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'''Peter Anthony DeFazio''' (born May 27, 1947 in Needham, Massachusetts) currently serves as the [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from [[Oregon]]'s 4th congressional district. Previously he served as a county commissioner in Lane County, Oregon.

'''Peter Anthony DeFazio''' (born May 27, 1947 in Needham, Massachusetts) currently serves as the [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from [[Oregon]]'s 4th congressional district. Previously he served as a county commissioner in Lane County, Oregon.

DeFazio has a reputation as one of the most Progressive members of Congress. He voted against [[President Obama]]'s [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]] of 2009; "I couldn't justify borrowing money for tax cuts." In November 2009, DeFazio called for the resignations of Treasury Secretary [[Timothy Geithner]] and White House economic adviser [[Larry Summers]]. <ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/18/rep-defazio-fire-timmy-ge_n_363093.html</ref> 

DeFazio has a reputation as one of the most [[liberal]] members of Congress, often voting against liberal legislation because it was not liberal enough. In October 2010, facing the strongest challenge to his reelection in his career, he announced that he would be investigating how to impeach "Justice Roberts" of the U.S. Supreme Court, apparently not realizing that his the ''Chief'' Justice.

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