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Senator James Risch (R)
Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2014
Party: Republican
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2014
Party: Republican
General
Gender: MaleFamily: Wife: Vicki; 3 Children: James, Jason, Jordan
Birth date: 05/03/1943
Birthplace: Milwaukee, WI
Home City: Boise ID
Religion: Catholic
Profession
Chair, Idaho Bush Presidential Campaign, 1988 Professor of Law, Boise State University, 1972-1975 Prosecuting Attorney, Ada County, 1970-1974 Attorney/Senior Partner, Risch, Goss, Insinger, and Gustavel Rancher/Farmer Small Business OwnerEducation
JD, University of Idaho, 1968 BS, Forestry, University of Idaho, 1965Committees
Energy and Natural ResourcesForeign Relations
Select Committee on Ethics
Select Committee on Intelligence
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Subcommittee on Energy
Subcommittee on European Affairs
Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Subcommittee on Water and Power
Recent Votes
HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay
S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay
S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay
S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay
S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay
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Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay
S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay
S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay
S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay
S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay
View More

