Vin Weber
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| Secretary of the House Republican Conference | |
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In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Leader | Bob Michel |
| Preceded by | Robert J. Lagomarsino |
| Succeeded by | Tom DeLay |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Hagedorn |
| Succeeded by | David Minge |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 6th district |
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In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Nolan |
| Succeeded by | Gerry Sikorski |
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John Vincent Weber July 24, 1952 Slayton, Minnesota |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Walker, Minnesota |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
John Vincent "Vin" Weber (born July 24, 1952) is a lobbyist and former Republican Congressman from Minnesota.
Weber was born in Slayton, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities from 1970 to 1974. He had been the co-publisher of Murray County newspaper and the president of Weber Publishing Company. He was press secretary to Representative Tom Hagedorn from 1974 to 1975, a senior aide to Senator Rudy Boschwitz from 1977 to 1980. Weber had also been a delegate to the Minnesota State Republican conventions in 1972 and 1978. In 1980, at the age of 28 he was elected to the Sixth Congressional District, defeating Archie Baumann by 53 to 47 percent. Baumann had been an aide to former congressman Richard Nolan. He is now a resident of Walker, Minnesota.
Weber chose not to run for reelection in 1992 and retired from congress following the House banking scandal, in which he was implicated for writing 125 bad checks worth nearly $48,000. As secretary of the House Republican Conference and key adviser to incoming Speaker Newt Gingrich, he was considered one of the architects of the Republicans' success in 1994. He was a commentator on National Public Radio the following year about developments in Congress after the Republicans took control of the House, providing commentary on the "revolution" he had helped create. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting reported that Weber frequently offered his opinions on NPR about health care issues, but never revealed that he was a paid lobbyist for several health insurance giants.
He is a member of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the PNAC Letter sent to US President Bill Clinton dated January 26, 1998, advocating "the removal of Saddam Hussein’s regime from power" along with Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and 29 other notable Republicans.
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