Charles Bass

Charles Foster Bass (born January 8 1952) is a member of the United States House of Representatives for the second district of New Hampshire(map). He is a member of the United States Republican Party. His father, Perkins Bass, was a Republican congressman from New Hampshire from 1955-1963. His Grandfather, Robert P. Bass, was a Republican Governor of the state from 1911 - 1912, a founder of the Progressive Republican movement, and a friend and confident of Teddy Roosevelt’s.

A native and resident of Peterborough, New Hampshire, Bass graduated from Dartmouth College in 1974. During 1974 he worked for Maine congressman William Cohen and from 1975 until 1979 he worked for another Maine congressman, David Emery.

Bass was a candidate in the Republican primary for Congress in 1980, but lost. He continued in public office, serving three two-year terms as a state representative, then two two-year terms as a state senator. He was elected to Congress in 1994.

Bass is a moderate Republican - usually conservative on fiscal issues and libertarian on social ones. He is a member of Christine Todd Whitman's Its My Party Too, The Republican Main Street Partnership, The Republican Majority For Choice, Republicans For Choice and Republicans For Environmental Protection.

Bass was one of the first and most vocal Congressmen to call for Tom DeLay to step aside as Majority Leader in early 2005 and let the organized petition that resulted in his removal from House Leadership, a move alleged by some political opponents to be hypocritical considering DeLay's campaign committee (ARMPAC) contributed $14,233 to Bass over more than ten years. Although a typical campaign tactic used by the national Democrats is to point Bass' 89% voting overlap with Tom Delay when all procedural and unanimously agreed to resolutions are counted, Bass' record of independence is demonstrated by his constant ranking as among the most centrist members of the House from either party. [1] or[2].

External links

• Official House web site