In 1982, John Shadegg led the re-election campaign of Robert Corbin, for Arizona Attorney General.
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John Shadegg served as Special Assistant Attorney General for Corbin between 1983 and 1990.
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John Shadegg was Corbin's chief lobbyist, where he was the point man for the impeachment of Gov.
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John Shadegg served as special counsel to the Arizona state House Republican caucus in 1991 and 1992 and an adviser to the United States Sentencing Commission before entering the House.
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From 2000 to 2002, Congressman John Shadegg served as chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative House Republicans.
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John Shadegg was the only member of the Republican Class of 1994 serving in leadership until resigning the post to run for Majority Leader in January 2006.
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John Shadegg received the support of the National Review, the Club for Growth, and the Arizona Republic.
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John Shadegg ran for House Minority Whip following the loss of Republican control of the House in November 2006, losing to Blunt.
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John Shadegg voted against the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, which increased the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour.
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John Shadegg voted for a bill to build a 700-mile fence along the border between the United States and Mexico.
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In 2005, John Shadegg voted against a bill to create a flag-burning amendment to the Constitution.
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John Shadegg is a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online poker.
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John Shadegg is vehemently opposed to the Healthcare Reform Package that was tabled in October 2009.
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John Shadegg said the reform package is a "Soviet-style gulag health care", and will make American healthcare something akin to that available to the prisoners of Russian gulag.
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On September 29,2008, John Shadegg voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 which created the Troubled Assets Relief Program.
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John Shadegg entered the Republican primary race for Arizona's 4th District in 1994 after four-term incumbent Jon Kyl began what turned out to be a successful run for the United States Senate.
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On January 14,2010, John Shadegg announced he would not run for reelection to a ninth term.
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In 2016, John Shadegg joined the Polsinelli PC law firm in Phoenix as a partner.