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  Charlie Gonzalez - Congresspedia
Charlie Gonzalez's official website was rated by citizen researchers in February 2007 as part of a survey by the Sunlight Foundation.
Charlie received his bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin in 1969, and then later earned his Juris Doctor degree from St. Mary's School of Law in San Antonio in 1972.
Henry Gonzalez had long groomed his son as his successor, so Charlie was well-positioned to run when his father didn't seek a 19th full term in 1998.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Charles_Gonzalez   (812 words)

  
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Gonzalez as "a voice for the downtrodden and racial minorities" who was elected to office in an era of racial segregation.
Gonzalez was regarded as an independent and trailblazing public official who prided himself on challenging authority, sometimes even in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds.
Gonzalez told his Democratic colleagues in the House shortly before he retired that when he first joined Congress, "I was something of a curiosity, being the only so-called ethnic minority member in my delegation...I was accepted as a peer, but that was not to say I felt welcomed.
www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/december01/henry.htm   (1279 words)

  
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Gonzalez served as a state district judge until November 1997, when he announced he was stepping down to seek the Democratic nomination for the 20th District U.S. House seat.
Gonzalez previously served as a county judge and municipal judge and was an elementary school teacher.
Charlie Gonzalez was elected county judge in 1984 and district judge in 1988.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/elections/2004/candidates/22274   (311 words)

  
 Wharton Private Equity Conference
Gonzalez is a member of the Investment Committee of Albion and serves as a Board Observer for several portfolio companies including Transportation Technologies and Trans Technology Corporation.
Gonzalez was a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsor Group at Banc of America Securities where he focused on originating and executing senior debt, mezzanine and public high yield transactions with a variety of middle market private equity groups.
Gonzalez received his B.S. in Finance and Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
www.wharton-pec.org /conf2003/panel_gonzalez.asp   (130 words)

  
 Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Henry B. of S.A. is dead
SAN ANTONIO - Former U.S. Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez, a maverick legislator whose 37 years on Capitol Hill were marked by a passionate defense of the common man and sometimes quixotic battles, died Tuesday in a San Antonio hospital.
Gonzalez, known widely as "Henry B.", served as chairman of the powerful House Banking Committee and as dean of the Texas congressional delegation from 1961 to 1998.
In 1977, Gonzalez briefly chaired the House panel that investigated the assassinations of Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
www.caller2.com /2000/november/29/today/national/10676.html   (732 words)

  
 All Immigration Votes of Representative Charlie Gonzalez
Gonzalez voted FOR H RES 365, which was brought up and passed in a new form in March of 2002.
Gonzalez was one of 275 Representatives who voted in favor of the 245(i) amnesty.
Gonzalez was part of a 336-43 majority voting in favor of the four-month extension of Section 245(i).
profiles.numbersusa.com /improfile.php3?DistSend=TX&VIPID=797   (5888 words)

  
 U.S. Rep. Gonzalez's Son To Run For Father's Post - April 15, 1998
Charlie Gonzalez won a runoff election Tuesday in the Democratic primary, defeating former city councilwoman Maria Berriozabal by a margin of 62-38 percent in a race that was hotly contested but drew a light voter turnout.
Charlie Gonzalez, a former state judge, will face Republican James Walker in the fall.
Gonzalez was at his son's campaign headquarters Tuesday night, taking part in the celebration.
www-cgi.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/15/texas.gonzalez   (307 words)

  
 San Antonio Lightning Newspaper - Gonzalez Watch
Becky Whetstone, the discarded wife of "good time Charlie" Gonzalez, describes her divorce from the influential San Antonio Congressman as "painful," and she characterizes the experience by bluntly saying she was "crushed" by the Congressman's considerable power and his "cadre" of legal and political friends.
Gonzalez serves on the House Financial Services Committee, the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology, and Economic Growth.
Gonzalez is one of eight children of the late SA legend Henry B Gonzalez.
www.sanantoniolightning.com /qgonzalez.html   (1838 words)

  
 Xlibris.Com Bookstore
The third suspect is the mother of Charlie Gonzalez and ex-wife of Abel Gonzalez, who hated him for divorcing her and taking up with an Anglo mistress.
Gonzalez were originally wealthy Hondurans who owned a large plantation near the Nicaraguan border.
Gonzalez and her sleep-in companion, an Albino man named Chi-Chi, move to the Gonzalez ranch.
www2.xlibris.com /bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=13165   (873 words)

  
 Project Vote Smart - Representative Gonzalez - Interest Group Ratings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Spring 05 Representative Gonzalez supported the interests of the Conservative Index - The John Birch Society 13 percent in Spring 05.
Spring 04 Representative Gonzalez supported the interests of the Conservative Index - The John Birch Society 13 percent in Spring 04.
Fall 2004 Representative Gonzalez supported the interests of the Conservative Index - The John Birch Society 10 percent in Fall 2004.
vote-smart.org /issue_rating_category.php?can_id=CTX54858&...+Issues   (8971 words)

  
 HSC NEWS - Office of Public Affairs News
Gonzalez learned about progress in the field from William L. Henrich, M.D., M.A.C.P., dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at the Health Science Center, and Gerald D. Dodd III, M.D., professor and chair of the department of radiology.
Gonzalez toured the hospital’s MRI suite, which has a magnet with a field strength of 3 Tesla and another with a field strength of 1.5 Tesla.
Gonzalez said all professionals in medicine need to speak with one voice to legislators about the importance of health care to the nation.
www.uthscsa.edu /hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=2145   (623 words)

  
 Gonzalez voices concern on ex-wife's book=The Hill.com=   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Whetstone recently launched a website under the same name (www.congressmanswife.com) that she said is serving as a clearinghouse for all women who have been “squashed like a bug” and want to share their stories.
Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas) is a prime subject of new book by his ex-wife on the culture of Congress.
Gonzalez said he wishes his ex-wife well: “I’m divorced from her.
www.thehill.com /news/110503/gonzalez.aspx   (637 words)

  
 Corpus Christi Caller-Times / Ailing Gonzalez returns to Washington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Gonzalez aides in Washington and San Antonio were tightlipped, refusing to discuss their boss's plans.
But Charlie Gonzalez, who is campaigning to win the House seat his father has held since 1961, said the elder Gonzalez was champing at the bit to return for the final weeks of the 105th Congress.
Gonzalez announced last September that he would resign at the end of 1997, grudgingly bowing to the advice of doctors and family.
www.caller2.com /texas98/texas20620.html   (448 words)

  
 TX-20 Charles Gonzalez
In November 2000, Charles A. Gonzalez was elected to a second term in the United States Congress as the Representative from the 20th Congressional District of Texas, Congressman Gonzalez is a member of the New Democrats and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
In the fall of 1997, Gonzalez resigned his seat on the bench to seek the office of United States Congressman for the 20th district of Texas.
Charles A. Gonzalez is one of eight children of the late Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez and Bertha Gonzalez.
www.dccc.org /races/candidates/TX_20_Charles_Gonzalez.html   (627 words)

  
 CNN/AllPolitics Election '98
Now his son Charlie will take the reins, bringing with him a consensus-building style likely to contrast with his father's passionate and often stubborn brand of populism.
Gonzalez the younger says that reputation has been hard to live up to, even though he sports a long list of qualifications, including 14 years as a judge.
Gonzalez cites the economic redevelopment of recently closed Kelly Air Force Base as one of the district's largest concerns, as well as the state of San Antonio's public schools.
www.cnn.com /ELECTION/1998/states/TX/H/20/charlie.gonzalez.html   (333 words)

  
 News Release 10/2006: Center for American History unveils Henry B. Gonzalez Collection and Web site
Gonzalez and three of his sons (Henry Jr., Charlie and Frank) are St. Mary’s Law School alumni.
In 2004, the Gonzalez family, in cooperation with St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, donated the collection to the Congressional History Collection at the Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin.
Gonzalez’ son, Charlie Gonzalez, is now the U.S. representative from Texas’ 20th Congressional District, holding the same seat held by his father.
www.utexas.edu /opa/news/2006/10/cah27.html   (792 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Congressman's Ex-Wife Runs Against Him - You Decide 2004
Gonzalez, 58, has no opponents in the Democratic primary for the 20th District and Whetstone is running as an independent, so she does not compete in a primary.
Before Charlie Gonzalez took the seat in 1999, it was held for nearly four decades by his father, the late Henry B. Gonzalez.
The San Antonio newspaper has called Whetstone's candidacy "a sad soap opera." And one of her nephews wrote a letter to the newspaper saying she was embarrassing herself and the rest of the family.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,113541,00.html   (843 words)

  
 CNN.com - Former Texas congressman Henry B. Gonzalez dies - November 29, 2000
The younger Gonzalez took his father's seat in Congress in 1998 and was re-elected this month.
Henry B. Gonzalez was born in San Antonio in 1916 to Mexican immigrants and rose from poverty through San Antonio College and St. Mary's School of Law in San Antonio.
Gonzalez was credited with crafting tough savings and loan bailout legislation and helping expose the industry's 1980s excesses.
archives.cnn.com /2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/29/bc.obit.gonzalez.ap   (720 words)

  
 Off the Kuff: A tale of two Charlies
Before Whetstone made her intentions known Jan. 2, Gonzalez's Democratic re-election bid was shaping up as a nominally competitive post-redistricting matchup between the entrenched San Antonio Democrat and Republican candidate Roger Scott.
"Charlie is one of the most popular politicians in San Antonio, extending back to the days when he was a district judge," editorial board member Bruce Davidson said.
Gonzalez also has a huge fund-raising advantage and can use incumbency to tout new committee assignments, Davidson said.
www.offthekuff.com /mt/archives/002915.html   (960 words)

  
 La Voz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi nominated Congressman Charlie Gonzalez of Texas to serve on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Gonzalez would be the first Hispanic Member of Congress from Texas to serve on the Committee.
"Charlie will be a strong voice on the Committee for consumers and joins a proud tradition of Texans serving on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
democraticleader.house.gov /cindy/LV011304.htm   (841 words)

  
 Division for Public Education: National Hispanic Heritage Month 2001: Henry B. Gonzalez
Though Henry B. Gonzalez was not raised in poverty, he suffered from much of the same bigotry as poorer, less educated Mexican Americans—experiences that fueled him throughout his career as a loyal defender of the common man from all ethnic and racial backgrounds.
Gonzalez began his service in elected office by winning a seat on the San Antonio City Council in 1953.
Throughout his career in Congress, Henry B. Gonzalez focused on the concerns of his constituents: affordable housing, truth in lending, protection for small business, reasonable interest rates, strong education, an adequate minimum wage, and equal opportunity, regardless of race, color, creed, or gender.
www.abanet.org /publiced/gonzalez.html   (1054 words)

  
 Gonzalez files FOIA lawsuit against DOJ over Texas flap=The Hill.com=   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Charlie Gonzalez has turned to the courts in his effort to force the Department of Justice to detail its possible role in tracking Democratic Texas state legislators who fled the state in May.
Gonzalez (D-Texas), a former state judge, and Diana Salgado, an official with the state Democratic Party, filed the suit July 8 under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Gonzalez and other Texas Democrats allege that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and Republicans in Austin contacted the Justice Department in an effort to find the lawmakers.
www.thehill.com /news/071603/gonzalez.aspx   (666 words)

  
 Charlie Gonzalez
Charles A. Gonzalez was elected to Congress on November 3, 1998, and was sworn into office in the 106th Congress on January 6, 1999.
Congressman Gonzalez was appointed Regional Whip for the Democratic Caucus and was elected as Vice President of the Freshman class for the second session of the 106th Congress.
Charles A. Gonzalez is the son of the Honorable Henry B. and Bertha Gonzalez, and is one of eight children.
www.floresville.isd.tenet.edu /Elementary/fes/leaders/cyberfairready/gonzalez/gonzalez.htm   (1470 words)

  
 MySA.com: Metro | State
Gonzalez, 58, was nominated by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
"Charlie will be a strong voice on the committee for consumers and joins a proud tradition of Texans serving on the Energy and Committee," Pelosi said.
Gonzalez would be the first Hispanic from Texas to sit on the committee.
www.mysanantonio.com /news/metro/stories/1110381.html   (373 words)

  
 USATODAY.com
Charlie Gonzalez has pressed for more money to be spent to fight diabetes, AIDS and mental-health problems that plague Hispanics disproportionately across the country.
Gonzalez was the first congressman to call for the resignation of Dr. William Reyn Archer, the Texas health commissioner, after his comments blaming the state's high teen pregnancy rate on a Hispanic community he described as more tolerant of the births.
Gonzalez sees pushing for education funding as a top priority.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/CandidateProfile.aspx?ci=319&oi=H   (223 words)

  
 About Us | HouseDemocrats.gov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In November 2002, Charles A. Gonzalez was elected to a third term in the United States Congress as the Representative from the 20th Congressional District of Texas.
Charles A. Gonzalez is currently in his fourth term in the United States Congress as the Representative from the 20th Congressional District of Texas.
In January 2004, Congressman Gonzalez was appointed to the House Energy and Commerce Committee where he serves on the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, and the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
www.housedemocrats.gov /about/representative_detail.cfm?rep_id=93   (776 words)

  
 Charlie - Wiki Gonzalez
charlie is a composer who lives in San Diego.
He grew up in northern West Virginia, near Pittsburgh, and has been a lifelong Pirates fan despite dozens of attempts to root for the Padres, the A's, the Red Sox, the Indians, the Blue Jays, the Dodgers, the Twins.
and other franchises that have any idea what they are doing or are close geographically to any of the places charlie has lived.
digamma.net /btfwiki/Charlie   (156 words)

  
 Roger Scott
Charlie Gonzalez Voted NO on repealing the estate tax ("death tax").
Vote to pass a bill that would completely eliminate taxes on estates over a 10 year period at an estimated cost of $105 billion as well as $50 billion each year after the repeal of the tax is complete in 2010.
I believe to take away a parent’s rights to make decisions for their children is wrong, and will serve only to break down the family and the moral fabric of society.
www.southtexasrepublicans.com /scott/scott.htm   (2943 words)

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