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'''David A. Scott''' (born June 27, 1946) is a [[Democrat]] U.S. Representative from [[Georgia]]'s 13th congressional district. He has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 98.5% of the time during the current [[Congress]]. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s001157/</ref> Scott is a member of the [[Blue Dog]] Coalition.

'''David A. Scott''' (born June 27, 1946), a [[Democrat]], is  U.S. Representative from [[Georgia]]'s 13th congressional district, which includes downtown Atlanta. The district is about half and half black and white. His campaign manager is [[Hank Aaron]], Scott's brother-in-law and a famous baseball star.

 

Scott is a member of the conservative [[Blue Dog]] Coalition and scores ratings from the Chamber of Commerce from 70 to 80, and from the American Conservative Union in the 30s.  In 2003 he was one of only seven Democrats who voted for Bush's tax cuts, and he voted for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

Scott, a lifelong Baptists, was born in Aynor, S.C. but grew up in several states. He has a B.A., Florida A&M, (1967) and and MBA. from the prestigious Wharton School (1969). A businessman, he has owned an advertising agency since 1979. He was elected to the Georgia state house of representatives (1974-1982) and the Georgia state senate, (1982-2002). He has been elected to Congress every two years since 2002.

 

==Controversy==

==Controversy==

He then yelled at the audience "''not one single one of you had the decency to call my office and set up for a meeting. Do that! You wanna meeting with me on healthcare, I’ll give you one.''"  

He then yelled at the audience "''not one single one of you had the decency to call my office and set up for a meeting. Do that! You wanna meeting with me on healthcare, I’ll give you one.''"  

The man asking the questions was Dr. Brian E. Hill, an opponent of government-run health care, who was in fact a constituent and contected Scott’s office on numerous occasions asking whether his representative is going to host any healthcare events. He was told no. <ref>http://www.examiner.com/x-6571-Atlanta-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m8d9-GA-Dem-Rep-David-Scott-loses-his-temper-at-a-town-hall-meeting-over-healthcare</ref>

The man asking the questions was Dr. Brian E. Hill, an opponent of government-run health care, who was in fact a constituent and contacted Scott’s office on numerous occasions asking whether his representative is going to host any healthcare events. He was told no. <ref>http://www.examiner.com/x-6571-Atlanta-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m8d9-GA-Dem-Rep-David-Scott-loses-his-temper-at-a-town-hall-meeting-over-healthcare</ref>

 

==References==

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[[Category:United States Representatives]]

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