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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2007	2008	Representative	NY	Republican
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Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

Bill	Voted
H.R.7321 Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act On Passage: H R 7321 Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act	Nay (with party) December 10, 2008
H.R.7321 Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 1 to H R 7321	Aye (with party) December 10, 2008
On Agreeing to the Resolution: H RES 1534 Providing for consideration of H.R. 7321, to authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers, and for other purposes	Nay (with party) December 10, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

The information below is an initial analysis of voting trends for this Member of Congress, calculated by cross-referencing all of this member's votes from the 110th Congress (Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2008). The results are intended to offer some helpful context for the place that this Member of Congress occupies in the Congressional landscape. In the next steps of site development, OpenCongress will incorporate more detailed analyses of voting trends to give you a comprehensive snapshot of every Member of Congress.

Most often votes with: Rep. Dean Heller [R, NV-2]
Least often votes with: Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
Democrat most often votes with: Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
Republican least often votes with: Wayne Gilchrest
Votes with party: 89%
Abstains: 8%

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Vito Fossella in the News

December 30, 2008 YOU VOTE: 2008's biggest scoundrel

...contender John Edwards, who admitted after he'd gotten out of the campaign that he'd an an extramarital affair. • Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N.Y., who saw a drunk driving arrest lead to revelations of an extramarital affair. • Former Detroit mayor Kwame

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December 22, 2008 Top 10 Horndogs of 2008!

Vito Fossella, fallen married New York Congressman, caught driving drunk in Virginia, and living a double life there with a girlfriend and a daughter, ...

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December 20, 2008 VITO'S VIRTUES VS. VICE: WHY FUSS OVER FOSSELLA?

...THE ISSUE: The tribute given to disgraced Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella. *** I don't understand your hate affair with Rep. Vito Fossella ("Tribute to a Jailbird," Editorial, Dec. 16). His crime, driving while impaired, is, unfortunately, something th

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December 30, 2008 Microsoft x box

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December 30, 2008 - SILive: First Glance

With days to go Michael McMahon takes his seat, outgoing Rep. Vito Fossella has apparently shut his offices. When the Advance repeatedly tried calling his Eltingville office, the phone just kept ringing and ringing. ...

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December 30, 2008 Legal Pub: Is Miss Hispanic America, Laura Zuniga, Involved In ...

Rep. Vito Fossella Pays the Price For DWI and Extr... Sunny von Bulow Not Mrs. Clause or Faux Palin Has ... Police Chief Edward Fleury Indicted For Accidental... Was Gabriele Markert's Attempt to Steal Christmas . ...

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On May 20, 2008 Vito Fossella was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:

Vito Fossella (R-NY), who was recently arrested for drunk driving and revealed to be involved in an extramarital affair, has decided to retire rather than seek re-election at the end of this Congress. “This choice was an extremely difficult one, balanced between my dedication to service to our great nation and the need to concentrate on healing the wounds that I have caused to my wife and family,” he wrote in a letter posted on his House website.

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Top Funding Industry: Finance/Insur/RealEst
Top Contributor: Adco Electrical Corp ($16,800)

Industry	Donation	% of total
Finance/Insur/RealEst	$206,170	26.9 %
Ideology/Single-Issue	$118,850	15.5 %
Construction	$74,050	9.6 %
Communic/Electronics	$60,350	7.9 %
Health	$57,650	7.5 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$55,193	7.2 %
Energy/Nat Resource	$54,150	7.1 %
Misc Business	$53,500	7.0 %
Other	$35,850	4.7 %
Labor	$23,000	3.0 %
Transportation	$17,600	2.3 %
Agribusiness	$9,300	1.2 %
Defense	$2,000	0.3 %
Total:	$767,663

Industry	Donation	% of total
Finance/Insur/RealEst	$434,040	38.0 %
Ideology/Single-Issue	$135,072	11.8 %
Health	$108,450	9.5 %
Misc Business	$96,765	8.5 %
Construction	$72,600	6.4 %
Communic/Electronics	$70,500	6.2 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$64,301	5.6 %
Energy/Nat Resource	$44,800	3.9 %
Labor	$38,620	3.4 %
Other	$36,560	3.2 %
Transportation	$27,000	2.4 %
Agribusiness	$12,300	1.1 %
Defense	$2,000	0.2 %
Total:	$1,143,008

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December 30, 2008 YOU VOTE: 2008's biggest scoundrel

December 22, 2008 Top 10 Horndogs of 2008!

December 20, 2008 VITO'S VIRTUES VS. VICE: WHY FUSS OVER FOSSELLA?

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