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Barbara Jean Comstock (born June 30, 1959) is an American politician, currently a Republican member of the U.S. Congress from Virginia's 10th District. From 2010 to 2014, she was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. She first won election to her seat in 2009, defeating Democratic incumbent Margaret Vanderhye. She has worked at numerous positions for various government agencies, including chief counsel of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, director of public affairs at the Department of Justice, and as a staffer for Congressman Frank Wolf. She is a founding partner and co-principal of opposition research and public relations firm Corallo Comstock. On January 7, 2014, Comstock announced her candidacy for U.S. Congress from Virginia's 10th District. She won that election and took office in January 2015. ==Career== Comstock began her congressional career as an intern for Senator Ted Kennedy. After working as a lawyer in private practice, Comstock served from 1991–1995 as a senior aide to Congressman Frank Wolf. Comstock then served as chief investigative counsel and senior counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform from 1995 to 1999, working as one of Washington's most prominent anti-Clinton opposition researchers.〔http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/06/playing-dirty/302960/?single_page=true〕 Comstock worked on behalf of the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush. Her research team built massive stores of paper and electronic data, known as "The Gore File," that were a key source of information on the former vice president for GOP publicists and ad-makers.〔 Comstock is credited with writing the Republican "playbook" defending Bush nominees such as John Ashcroft for U.S. Attorney General.〔 Comstock later served as director of public affairs for the Justice Department from 2002 to 2003. She has been praised for her work in opposition research for the Republican National Committee.〔 Comstock joined lobbyist firm Blank Rome LLP in 2004. Comstock assisted the defense teams of both I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby〔 and former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. In 2005, Comstock was hired by Dan Glickman to lobby on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of America. Comstock was a consultant on the presidential campaign of Mitt Romney and is also a consultant to the Workforce Fairness Institute, which opposes the Employee Free Choice Act.〔 〕 Comstock was paid from 2008 through 2012 by WFI, according to her campaign, but she made at least two more media appearances on behalf of the group in 2013 While serving as Delegate. She initially failed to list WFI as a client when she filed papers to run for the seat. Her campaign later disclosed the relationship to The Washington Post, calling the omission unintentional. Congressional candidates with an ownership interest in companies are required to report clients who paid $5,000 or more in fees. While receiving payments, Comstock sponsored legislation that benefited the WFI and their primary objectives. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Executive Committee of the Susan B. Anthony List.〔(Executive Committee | SBA-List )〕 In 2011, Comstock voted in favor of HB 462, which required women to have ultrasounds before receiving an abortion. When opponents pointed out that this would necessitate an internal ultrasound for early-term pregnancies, an amendment was passed to limit the requirement to external ultrasounds only. She also voted in favor of the amendment.〔 Comstock supports exceptions to bans on abortions in cases of rape, incest, or when the mother's life is in danger.〔 She also supports making birth control available to women over the counter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barbara Comstock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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