Larry Craig

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Lawrence Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is a retired American politician from the state of Idaho.

He served 18 years in the United States Senate (1991–2009), a ten-year stint in the United States House of Representatives, representing Idaho's 1st District (1981–91).

His 28 years in Congress rank as Idaho's second-longest in history, behind only William Borah, who served in the Senate for more than 32 years.

Craig has been a member of the National Rifle Association since 1983, in addition to serving in Congress.

Craig was chosen for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame in 2007.Born in Council, Idaho, Craig was raised on a ranch in Washington County.

He attended the University of Idaho, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the university in 1969, and later attended George Washington University to work in his family's ranching industry in 1971.

Craig ran for and secured a seat in the Idaho Senate in 1974 and 1978, before his successful first run for Congress in 1980 to represent Idaho's 1st congressional district.

He reelection four times before running for the United States Senate in 1990, defeating Ron J. Twilegar in the general election and winning reelection in 1996 and 2002. Craig was arrested in a men's bathroom in Minneapolis–St on June 11, 2007.

Paul International Airport pled guilty to a disorderly conduct lawsuit in August 2007 and fined less than $600 in court fines.

The detention was unheard of to the public until Roll Call, a Washington, D.C.-based newspaper, revealed it in an article, attracting significant public notice as well as accusations of hypocrisy against Craig, who had been an opponent of LGBT rights in the United States but had been arrested for homosexual conduct in the United States but was not accused of homosexual conduct.

Craig announced on September 1, 2007 that he would resign from the Senate but later reversed that decision and decided to complete the remainder of his term, though he did not run for re-election in 2008.

Craig co-founded New West Strategies in the 1990s and then became a lobbyist.

Early life and family

Craig was born in Council, Idaho, the son of Dorothy Lenore (née McCord) and Elvin Oren Craig. He grew up on a ranch outside of Midvale, Washington County. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Idaho in 1969. He served as both the president of the University of Idaho and a member of the Delta Chi fraternity. He attended George Washington University before returning to his Midvale ranching family in 1971. Craig served in the Idaho Army National Guard from 1970 to 1972, rising to the rank of Private First Class (E3), which earned him an honorable discharge.

Craig married Suzanne Scott in July 1983 and adopted the three children she had from a previous marriage. Craig has nine grandchildren, two of whom were adopted.

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Political career

Craig was elected to the Idaho Senate in 1974 and 1978, and he was reelected in 1976 and 1978.

Craig was elected to a non-partisan seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1980, representing Idaho's 1st congressional district. He succeeded Republican Steve Symms, who was leaving the House to run for governor in the Senate against incumbent Democrat Frank Church. Craig was re-elected four times, most recently in 1991. When he was in the House, he supported President Ronald Reagan's call to expand vocational education. During his time as a senator, Craig was not a major force.

Investigators and journalists in 1982 investigated allegations of cocaine use and sex with male teenage congressional pages by unidentified congressmen. Craig denied involvement in a statement. "Persons who are unmarried as I am have always been the object of innuendos, gossip, and false accusations," Craig said. I think this is disgusting. Craig served on the House Ethics Committee. Craig was reported to have led an expanded campaign, calling for harsher punishment of Representative Barney Frank for his role in the gay rights fiasco in 1989.

Craig has declared his candidacy in the 1990 Senate election for the seat that was vacated by retiring James A. McClure. In the Republican primary, Craig defeated Idaho Attorney General Jim Jones. Ron J. Twilegar, a Democrat former Idaho legislature member, gained 63% of the vote in the general election.

Craig formed The Singing Senators with Senators Trent Lott, John Ashcroft, and James Jeffords in 1995.

Craig was reelected in 1996, with 57% of the vote, defeating Democrat Walt Minnick. He was reelected in the 2002 election with 56% of the vote, although he lost $3.2 million to defeat Alan Blinken.

Craig was chastised by Monica Lewinsky's disappearance in 1999 after she criticized US President Bill Clinton for the Monica Lewinsky affair. "The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy," Craig told Tim Russet of NBC's Meet the Press. I'm going to speak out for the people of my state, who in the majority believe Bill Clinton is actually a violent, bad, naughty boy."

Craig served as chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee from 1997 to 2003. He then became chairman of the Special Committee on Aging. Craig became the ranking member of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and a member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee after the Democrats took over the Senate in the 2006 legislative election. He served as the top member of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee. Craig resigned as a ranking member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee and two subcommittees in August 2007, amid the uproar surrounding his detention.

Craig has long advocated for a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution.

Craig canceled more than 200 Air Force programs in an attempt to convince the Air Force to install four new C-130 cargo planes in Idaho in May 2003, saying he received a promise from the Air Force nearly seven years before the planes were delivered. The reason the C-130s were not sent to Idaho was because no new aircraft were being produced for the type of transport mission carried out by Craig's Idaho Air National Guard unit, where the planes were delivered, according to Defense Department officials.

Craig accepted President George W. Bush's guest worker program. Craig attempted to amend an Iraq War supplemental bill in April 2005 with an amendment that would have granted legal status to between 500,000 and one million illegal immigrants in farm work. The amendment failed with 53 votes (60 votes were needed because the change was not relevant to the underlying bill). In 2006, Senate passed an AgJOBS bill. Craig, AgJOBS' main sponsor, continues to advocate for illegal immigrants who are "trusted employees with a long history in American agriculture." Anti-illegal immigrant campaigners have sluggishly attacked this position. Craig reiterated his support for the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007.

After Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in October 2005, Craig suggested that flooded sections of New Orleans be abandoned, and he was quoted on a Baton Rouge television station as saying that "Fraud is in the culture of Iraqis." I believe that is also true in Louisiana.

Craig voted against a cloture motion relating to the USA PATRIOT Act on December 16, 2005; the petition eventually received only 52 votes, and a Democratic filibuster against the extension of the law (due to expire at the end of 2005) was allowed to continue. Craig endorsed a six-month extension of the Act on December 21, 2005, although further talks took place. Craig signed an agreement between himself, the White House, and fellow Senators John E. Sununu, Arlen Specter, Lisa Murkowski, Chuck Hagel, and Richard Durbin to reauthorize the Act on February 9, 2006.

Craig added the earmarks he had included into federal budget bills since joining the Senate Appropriations Committee in 1998.

Craig's 2005 voting record was rated at 96 out of 100 points by the American Conservative Union, while Democratic Action rated him at 15 points. Craig endorsed the Federal Marriage Amendment, which prohibited same-sex marriages from being extended; he voted for cloture on the amendment in 2004 and 2006 and was a cosponsor in 2008. In late 2006, he appeared to support individual states' right to establish same-sex civil unions in the United States, but later said he would vote "yes" on a Idaho constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriages, but when pressurized to clarify his position by the anti-gay rights advocacy group Families for a Better Idaho. Craig voted against cloture on a 2002 bill that would have expanded the federal definition of hate crimes to include sexual orientation. This legislation was passed in 2007 in both the House and Senate as part of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Craig voted against the bill. In 2004, the Human Rights Campaign, a LGBT advocacy group, published resources based on candidates' voting records, with Craig receiving a 0 rating.

Craig was mentioned as a potential nominee to replace Gale Norton as the Interior Secretary of the State in March 2006.

The Federal Election Commission sued Craig for $217,000 in campaign funds, which he used to pay for his counsel in his criminal case in June 2012. Craig's advocate Andrew Herman said in an August 2012 filing that "not only was the trip constitutionally required, but Senate rules for any expense related to a senator's use of a bathroom when on official travel"; the lawsuit cited an FEC decision that allowed former congressman Jim Kolbe to use campaign funds for his legal defense in the Mark Foley affair. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., found him not responsible for the full sum, and the United States Court of Appeals affirmed that decision on March 4, 2016.

Larry Craig was inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame in 2007, one of many politicians inducted into the decade.

Craig was the Idaho Republican Party financial chair in 2014.

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