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Bill Foster (George William Foster) was born on 7 October, 1955 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Discover Bill Foster's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?
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George William Foster |
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69 years old |
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Libra |
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7 October, 1955 |
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7 October |
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Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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United States |
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Bill Foster Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Bill Foster's Wife?
His wife is Ann
Aesook Byon (m. 2008)
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Ann
Aesook Byon (m. 2008) |
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Christine Foster, Billy Foster |
Bill Foster Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Bill Foster worth at the age of 69 years old? Bill Foster’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from United States. We have estimated
Bill Foster's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Bill Foster Social Network
Timeline
According to the Federal Election Commission, Nancy Pelosi gave $4,000 to Bill Foster’s 2012 campaign committee. PACs under the control of Pelosi have donated $10,000 to his 2012 campaign.
Foster ran again and was unopposed in the Democratic primary in March 2014. For the general election, he faced Republican nominee, State Representative Darlene Senger, and defeated her with 53.5% of the vote to her 46.5% of the vote.
In November, Oberweis ran against Foster again in a rematch. Foster won re-election to a full term 58%–42%.
Foster was challenged by Republican nominee State Senator Randy Hultgren and Green Party nominee Daniel Kairis. Despite winning the endorsements from the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times and The Daily Herald, Foster lost to Hultgren 51%–45%.
On November 6, 2012, Foster won the election for the 11th district with 58% of the vote; Biggert conceded the race at 9:45pm.
Foster supported allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire. During a debate with his opponent in the 2012 election Foster said, “The tax cuts were promised to generate job growth, but did not. If you follow the money, when you give a dollar to a very wealthy person, they won’t typically put it back into the local economy.” He said the tax benefits ended up in overseas accounts and spent on luxury purchases.
According to the official Thomas website, Bill Foster co-sponsored the Employee Free Choice Act of 2009, which would enable unionization of small businesses of less that 50 employees. On 25 February 2012, the Daily Herald reported, “Foster pointed to his support for the Employee Free Choice Act while serving at the congressman in the 14th District as proof of his union support."
Foster voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare. On June 29, 2012, the Chicago Tribune reported that Foster said the following about his vote for Obamacare, "I’m proud of my vote, and I would be proud to do it again."
In May 2011, Foster sold his home in Geneva, moved to Naperville and announced plans to run for Congress in the 11th District, which encompasses Aurora, Joliet, Lisle in addition to Naperville. It also includes roughly a quarter of his old district. The district had previously been the 13th, represented by seven-term Republican Judy Biggert. Although Biggert's home in Hinsdale had been shifted to the Chicago-based 5th District, Biggert opted to seek election in the 11th, which contained half of her old territory.
Foster voted for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
On November 26, 2007, former House Republican Speaker J. Dennis Hastert resigned as the Representative from Illinois' 14th congressional district. Foster announced his candidacy to fill the vacancy on May 30, 2007. In the March special election, Foster defeated Republican nominee and Hastert-endorsed candidate Jim Oberweis 53%–47%.
Bill Foster has opposed efforts to repeal the estate tax. On 31 August 2005, U.S. Newswire reported that Foster said, "The proponents of estate tax repeal are fond of calling it the ‘death tax’. It’s not a death tax, it’s a Rich Kids’ tax." In 2009, just before the estate tax was scheduled for a one-year repeal, Foster voted to permanently extend the then current estate tax rate of 45%.
He has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society, was on the team receiving the 1989 Bruno Rossi Prize for cosmic ray physics for the discovery of the neutrino burst from the supernova SN 1987A, received the Particle Accelerator Technology Prize from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and was awarded an Energy Conservation award from the United States Department of Energy for his application of permanent magnets for Fermilab's accelerators.
Foster and his wife, Aesook Byon, live in Naperville, Illinois. He has two adult children from his first marriage. Foster has lived and worked in northern Illinois (Naperville, Geneva, Batavia, and St. Charles) since 1984.
George William Foster (born October 7, 1955) is an American businessman, physicist, and U.S. Representative for Illinois's 11th congressional district , winning the seat in 2012. He was previously the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 14th congressional district from 2008 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Foster was born in 1955 in Madison, Wisconsin. As a teenager, he attended James Madison Memorial High School He received his bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1976 and his Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University in 1983. The title of his doctoral dissertation is "An experimental limit on proton decay: p → p o s i t r o n + π 0 {\displaystyle p\rightarrow \mathrm {positron} +\pi ^{0}} ."