Mark Souder: 10 things good to know

Indiana Republican Rep. Mark Souder says he is resigning from U.S. Congress after having an affair with staffer. Who is Mark Souder?

Here is 10 things good to know about Mark Souder:

1. Souder was born in July 18, 1950  in Grabill, Indiana.

2. Mark Edward Souder is an Republican politician who served eight terms in the U. S. House of Representatives for Indiana’s 3rd congressional district.

3. He attended Leo Junior-Senior High School, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and the University of Notre Dame.

4. Souder served as an aide for U.S. Representative Dan Coats between 1983-1984 and 1988-1993.

5. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in January 1995, and re-elected again.

6. During the Vietnam War, Mark Souder also applied for non-combatant status  on religious grounds.

7. He cosponsored, in 2006, H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act and H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.

8. Souder authored the the Drug-Free Student Loan amendment.

9. He is the Ranking Member on the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.

10. In 2007 he called Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig‘s resignation after the discovery of lewd activities in a Minneapolis St. Paul airport restroom.