David Lee Camp

Dave Camp
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 4th district
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 3, 1991
Preceded by	Fred Upton
Born	July 9, 1953 (1953-07-09) (age 56) Midland, Michigan
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Nancy Camp
Residence	Midland, Michigan
Alma mater	Albion College, University of San Diego
Occupation	attorney, political assistant
Religion	Roman Catholic

David Lee "Dave" Camp (born July 9, 1953), is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, and has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991. He is currently the Ranking Member on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee after being chosen by his party for the position in December 2008.

Camp was born in Midland, Michigan to Norma L. Nehil and Robert D. Camp.^[1] He graduated from H.H. Dow High School in 1971. He attended the University of Sussex, Brighton, England, 1973–1974 and earned his B.A., magna cum laude, in 1975 from Albion College in Albion, Michigan. He earned a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1978.

Camp worked as a member of the Midland County, Michigan board of canvassers and a member of the Midland County Republican executive committee. He also briefly served as a private practice lawyer. He was special assistant Michigan attorney general from 1980 to 1984. He served on the staff of U.S. Representative Bill Schuette of Michigan, 1984–1987. He served one term in the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1989–1990.

In 1990, He was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 10th congressional district to the 102nd Congress. After the 1990 census, the districts were redrawn and Camp's home in Midland fell in the 4th congressional district. Camp was re-elected from the new 4th district in 1992 to the ten succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1991 to present. He was listed as a rising star within his party during his freshman term in Congress. In the 108th Congress, he served as a deputy majority whip and on the House Ways and Means Committee, a position that he used to advance welfare reform. Time magazine listed Camp's efforts as crucial to the passing of this new policy.

Camp is a member of both the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership and the conservative Republican Study Committee, two groups with conflicting positions on policy. For example, the RMSP supports stem cell research and opposes the Federal Marriage Amendment, while the RSC opposes stem cell research and supports the FMA. He also received a score of 50 out of 100 from the John Birch Society's "Freedom Index", a Congressional Scorecard.

Election history

In 2008, Camp was challenged by Democratic nominee Andrew Concannon (campaign website), a Saginaw Township attorney,^{[2] [3]} but he won re-election.

In 2006, Camp had no opponent in the Republican primary election and defeated Democratic candidate Mike Huckleberry, a restaurant owner and also the 2004 nominee, in the general election.

Committee assignments

• Committee on Ways and Means (Ranking Member)
  • As Ranking Member of the full committee, Rep. Camp may serve as an ex officio member of all subcommittees.

Health Care

Camp received almost $1 million from health-related companies in the last two years, according to The Center for Responsive Politics.^[4]

References

External links

• U.S. Congressman Dave Camp, U.S. House site

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues