1. Steven Clare LaTourette was an American politician who served as the US representative for and then from 1995 to 2013.
12 Facts About Steve LaTourette
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The Steve LaTourette family were French Huguenots who fled persecution in the 1600s and first settled in Staten Island, New York.
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Steve LaTourette was a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership.
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In 2006, Steve LaTourette co-authored the Financial Data Protection Act of 2006, which sought to unify state and federal laws on banking and privacy and ease the burden of patchwork legislation.
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Steve LaTourette had voted to impeach Bill Clinton for the Lewinsky scandal while he himself was having a long-term affair with his chief of staff, Jennifer Laptook.
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On Thursday, March 17,2011, Steve LaTourette became one of only seven Republicans who voted "NO" on a measure introduced in the US House of Representatives to strip all government funding from NPR.
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On June 28,2012, Steve LaTourette was one of only two Republicans who voted against a motion to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress, though he did vote to bring civil charges against Holder for his handling of the Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal.
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Steve LaTourette was elected to the House in 1994 in the wave of Republican successes in that year, defeating incumbent Eric Fingerhut.
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Steve LaTourette served the 19th district of Ohio from 1995 to 2003.
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Steve LaTourette defeated Democratic nominee and former Appellate Court judge Bill O'Neill in the general election, along with Libertarian nominee and accountant John Jelenic.
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On July 30,2012, it was reported that Steve LaTourette would retire at the end of his term and not seek re-election.
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Steve LaTourette died on August 3,2016, from pancreatic cancer, aged 62.