Cheney in the House

Biographical Information:

Age: Elizabeth (Liz) Lynne Cheney was born July 28, 1966, and is currently 52 years of age.

Residence: Cheney was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. She is the elder of two daughters of former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Second Lady Lynne Cheney

Education: Liz received her B.S. degree from Colorado College, then went on to receive her J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School

Career: Cheney's list of qualifications seems to be never ending. Before attending law school, Cheney worked for the State Department for five years and the U.S. Agency for International Development between 1989 and 1993. After 1993, she took a job at Armitage Associates LLP. After graduating from law school, Cheney practiced law in the private sector (at the law firm of White & Case) and as an international law attorney and consultant at the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. She has also served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State for Assistance to the former Soviet Union, and as a USAID officer in U.S. embassies in Budapest and Warsaw. In 2002, Cheney was appointed to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. After two years of service, Cheney left her first State Department post in 2003 to serve in her father's re-election campaign. On February 14, 2005, she returned to the U.S. State Department and was appointed the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State For Near Eastern Affairs and Coordinator for Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiatives.

Cheney also headed the Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group (ISOG), established in March 2006, a unit within the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Cheney signed on in June 2007 to serve as one of three national co-chairs for Fred Thompson's 2008 presidential campaign. In January 2012, Cheney was hired as a contributor for Fox News, providing analysis for the Republican primaries and serving as substitute host of some of Fox News' programs including Hannity and Fox News Sunday. She worked at Fox News for 18 months until her contract was terminated by the network in July 2013 after she announced her intention to mount a 2014 bid for the Senate in Wyoming. Finally, On July 16, 2013, Cheney announced that she would run for the Senate in 2014 from the state of Wyoming as a Republican, challenging the incumbent Republican senator Mike Enzi.

Family: She is married to Phillip Perry and has five children: Grace, Kate, Elizabeth, Richard, and Phillip.

Tenure:
- https://www.congress.gov/member/liz-cheney

Cheney (Republican) was sworn into office on January 3, 2017 after winning the Wyoming race for spot in the House of Representatives. During her first year in the House, she co-sponsored legislation that would end protection for grey wolves in the Endangered Species Act. In 2018, she won her reelection and beat out Democrat Greg Hunter. Cheney's previous experience in the field of politics include her positions as both assistant to Deputy Security and later Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Eastern Affairs.

Cheney sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (60%), Energy (20%). and Armed Forces and National Security (20%)

Committee Assignments: Cheney serves on the Committee on Armed Service and is part of the subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, as well as subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. She also serves on the Committee on Natural Resources, the subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, and the subcommittee on Federal Lands. Finally, Cheney serves as a member of the Committee on Rules, and a subcommittee on Rules and the Organization of the House

In August 2013, conservative Newsmax magazine named Cheney among the "25 most influential women in the GOP"
She is the co-author, along with Vice President Cheney, of the novel: Why The World Needs a Powerful America.
Cheney is also the co-founder of Keep America Safe, a nonprofit organization concerned with national security issues.

To learn more about Liz and
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visit https://cheney.house.gov/

Sunday, February 10, 2019