The Chamber

Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/05/1996
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic, Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Sally; 2 Children: Christine, Donald
Birth date: 11/24/1942
Birthplace: Hackensack, NJ
Home City: Barre Town VT
Religion: Lutheran (ELCA)

Profession

Principal, Bernasconi and Koch, Attorneys, 1974-present Associate, Free and Barnascom, Attorneys, 1970-1974 Captain, United States Army, Vietnam, 1968-1970

Education

JD, University of Chicago Law School, 1967 AB, Middlebury College, 1964

Committees

Judicial Retention
Judiciary
Rules

H 559 Implementing a Health Benefit Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 436 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

S 17 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H 202 Single-Payer and Unified Health System
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

S 17 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

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H 559 Implementing a Health Benefit Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 436 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

S 17 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H 202 Single-Payer and Unified Health System
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

S 17 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H 202 Single-Payer and Unified Health System
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 88 Health Care Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H 485 Property Tax and Land Use Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 441 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

H 446 Renewable Energy Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

H 436 Nuclear Plant Decommisioning Fund
Stage: Concurrence Vote With Amendment
Vote: -

Transportation Amendment to S 67 Selective Service Registration by Drivers License
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H 446 Renewable Energy Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 442 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

H 147 Primary Seat Belt Enforcement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 115 Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

H 441 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 115 Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H 438 Gas Tax Increase to Fund Transportation Construction Bonds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 436 Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Fund Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

Ainsworth Amdt Legislative Pay Cut
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

S 278 Campaign Finance Limitations
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HR. 18 Urging National Executive Impeachment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H. 353 Amending Unionization Requirements for State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 44 Life Ending Prescriptions for Terminally Ill Patients
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 11 Troop Withdrawal From Iraq
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 861 Health Care Bill
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

H 865 Non-Discrimination Bill
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: -

S 18 Genetically Modified Seed Liability Bill
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

H 881 2006-2007 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 164 Same-Day Voter Registration
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 861 Health Care Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HA to H 856 Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

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