Vic " Snyder (born September 27, 1947) is an American politician who is a US Representative to the Arkansas 2nd congressional district of 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Vic Snyder was born in Medford, Oregon. He was a graduate of Medford High School (1965) and attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma. In 1967, after two years of college, Snyder volunteered for the United States Marine Corps. He served in Vietnam with US Marine Division 1 Company Headquarters during the Vietnam War, achieving the rank of corporal. Snyder obtained a degree in Chemistry in 1975 from Willamette and obtained his medical degree from the University of Oregon Health Sciences (now Oregon Health & Science University) in Portland, Oregon in 1979.
Snyder moved to Little Rock, Arkansas and had a residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science. In 1982 after completing his residency, he worked as a family practice physician for 15 years. During this time he traveled abroad to volunteer for his medical services at Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand, Salvador's refugee camp in Honduras, and the Ethiopian refugee camp in Sudan. From 1985 to 1988 Snyder attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law School to earn his law degree while still maintaining his medical practice.
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Arkansas Legislature
In 1990, Snyder managed to run in the Arkansas legislature and served in the body until 1996. In the Arkansas parliament, Snyder stepped into one of the earliest legislative controversies as he tried to uproot an old "Sodomy Law". Ultimately, however, his efforts failed, and the sodomy law remained in effect until the Supreme Court's state hit him at Jegley v. Picado in March 2001.
AS. House of Representatives
Committees assignment
- Armed Services Committee
- Subcommittee on Supervision and Investigation (Chair)
- Subcommittee on Military Personnel
- Veterans Affairs Committee
- Health Subcommittee
- Joint Economic Committee
Snyder focuses on many traditional liberal issues, including a special interest in supporting veterans and military families. He has a fairly liberal voting record for being an elected politician from the South and conservative-leaning Arkansas. Snyder voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment, the ban on partial birth abortions, banned lawsuits against arms manufacturers and distributors, bankruptcy reform, drilling at the ANWR, and on October 10, 2002, he was among 133 House members who voted against endorsing the invasion of Iraq. In addition, Snyder is one of only two members of Congress to vote against Saddam Hussein's prosecution.
On the issue of free trade and expanded, Snyder is different from his party, especially his populist counterparts in the South. He also opposes a law that goes against Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Political campaign
Snyder was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1996 and re-elected in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008.
Snyder announced on 15 January 2010 that he will retire at the end of his term ending in 2010. SurveyUSA poll released Jan. 15, 2010 showed him trailing Republican challenger Tim Griffin with 17 points.
During the 2008 presidential campaign, like most Arkansas Democrats, Snyder supported former US Senator and former First Lady Arkansas Hillary Clinton (D-New York) for the President.
Electoral history
Personal life
Snyder, in 2003 married Reverend Betsy Singleton, then a United Methodist pastor at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Little Rock Church. They have four children, all men, named Penn, Aubrey, Wyatt, and Sullivan. The last three are triplets.
References
External links
- Biography at the Directory of Congressional Biographies of the United States
- Profile in Project Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Electoral Commission
- Famous Alumni Kappa Sigma
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