| Rick Boucher  AKA Frederick Carlyle Boucher
Born: 1-Aug-1946
Birthplace: Abingdon, VA
Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2011 Fourteen-term Democratic Congressman from Virginia's rural 9th District, first elected in 1982. Moderate Democrat. Known for advancing legislation supporting internet and high-tech development, and his co-sponsorship of the Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act, which allows ordinary Americans to use encryption products. Supported 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, 2002 Iraq War resolution, 2008 GM/Chrysler bailout, 2008 Wall Street bailout, 2009 economic stimulus; opposed 1991 Gulf War resolution, 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1998-99 Clinton impeachment, 2001 USA PATRIOT Act, 2010 health care reform. Defeated for re-election in 2010 by Republican Morgan Griffith. Mother: Dorothy Buck Boucher
Wife: Amy Hauslohner (editor, Galax Gazette)
High School: Abingdon High School, Abingdon, VA (1964)
University: BA, Roanoke College (1968)
Law School: JD, University of Virginia School of Law (1971)
US Congressman, Virginia 9th (1983-2011)
Virginia State Senate (1974-82)
4-H Club
American Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Democratic National Committee
National Student Leadership Conference Honorary Board of Advisors
Virginia Bar Association
Kappa Alpha Order
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
Official Website:
http://www.house.gov/boucher/
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