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• Republican David Vitter is the junior Senator from Louisiana. Vitter admitted he was a client of the escort service run by the "D.C. Madam", who was convicted of running a prostitution ring in the Washington, DC area.

  Vitter was allegedly involved in a conflict with a gate attendant at Washington Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC in March of 2009 after missing a flight to New Orleans, Louisiana.Roll Call: Vitter Goes From Hookergate to Gate-Crashing (March 11, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: May 3, 1961
  2. Implicated in the Deborah Jeane Palfrey prostitution scandal
  3. Graduate of Tulane University Law School
  4. Spouse: Wendy Baldwin Vitter
  5. Assumed office: January 3, 2005
  6. Up for re-election in 2011
  7. Party: Republican
  8. Named one of the Top 11 Scandals of 2007 by AOL News
  9. One of only two senators to oppose confirmation of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of StateFOXNews.com: Senate Confirms Clinton as Next Secretary of State (January 12, 2009)

• D.C. Madam

  Vitter's phone number was included in the list of published phone records belonging to the escort company owned by Deborah Jeane Palfrey. The records showed that Vitter called the escort service on five occasions between October 12, 1999 and February 27, 2001. The day after the records were released, Vitter released a written apology.

• Conservative Background

  Vitter's legislative agenda includes legislating against gay marriage, and funding for family planning. In 2003 he proposed to amend Constitution to ban gay marriages. He is a supporter pro-gun rights and is pro-life. Vitter advocated abstinence-only education.

• Related Mahalo Pages

  Deborah Jeane Palfrey | Mary Landrieu | Larry Craig | Bob Allen | U.S. Senate | Republican Party | Louisiana | New Orleans Reconstruction | George W. Bush | Jeanette Maier | Stormy Daniels Senate | Gary Becker | Wendy Ellis

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