Senator Jim Webb (D)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/07/2006
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Hong Le; 5 Children: Amy, Jimmy, Sarah, Julia, Georgia; 1 Stepchild: Emily
Birth date: 02/09/1946
Birthplace: Saint Joseph, MO
Home City: Falls Church VA
Religion: Protestant

Profession

Appointed, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, 1984 Counsel, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, 1977-1981 Author Journalist Producer Screenwriter Former Platoon Commander/Instructor in Tactics and Weapons, Marine Corps Officer Candidates School Former Visiting Writer/Literature Instructor, Naval Academy Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs Former Staff, Secretary of Navy Former Company Commander, Fifth Marine Regiment, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam Former Secretary of the Navy

Education

JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1975 Graduate, United States Naval Academy, 1968

Committees

Armed Services
Foreign Relations
Joint Economic Committee
Subcommittee on African Affairs
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Subcommittee on European Affairs
Subcommittee on Personnel
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
Subcommittee on SeaPower
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs
Veterans' Affairs

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

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