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Representative Joe Wilson (R)

Current Office: Representative
District: SC-2
First Elected: 12/18/2001
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Roxanne; 4 Children: Alan, Addison, Julian, Hunter
Birth date: 07/31/1947
Birthplace: Charleston, SC
Home City: Springdale SC
Religion: Presbyterian

Education

JD, University of South Carolina Law School, 1972 BA, Political Science, Washington and Lee University, 1969

Profession

Colonel, South Carolina Army National Guard, 1975-2003 Second District Chair, George W. Bush Presidential Campaign, 2000 Vice Chair, Strom Thurmond Senate Campaign, 1996 Second District Chair, George Bush Presidential Campaign, 1988, 1992 Second District Chair, Strom Thurmond Senate Campaign, 1990 District Chair, Governor Carroll Campbell, 1986 Deputy General Counsel, United States Department of Energy, 1981-1982 Campaign Manager, Congressman Floyd Spence, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982 Springdale Town Judge, 1977-1980 Second District Chair, Ronald Reagan Presidential Campaign, 1976 United States Army Reserves, 1972-1975 Founding Partner, Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Taylor and Thomas Attorney, Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Taylor and Thomas

Committees

Armed Services
Education and the Workforce
Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
Subcommittee on Military Personnel
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

Recent Votes

HR 4628 Extending Student Loan Interest Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 9 Provides Tax Cuts for Businesses With Fewer Than 500 Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 4348 Extension of Surface Transportation Funding and Approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Con Res 112 2012-2013 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 1837 Water Resources in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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