Vito Barbieri
A candidate for State Representative, Pos. A, Idaho Legislative District 3 in the 2010 Idaho General Election
Party: Republican
Age: 72
City: Dalton Gardens
Occupation: lawyer; small business owner
Education: Graduated from Westchester High School, Los Angeles, Calif., in 1969. Holds an associates degree from El Camino Junior College, and bachelor’s and law degrees from Western State University in Fullerton, Calif.
Political background: Incumbent, elected to the Idaho House in 2010, 2012 and 2014; seeking re-election to a fourth term.
Work experience: Practiced law in California for 20 years. Since moving to Idaho in 2004, has operated several small businessess, including a catering business and the “Vap-It” electronic cigarette store in Post Falls.
Family: Married. Has three grown children.
Contact information
- Web: vitobarbieri.com
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Nullification bill introduced, with concerns
BOISE – If Idaho lawmakers can’t nullify the federal health care reform law in their state, “then we might as well just get rubber stamps,” freshman Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, declared Wednesday. Barbieri persuaded the House State Affairs Committee to introduce his nullification bill on a straight party-line vote, with all 15 Republicans on the panel voting in favor and all four Democrats voting against. But several committee members said they had serious concerns about the bill.
Idaho official’s opinion not stopping push to nullify health law
BOISE – A group of Idaho lawmakers is pushing ahead with plans to introduce legislation today to nullify the federal health care reform law, even though a new Idaho attorney general’s opinion says such bills violate both the state and federal constitutions and state lawmakers’ oath of office. “I’m not concerned about that,” one of the group, freshman Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton, said Tuesday of the attorney general’s opinion. “I think reasonable minds can differ.”