Wikispooks wikispooks https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.33.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikispooks Wikispooks talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk Document Document talk Wikipedia Wikipedia talk Test Test talk Widget Widget talk Campaign Campaign talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk Sheldon Whitehouse 0 30237 239619 143123 2022-03-13T06:12:40Z Terje 655 unstub wikitext text/x-wiki {{person |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Whitehouse |image=Sheldon Whitehouse, official portrait, 116th congress.jpg |birth_date= October 20, 1955 |death_date= |constitutes=politician |spouses=Sandra Thornton |alma_mater=Yale University, University of Virginia |website=http://whitehouse.senate.gov |birth_place=New York City, New York, U.S. |political_parties=Democratic |description=Senator from [[Rhode Island]] since 2007 |relatives= Henry John Whitehouse,Charles Crocker |children=2 |historycommons=http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=sheldon_whitehouse_1 |keywiki=http://www.keywiki.org/Sheldon_Whitehouse |employment={{job |title=United States Senator from Rhode Island |start=January 3, 2007 |end= |description=Serving with [[Jack Reed]] |end= }}{{job |title=Attorney General of Rhode Island |start=January 2, 1999 |end=January 7, 2003 }}{{job |title=United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island |start=January 20, 1993 |end=June 8, 1998 }} }} '''Sheldon Whitehouse''' is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior [[United States Senate|United States senator]] from [[Rhode Island]] since 2007. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he served as a [[United States Attorney]] from 1993 to 1998 and the 71st [[List of attorneys general of Rhode Island|attorney general of Rhode Island]] from 1999 to 2003. ==U.S. Attorney== President [[Bill Clinton]] appointed Whitehouse [[United States Attorney]] for Rhode Island in 1994. Whitehouse held the position for four years. With the 1996 extortion conviction of mobster [[Gerard Ouimette]], he was the first prosecutor to convict a member of organized crime under Clinton's "[[three strikes law]]".<ref>http://wasearch.loc.gov/e22k/20020901083307/http://www.electsheldonwhitehouse.com/about_sheldon.html</ref> Whitehouse also initiated the investigation into [[Political corruption|municipal corruption]] in Rhode Island that led to [[Operation Plunder Dome]], in which [[Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island|Mayor]] of [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] [[Vincent Cianci|Vincent "Buddy" Cianci]] was eventually convicted on conspiracy charges.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050907204100/http://www.ricancercouncil.org/about/members/Whitehouse.php</ref> ==State Attorney General== In 1998, Whitehouse was elected [[Rhode Island Attorney General]]. He initiated a lawsuit against the [[lead paint]] industry that ended in a mistrial; the state later won a second lawsuit against former lead paint manufacturers [[Sherwin-Williams]], Millennium Holdings, and NL Industries that found them responsible for creating a public nuisance.<ref>Peter B. Lord, "3 companies found liable in lead-paint nuisance suit," ''[[The Providence Journal]]'', February 23, 2006.[http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20060223_lead23.180686c3.html]</ref> This decision, however, was unanimously overturned by the [[Rhode Island Supreme Court]] on July 1, 2008. The Court found that under Rhode Island law it is the responsibility of property owners to abate and mitigate lead hazards. ==Senator== Politically [[progressive]], Whitehouse backs federal funding for [[stem cell research]], supports [[abortion]] rights and same-sex marriage, has lambasted the [[2003 Iraq war]] as well as the nomination of [[Samuel Alito]] to the [[US Supreme Court]]. Unlike his Republican predecessor, Whitehouse is a supporter of the [[death penalty]], at least at the federal level. {{SMWDocs}} ==References== {{reflist}} eyfnh1w8odqcwat01yptuysej1j2w2y