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Liz Cheney
Chair of the House Republican Conference
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
DeputyMark Walker
Mike Johnson
LeaderKevin McCarthy
Preceded byCathy McMorris Rodgers
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wyoming's at-large district
Assumed office
January 3, 2017
Preceded byCynthia Lummis
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Lynne Cheney

(1966-07-28) July 28, 1966 (age 57)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
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(m. 1993)​
Children5
Parent(s)Dick Cheney
Lynne Cheney
RelativesMary Cheney (sister)
EducationColorado College (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)
WebsiteHouse website

Elizabeth Lynne Cheney[1] (/ˈtʃeɪni/ CHAY-nee; born July 28, 1966)[2] is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district since 2017. Cheney is the House Republican Conference Chair, the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership. She is the third woman elected to that position after Deborah Pryce and Cathy McMorris Rodgers.[3][4]

Cheney is the elder daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney. She held several positions in the U.S. State Department during the George W. Bush administration, notably as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State For Near Eastern Affairs and head of the Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group that worked for regime change in Iran. She has been politically active on behalf of the Republican Party and is a co-founder of Keep America Safe, a nonprofit organization concerned with national security issues. She was a candidate for the 2014 election to the United States Senate in Wyoming, challenging the three-term incumbent Mike Enzi, before withdrawing from the race. In the House of Representatives, she holds the seat that was held by her father from 1979 to 1989.[5]

Regarded as a leading conservative in the Bush-era tradition and a representative of the Republican establishment,[6] Cheney is known for her focus on national security, support for the U.S. military and hawkish foreign policy views, and for being fiscally and socially conservative. She was critical of the foreign policy of the former Trump administration[7][8][9][10] and supported the second impeachment of Donald Trump following the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, after Trump had told a mob of insurrectionists to "get rid of" her.[11] Cheney has several times been described as "Republican royalty."[12][13] Mitch McConnell called her "an important leader in our party and in our nation"[14] while Lindsey Graham described her as "one of the strongest and most reliable conservative voices in the Republican Party."[15] She survived a February 2021 attempt by pro-Trump House Republicans to remove her from her leadership position.[16]

Personal life

Elizabeth Lynne Cheney was born on July 28, 1966,[17] in Madison, Wisconsin,[18] the elder of two daughters of former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Second Lady Lynne Cheney (née Vincent). At the time of her birth, her parents were studying at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her younger sister, Mary Cheney, was also born in Madison. Cheney attended part of sixth and seventh grade in Casper, Wyoming, while her father campaigned for Congress. The family split time between Casper and Washington, D.C., in the 1970s through the 1980s following her father's election to Congress.[19] Cheney graduated from McLean High School (1984), where she was a cheerleader. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) from Colorado College, her mother's alma mater, where she wrote her senior thesis, "The Evolution of Presidential War Powers" (1988).[2] She received her J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School (1996), having also taken courses in Middle Eastern history at the Oriental Institute.[20]

Cheney's relationship with her younger sister Mary Cheney publicly suffered after Liz stated in her 2014 Senate campaign that she does not support same-sex marriage.[21] In response, Mary Cheney denounced her sister's remarks, writing in a Facebook post that "[e]ither [y]ou think all families should be treated equally or you don't. Liz's position is to treat my family as second class citizens."[22] Her wife Heather Poe wrote a Facebook post stating, "Liz has been a guest in our home, has spent time and shared holidays with our children, and when Mary and I got married in 2012—she didn't hesitate to tell us how happy she was for us. To have her now say she doesn't support our right to marry is offensive to say the least."[23] Mary said she would not support her sister's candidacy,[24] and in 2015, when asked if she and her sister had mended their relationship, she said, "I don't have to answer that."[25]

Liz Cheney is married to Philip Perry, a partner at the law firm of Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C. They were married in Wyoming in 1993. She and Perry have five children.[26]

Early career

Before attending law school, Cheney worked for the State Department for five years and the U.S. Agency for International Development between 1989 and 1993. After 1993, she took a job at Armitage Associates LLP, the consulting firm founded by Richard Armitage, then a former Defense Department official and Iran-Contra operative who later served as Deputy Secretary of State.[27]

After graduating from law school, Cheney practiced law at the law firm of White & Case and as an international law attorney and consultant at the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. She has also served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State for Assistance to the former Soviet Union, and as a USAID officer in U.S. embassies in Budapest and Warsaw.[28]

State Department

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

In 2002, Cheney was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs,[29][30] a preexisting vacant post with an "economic portfolio", a mandate to promote investment in the region. Amid reports, including a New York Times editorial by Paul Krugman, that the job was created especially for her, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said that she had come recommended by then-Secretary of State Colin Powell.[31][32] The Sunday Times (London) reported that Cheney's appointment was "the most intriguing sign that America is getting serious about Middle East reform" and "a measure of the seriousness with which the administration was taking Middle East programmes for literacy, education, and reform".[33] The appointment followed publicized policy divisions between the Vice President's office and the State Department on Middle East policy. In that position, she was given control of the Middle East Partnership Initiative, designed to "foster increased democracy and economic progress in a troubled region". The program spent $29 million in 2002, increased to $129 million in the following year. Cheney's task was to channel money to pre-screened groups, some of which were not identified publicly for fear of retaliations from extant governments they sought to undermine. For the budget year 2004, the project sought $145 million.[34][35]

2004 Bush–Cheney reelection campaign

Cheney at the 2005 presidential inauguration

After two years of service, Cheney left her State Department post in 2003 to serve in her father's 2004 reelection campaign. She participated in the campaign's "W Stands for Women" initiative to target female voters.[36]

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

On February 14, 2005, she returned to the U.S. State Department and was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State For Near Eastern Affairs and Coordinator for Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiatives.[37][38] In this position, Cheney supported the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, C. David Welch, and coordinated multilateral efforts to promote and support democracy and expand education and economic opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. Cheney oversaw the launch of two semi-independent foundations, the Fund of the Future (worth $100 million), to provide capital for small businesses, and the Foundation of the Future (worth $55 million), to promote freedom of the press and democracy.[39] In that capacity, Cheney endorsed a draft of a new Iraqi constitution.[40]

Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group

Cheney also headed the Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group (ISOG), established in March 2006, a unit within the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.

In April 2006, The New York Times published a story that was critical of Cheney's work, particularly with respect to Iran. The International Republican Institute, a grants program administered by Cheney's unit in collaboration with a Republican-affiliated foundation, received particular scrutiny.[41] The Times maintained that when the group became controversial, with critics saying that it was plotting covert actions that could escalate into war with Iran and Syria, the group was disbanded, by May 2006. Shortly before the ISOG group was dissolved, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice initiated a major effort to engage Iran and Syria in efforts to stabilize Iraq.[42] As late as April 11, 2009, Iranian officials investigating "cyber-crimes" cited Cheney's efforts in the daily newspaper Iran, specifically the "Democracy Program" [sic], as parallel to a Netherlands-funded push for a "velvet revolution" accomplished by a media campaign to polarize the country, "despite the 1981 Algiers Accords signed between the U.S. and Iran in the aftermath of the U.S. embassy takeover in Tehran".[43]

Post-State Department career

Cheney signed on in June 2007 as one of three national co-chairs of Fred Thompson's 2008 presidential campaign. The others were Spencer Abraham and George Allen. In a press release issued at the beginning of his campaign, Thompson said he was "very pleased to announce that former Senators Abraham and Allen, as well as Liz Cheney, will serve as co-chairs of my national leadership team". He added: "These distinguished individuals bring wise counsel and invaluable experience to my campaign leadership team, and they will play a critical role in helping spread my consistent conservative message across America."[44] After Thompson dropped out of the race, Cheney announced on January 27, 2008, that she would work for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign as a senior foreign policy advisor.[45]

In October 2009, Liz Cheney, William Kristol, and Deborah Burlingame launched, as board members, the nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization Keep America Safe. The group's stated purpose is to "provide information for concerned Americans about critical national security issues".[46] It drew strong criticism from conservative lawyers, many of whom had worked for the Bush administration, after its campaign against "The Al Qaeda 7", seven Justice Department lawyers in the Obama administration who previously had worked as defense lawyers for Guantanamo detainees.[47] Shortly after, all information about the organization disappeared from the Internet.[48]

In January 2012, Cheney was hired as a contributor for Fox News. She guest-hosted programs such as Hannity and Fox News Sunday.[49] The network terminated her contract in July 2013 after she announced her intention to mount a 2014 bid for the Senate in Wyoming.[50]

2014 U.S. Senate bid

Main article: 2014 United States Senate election in Wyoming
Liz Cheney campaigning for the U.S. Senate in Buffalo, Wyoming

On July 16, 2013, Cheney announced that she would run for the Senate in 2014 from the state of Wyoming as a Republican, challenging the incumbent Republican senator Mike Enzi.[51] The National Republican Senatorial Committee said it would back Enzi, as was policy.[52] Cheney was expected to receive strong fundraising, but faced concerns about the fact she moved to Wyoming in fall 2012.[53] In the video announcing her candidacy, she noted that the Cheney family first came to Wyoming in 1852.[53] Her father served Wyoming in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1989.[53]

In her first campaign appearance in Cheyenne after announcing her challenge to Enzi, Cheney said, "We have to not be afraid of being called obstructionists. Obstructing President Obama's policies and his agenda isn't actually obstruction; it's patriotism."[54] Cheney claimed that Obama had "literally declared war" on the First and Second amendments to the United States Constitution as well as the interests of Wyoming ranchers and energy workers who faced regulations from the United States Environmental Protection Agency.[54]

In August 2013, conservative Newsmax magazine named Cheney among the "25 most influential women in the GOP".[55]

Cheney's campaign was marred by criticism from her championing of hawkish foreign policy positions to a public spat with her sister Mary over her vocal opposition to same-sex marriage. Enzi's continuing popularity made it difficult for Cheney to make inroads with Wyoming Republican voters. On January 6, 2014, Cheney announced she had withdrawn from the race, citing family health issues.[26][56]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2016

Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming
Cheney in 2016

After incumbent Cynthia Lummis announced her retirement in the Fall of 2015, Cheney announced she was considering running for her seat in 2016. It is the same seat her father occupied for ten years. On February 1, 2016, Cheney announced her candidacy for Wyoming's lone seat in the House. She was widely considered the frontrunner for the seat, and a poll commissioned by the Casper Star-Tribune and Wyoming PBS showed her leading in the Republican primary–the real contest in this heavily Republican state.[57] Oil tycoon Simon Kukes contributed to her campaign.[58] She was elected with over 60% of the vote in the general election.

2018

Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

In the November 6 general election, Cheney was re-elected as Wyoming's sole member of the House of Representatives. She won 127,951 votes, defeating Democrat Greg Hunter (59,898 votes), Libertarian Richard Brubaker (6,918) and Constitution Party candidate Daniel Clyde Cummings (6,069). Cheney won 21 of 23 counties, losing Albany and Teton Counties to Greg Hunter. On November 14, Cheney was elected by the Republican membership as the Chair of the House Republican Conference for the 116th Congress. In this post, she is the third-ranking Republican in the chamber, behind Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whip Steve Scalise.[59] She is also the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress.

2020

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

Cheney defeated Blake Stanley in the Republican primary with 73% of the vote, and Democrat Lynnette Grey Bull in the general election with 69% of the vote.[60]

Tenure

Cheney was sworn into office on January 3, 2017. She co-sponsored legislation that would end protection for grey wolves in the Endangered Species Act.[61]

On March 7, 2019, Cheney joined 22 Republican representatives in opposing HR183 which condemned "anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of intolerance" and "anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry". Critics of the bill cited a concern it was too broad, as it was initially meant to chastise comments made by Ilhan Omar, and her name and comments were removed from the bill.[citation needed]

In May 2019, Cheney said that Peter Strzok and another FBI agent who sent personal text messages where they disparaged various politicians (including President Donald Trump) sounded as if they were planning a "coup" and may be guilty of "treason".[62][63]

Liz Cheney with Dick Cheney and Robert Aderholt in November 2018

In June 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared the holding centers for illegal immigrants at the Mexico–United States border to "concentration camps". Cheney strongly criticized her words, saying they showed "disrespect" for Holocaust victims.[64]

Speaking as Chairwoman at a House Republican Conference in August 2019, Cheney stated that the successful litigation (Crow Tribe et al v. Zinke) by Native tribes and environmentalists to return the grizzly bear in Greater Yellowstone to the Endangered Species Act "was not based on science or facts” but motivated by plaintiffs “intent on destroying our Western way of life". Her statements drew comments from indigenous tribal nations and environmentalists. Tribal nations hold the grizzly to be sacred and they and environmentalists have voiced concerns about trophy hunts, livestock and logging interests, and the gas, coal, and oil extraction industries.[65][66]

Cheney condemned the Turkish invasion of the Kurdish areas in Syria, which was made possible by President Trump's decision to withdraw US military forces that served as a buffer between Turkey and the Kurdish areas in Syria, stating that "The U.S. is abandoning our ally the Kurds, who fought ISIS (Islamic State) on the ground and helped protect the U.S. homeland. This decision aids America’s adversaries, Russia, Iran, and Turkey, and paves the way for a resurgence of ISIS."[67] Cheney partly blamed the Democratic Party and the impeachment inquiry into Trump for Turkey's actions, saying "It was not an accident that the Turks chose this moment to roll across the border."[68][69] A spokesperson for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described Cheney's claim about the impact of U.S. presidential impeachment proceedings on the invasion as "delusional".[68]

At a House Republican Conference in July 2020, Cheney was criticized by some fellow Republicans, such as Jim Jordan of Ohio and Andy Biggs of Arizona, for defending Dr. Fauci, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and for previously endorsing Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie's primary opponent.[70]

Cheney expressed support for Israeli plans to annex parts of Palestinian territory in the occupied West Bank.[71] She signed a letter addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that reaffirms "the unshakeable alliance between the United States and Israel".[72]

Cheney near Douglas, Wyoming, on July 31, 2019

In September 2020, Cheney asked the Justice Department to investigate environmental groups such as the NRDC, Sea Change and the Sierra Club, saying that "robust political and judicial activism—combined with the fact that these groups often espouse views that align with those of our adversaries—makes it all the more critical that the Department is aware of any potential foreign influence within or targeting these groups. I urge the Department to investigate Chinese and Russian attempts to influence environmental and energy policy in the United States".[73]

Beginning during his time as a Dublin, California city councilman, Eric Swalwell was targeted by a Chinese woman believed to be a clandestine officer of China's Ministry of State Security. Swalwell's general relationship with a suspected Chinese agent has been characterized as problematic, particularly given his high-profile role as a member of the House Intelligence Committee.[74] Cheney signed a letter demanding Swalwell's removal from the House Intelligence Committee. She also said, "the extent to which [the Chinese Communist Party] caused [COVID-19] to be spread around the world has really shone a spotlight on the nature of that regime, and has really focused the attention of not just people in the United States but our allies around the world on the threat that they pose and how important it is we protect ourselves by moving supply chains, by ending our dependence on the Chinese government".[75][76]

Second impeachment of Donald Trump

On January 12, 2021, following the storming of the United States Capitol during the certification process for President-elect Joe Biden, Cheney announced she would vote to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in inciting the storming. At a rally just before the storming, Trump told the mob of insurrectionists to "get rid of" Liz Cheney, and the mob then attacked the Capitol while chanting "Hang Mike Pence" and trying to locate Republican and Democratic lawmakers.[11] Cheney said that Trump "lit the flame" of the riot and did nothing to stop it. Saying that "there has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath", she announced her support for impeachment.[77][78] Nine other Republicans joined her in doing so on January 13.[79] She was then the third-ranking Republican in the House.[80] Far-right[81] congressman Jim Jordan called for her removal from Republican Party leadership.[82]

By January 22, 2021, over 107 members of the House Republican Conference had expressed support for Cheney's removal from her position.[83] The spokesman of former Republican President George W. Bush said on January 30 that President Bush was supportive of Cheney's actions, and that President Bush intended to call his former vice president, Dick Cheney, to "thank him for his daughter's service".[84] Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said in February 2021 that "Liz Cheney is a leader with deep convictions and the courage to act on them. She is an important leader in our party and in our nation. I am grateful for her service and look forward to continuing to work with her on the crucial issues facing our nation".[14] McConnell also condemned the "loony lies" of the Trump supporters.[85] Senator Lindsey Graham said Cheney "is one of the strongest and most reliable conservative voices in the Republican Party. She is a fiscal and social conservative, and no one works harder to ensure that our military is well prepared".[15]

Trump supporters were angered by Cheney's vote to impeach, and, on February 3, 2021, the House Republican Conference held a closed-door, secret ballot vote on whether to remove her from her position in the Republican House leadership. She held her position by a 145-61 vote, with one caucus member voting present. Ms. Cheney stated after the vote that "we’re not going to be divided and that we’re not going to be in a situation where people can pick off any member of leadership,” according to the Wall Street Journal.[86][87]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Political positions

H. L. (Bud) Goodall Jr. has called Cheney a "conspiracy propagandist".[89] She has defended proponents of Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories.[90][91] In 2009, she gave the keynote address at a dinner hosted by the Center for Security Policy, a conspiracy-oriented SPLC-designated hate group[92] led by Frank Gaffney.[93]

In 2013, Cheney announced her opposition to same-sex marriage.[21]

Electoral history

Wyoming At-Large Congressional District Republican Primary, 2016[94]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Liz Cheney 35,043 39.78
Republican Leland Christensen 19,330 21.95
Republican Tim Stubson 15,524 17.62
Republican Darin Smith 13,381 15.19
Republican Mike Konsmo 1,363 1.55
Republican Jason Adam Senteney 976 1.11
Republican Rex Rammell 890 1.01
Republican Paul Paad 886 1.01
Republican Heath Beaudry 534 0.61
Republican Write-in votes 155 0.18
Total votes 88,082 100.0
Wyoming At-Large Congressional District General Election, 2016[95]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Liz Cheney 156,176 62.03
Democratic Ryan Greene 75,466 29.97
Constitution Daniel Clyde Cummings 10,362 4.12
Libertarian Lawrence Gerard Struempf 9,033 3.59
Write-in votes Write-in 739 0.29
Total votes 251,776 100.0
Wyoming At-Large Congressional District Republican Primary, 2018[96]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Liz Cheney (incumbent) 75,183 67.72
Republican Rod Miller 22,045 19.86
Republican Blake E Stanley 13,307 11.99
Republican Write-in votes 478 0.43
Total votes 111,013 100.0
Wyoming At-Large Congressional District General Election, 2018[97]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Liz Cheney (incumbent) 127,963 63.59
Democratic Greg Hunter 59,903 29.77
Libertarian Richard Brubaker 6,918 3.44
Constitution Daniel Clyde Cummings 6,070 3.02
Write-in votes Write-in 391 0.19
Total votes 201,245 100.0

Works

  • With Dick Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2015. ISBN 978-1-5011-1541-7.
  • In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir. with Dick Cheney. New York: Threshold Editions. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4391-7619-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

See also

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