James B. Longley, Jr.
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Andrews |
| Succeeded by | Tom Allen |
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July 7, 1951 Lewiston, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
College of the Holy Cross University of Maine, Portland |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
James B. "Jim" Longley Jr. (born July 7, 1951, in Lewiston, Maine) is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a Republican politician from Maine.
The son of former Independent Governor Jim Longley Sr. and former First Lady Helen Longley, Longley attended Phillips Andover Academy, received his B.A. from Holy Cross, and then returned to study law at the University of Maine. He is also a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
Before entering Congress, Longley served as a trial lawyer. He also managed several small businesses near Portland, Maine.
Longley was elected as part of the "Republican Revolution" of 1994, narrowly defeating Dennis L. Dutremble, the Democratic State Senate President from Biddeford.
Longley strongly supported national defense (including the work done in Maine at national defense installations and at Bath Iron Works where Navy destroyers are built) and he advocated in favor of stronger fiscal discipline within the federal government.
In one of his first actions in Congress, he offered testimony before a Congressional committee considering a minimum wage increase. In his testimony he presented the concept of cutting taxes paid by minimum wage workers to provide a greater increase in their take home pay. He pointed out that minimum wage increases cause small businesses to not only pay more in wages (hurting the businesses and forcing them in some cases to cut jobs and reduce their workforce to make up for wage increases) but that cutting the payroll taxes would actually increase the employees take home pay by a larger amount than raising the overall minimum wage. He presented charts, graphics and documentation to back up his testimony.
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