David Vitter

David Bruce Vitter (born May 3 1961), American politician, is a Senator from Louisiana. He was formerly a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, first elected in 1999, representing the First Congressional District of Louisiana. He was born in New Orleans, was educated at Harvard University, Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar), and Tulane University, and was a lawyer and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives before entering the House. As of January 2005, he occupies the Senate seat vacated by outgoing Senator John Breaux. While he is widely believed to be the first Republican Senator elected in Louisiana he is not and that title goes to John S. Harris who took his office as a senator in 1868. However, Vitter was the first to be elected by the general populace of Louisiana, while Harris was chosen by the state legislature before the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution made that procedure obsolete.

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The Louisiana Jena Band of Choctaws had accused Vitter of being "in cahoots" with Jack Abramoff and his attempts to stymie the tribe's casino plans. The Senate Indian Affairs Committee found the allegations had no factual basis, with chairman John McCain saying "The committee has seen absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Senator Vitter's opposition to (the proposed casino) had to do with anything other than his long-standing opposition to gambling." http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/base/news-1/112253289179960.xml

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Jack Abramoff - John McCain

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