Steve Chabot
Steve Chabot | |
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Chair of the House Small Business Committee | |
Assumed office January 3, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Sam Graves |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Steve Driehaus |
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009 | |
Preceded by | David Mann |
Succeeded by | Steve Driehaus |
Personal details | |
Born | Steven Joseph Chabot January 22, 1953 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Donna Chabot |
Children | 2 |
Education | College of William & Mary (BA) Northern Kentucky University (JD) |
Steven Joseph Chabot /ˈʃæbət/ (born January 22, 1953) is an American politician and lawyer who has been the United States Representative for Ohio's 1st congressional district since 2011. Chabot, a member of the Republican Party, previously represented the district from 1995 to 2009.
Early life, education, and pre-political career
Chabot was born in 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Gerard Joseph and Doris Leona (née Tilley) Chabot; paternally, he is of French-Canadian descent.[1] He graduated from La Salle High School in Cincinnati in 1971, and then from the College of William and Mary in 1975, earning a B.A. in history. He went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from Northern Kentucky University's Salmon P. Chase College of Law, in Highland Heights, Kentucky, in 1978. He worked as an elementary school teacher in 1975–1976 while taking law classes at night.[2]
As a practicing attorney from 1978 to 1994, Chabot handled domestic disputes and the drafting of wills as a sole practitioner.[3] He operated out of a small law office in Westwood.[4]
Early political career
Chabot ran unsuccessfully for the Cincinnati City Council as an independent candidate in 1979 and as a Republican in 1983. Then, running as a Republican, he won a seat in 1985 and was re-elected in 1987 and 1989. In 1988, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives against seven-term incumbent Democrat Tom Luken, who defeated Chabot 56–44%.[5] After that, he was appointed a Commissioner of Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1990, and was elected later that year and again in 1992, staying until 1994.
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
In 1994, he ran for the U.S. House again and defeated Democratic incumbent David S. Mann of Ohio's 1st congressional district, 56%–44%. In 1996, he defeated Democrat Mark Longabaugh, member of the Cincinnati City Council, 54%–43%.[6] In 1998, he defeated Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls, 53% to 47%.[7] In the series of debates during that campaign, Qualls criticized Chabot for not funneling enough federal spending back to his home district. Chabot countered that he would not support "wasteful or unnecessary" federal programs.[8][9] In 2000, he defeated City Councilman and Harvard graduate John Cranley 53–44%.[10] In 2002, he defeated Greg Harris, with 65% of the vote.[10] In 2004, he defeated Greg Harris again, with 60% of the vote.[11]
- 2006
He defeated Democratic challenger John Cranley again, this time by a narrower margin of 52–48%.[12]
- 2008
Chabot was defeated by State Representative Steve Driehaus 52%–48%.[13]
- 2010
In a rematch, Chabot defeated Democratic incumbent Steve Driehaus,[14][15] Libertarian Jim Berns, and Green Party nominee Richard Stevenson.[16] Chabot won by a margin 51%–46%.[17][18]
- 2012
Steve Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Jeff Sinnard 58%–38%, with Green nominee Rich Stevenson, and Libertarian nominee Jim Berns picking up the balance.[19] He was helped by the 2010 round of redistricting, which shifted most of heavily Republican Warren County to the 1st.
Tenure
Committee assignments
Electoral history
Year | Winner | Votes | Pct | Runner-up | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | |||||
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1988 | Thomas A. Luken (inc.) | 117,682 | 57% | Steve Chabot | 90,738 | 43% | |||||||||||||
1994 | Steve Chabot | 92,997 | 56% | David S. Mann (inc.) | 72,822 | 44% | |||||||||||||
1996 | Steve Chabot (inc.) | 118,324 | 54% | Mark P. Longabaugh | 94,719 | 43% | John G. Halley | Natural Law | 5,381 | 2% | |||||||||
1998 | Steve Chabot (inc.) | 92,421 | 53% | Roxanne Qualls | 82,003 | 47% | |||||||||||||
2000 | Steve Chabot (inc.) | 116,768 | 53% | John Cranley | 98,328 | 45% | David A. Groshoff | Libertarian | 3,399 | 2% | Richard L. Stevenson | Natural Law | 1,933 | 1% | |||||
2002 | Steve Chabot (inc.) | 110,760 | 65% | Greg Harris | 60,168 | 35% | |||||||||||||
2004 | Steve Chabot (inc.) | 173,430 | 60% | Greg Harris | 116,235 | 40% | * | ||||||||||||
2006 | Steve Chabot (inc.) | 105,680 | 52% | John Cranley | 96,584 | 48% | |||||||||||||
2008 | Steve Driehaus | 155,455 | 52% | Steve Chabot (inc.) | 140,683 | 48% | * | ||||||||||||
2010 | Steve Chabot | 103,770 | 52% | Steven L. Driehaus (inc.) | 92,672 | 45% | Jim A. Berns | Libertarian | 3,076 | 2% | Richard L. Stevenson | Natural Law | 2,000 | 1% | |||||
2012 | Steve Chabot | 201,907 | 58% | Jeff Sinnard | 131,490 | 38% | Jim A. Berns | Libertarian | 9,674 | 3% | Richard L. Stevenson | Green Party | 6,645 | 2% |
*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2004, Rich Stevenson received 198 votes. In 2008, Eric Wilson received 85 votes and Rich Stevenson received 67 votes.
Political positions
As of January 2018, Chabot had voted with his party in 98.2% of votes in the 115th United States Congress and voted in line with President Trump's position in 94.9% of votes.[22][23]
Health care
Chabot authored a bill prohibiting a form of late-term abortion called partial-birth abortion, referred to in some medical literature by its less common name of intact dilation and extraction. President George W. Bush signed the bill into law on November 5, 2003.[24][non-primary source needed]
Chabot favors repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).[25] He supported the March 2017 version of the American Health Care Act, the GOP's replacement bill for Obamacare.[26] On May 4, 2017, Chabot voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and pass the American Health Care Act.[27][28]
Economy
The Concord Coalition and anti-tax advocacy groups such as Citizens Against Government Waste and the National Taxpayers Union consistently rated Chabot as one of the most anti-tax members of Congress.[29][non-primary source needed]
Chabot has advocated for a repeal or modification of the Dodd-Frank Act, which was passed as a response to the financial crisis of 2007–2008.[30]
Environment
On the topic of man-made climate change, Chabot said "the evidence concerning man-made climate change is far from conclusive".[31] Chabot said cap-and-trade was an "extreme proposal" that would harm the economy.[31]
The group Republicans for Environmental Protection issued Chabot an "environmental harm demerit" in 2006 for sponsoring H.R. 4772, a bill that allows land use disputes to proceed immediately to federal court; according to the organization, the bill "would have undermined local control over local planning and zoning matters, a central principle of America's federal system".[32] In the same year, the group praised Chabot for offering legislation "prohibiting the Forest Service from spending taxpayer dollars to build new logging roads for private interests in the Tongass National Forest. The environmental advocacy group the League of Conservation Voters gave Chabot a grade of 10% for the 109th Congress, noting that he voted "anti-environment" on 11 out of 12 issues selected by that organization as crucial; his lifetime grade from the LCV is 23%.[33]
Other
On August 22, 2011, Chabot asked Cincinnati police to confiscate cameras being used by private citizens to record a town-hall meeting, even as media television cameras recorded the incident.[34][35][36] YouTube videos of the incident provided wide awareness of the incident, and the participating police officer was later disciplined.[37]
On March 25, 2014, Chabot introduced the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (H.R. 4292; 113th Congress) into the House.[38] According to a legislative digest provided by House Republicans, the bill "narrowly amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) to make it easier for U.S. cultural and educational institutions to borrow art and other culturally significant objects from foreign countries."[39] However, the changes made by the bill would not provide any immunity to art or objects that were "taken in violation of international law by Nazi Germany between January 30, 1933 and May 8, 1945."[39]
In 2002, Chabot advocated teaching intelligent design alongside the theory of evolution by natural selection in Ohio high schools.[40]
Chabot has called for ending logging subsidies in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska,[41] and promoted relations with Taiwan.[42] In 2002, Chabot helped spearhead the local campaign against building a light rail system in Hamilton County.[43]
As of 2016, Chabot had traveled on congressional fact-finding missions to 46 countries at a cost of $200,000.[44]
Personal life
Chabot and his wife Donna have two children.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ "Steve Chabot About Steve". Steve Chabot Congress. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ Juliet Eilperin, "Like-Minded Team of 13 to Present House's Case", Washington Post, January 14, 1999
- ^ Paul Barton, "Chabot guaranteed place in textbooks", Cincinnati Enquirer, January 14, 1999
- ^ "OH District 1 Race – Nov 08, 1988". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ^ "OH District 1 Race – Nov 05, 1996". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ^ "OH District 1 Race – Nov 03, 1998". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110516101148/http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/almanac/2006/people/oh/rep_oh01.htm. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2006.
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- ^ a b "OH District 1 Race – Nov 07, 2000". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ^ "OH District 1 Race – Nov 05, 2002". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
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- ^ "OH – District 01 Race – Nov 04, 2008". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ^ Zeleny, Jeff (2010-07-03). "In Midterm Elections, a Rougher Road for Incumbent Democrats". The New York Times.
- ^ "Politics 2010: Parties play take-away, keep-away in Ohio". UPI.com. 2010-05-02. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ Official Hamilton County Candidates and Issues List Archived 2010-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Hamilton County Ohio Board of Elections
- ^ "2010 election results for Ohio". The New York Times. Retrieved 11-03-2010.
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- ^ "2012 Elections Results - Ohio Secretary of State". Sos.state.oh.us. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ Bycoffe, Aaron (2017-01-30). "Tracking Steve Chabot In The Age Of Trump". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ Willis, Derek. "Represent". ProPublica. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ "Steve Chabot – Legislative Issues". US House web site. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Biery Golick, Keith (February 1, 2017). "Crashing congressman's office over 'Obamacare' stance". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ The New York Times (2017-03-20). "How House Republicans Planned to Vote on the Obamacare Replacement". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ "How the House voted to pass the GOP health-care bill". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
- ^ Staff, C. N. N. "How every member voted on health care bill". CNN. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
- ^ National Taxpayers Union – Rates Congress Database
- ^ "Regulatory relief for small businesses: A conversation with House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) - AEI". AEI. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ a b "Climate change: 'We can debate this forever'". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
- ^ Republicans for Environmental Protection 2006 Scorecard Archived 2007-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ League of Conservation Voters 2006 National Scorecard Archived 2006-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wilkinson, Howard (September 2, 2011). "Chabot camera seizure irks right and left". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ HWilkinson, [1], "Democrats’ cameras seized by police at Chabot Town Hall meeting", Cincinnati.com, August 24, 2011
- ^ Kurt Nimmo, [2] "Cops Confiscate Cameras at Ohio Congressman’s Town Hall", August 24, 2011
- ^ Wilkinson, Howard (September 20, 2011). "Officer who confiscated cameras at Chabot event gets "administrative insight"". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ "H.R. 4292 – Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Legislative Digest – H.R. 4292". House Republican Conference. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ Murray, Iaian (June 5, 2002). "Scientific Boehner: The new creationism and the congressmen who support it". The American Prospect. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ "Cut it out – Stop spending taxpayers' money to build roads for timber companies". The Columbus Dispatch – Editorial. 2006-05-16. Retrieved 2009-10-28.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Snyder, Charles (2006-06-30). "US House adopts measure on Taiwan". Taipei Times. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Monk, Dan; Lucy May (2001-05-11). "Missing the bus". Business Courier of Cincinnati. pp. 1, 12. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ "From Westwood to the World". Citybeat.com. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
External links
- Congressman Steve Chabot official U.S. House site
- Steve Chabot for Congress
- Steve Chabot at Curlie
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Steve Chabot at On the Issues
- 1953 births
- 21st-century American politicians
- College of William & Mary alumni
- Politicians from Cincinnati
- Living people
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- Ohio Republicans
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Salmon P. Chase College of Law alumni
- County commissioners in Ohio