David Schnoor

David Schnoor
Member of the Nebraska Legislature
from the 15th district
Assumed office
December 12, 2014
Preceded by Charlie Janssen
Personal details
Political party Republican
Residence Scribner, Nebraska
Occupation Farmer

David Schnoor is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In December 2014, he was appointed to the Nebraska Legislature, representing a district in the east-central part of the state. He is a member of the Republican Party.[1]

Personal life and professional career

Schnoor was born on December 29, 1961, in West Point, Nebraska. He graduated from Scribner High School in Scribner, Nebraska, and immediately enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, in 1980. He earned two associate degrees from the Community College of the Air Force. He worked as a combat controller, and was awarded a Bronze Star with a "V" device for valor, for his actions during the rescue of a downed helicopter in Panama.[2][3][4]

In 2000, Schnoor's father retired from the family farm near Scribner. Schnoor retired from the Air Force with the rank of master sergeant and, with his brother, took over the farm. He founded a cattle-feeding operation, Schnoor Feedyard. He was elected to the Scribner-Snyder School Board, and served as its president.[3][4][5]

Nebraska Legislature

Scribner lay in the Nebraska Legislature's 15th District, which was coterminous with Dodge County, and included the city of Fremont.[6][7] In 2014, Charlie Janssen, the district's legislator, successfully ran for the post of state auditor, and resigned from the Legislature with two years left in his term. Governor Dave Heineman, charged with appointing someone to fill the vacancy, chose Schnoor from a set of five applicants. Schnoor was sworn in on December 12, 2014.[5][6][8]

2015 sesssion


In the 2015 session of the Legislature, Schnoor was appointed to the Education Committee and the Natural Resources Committee.[9]

Among the "most significant"[10] actions taken by the Legislature in its 2015 session were three bills that passed over vetoes by governor Pete Ricketts. LB268 repealed the state's death penalty; LB623 reversed the state's previous policy of denying driver's licenses to people who were living illegally in the United States after being brought to the country as children, and who had been granted exemption from deportation under the Barack Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; and LB610 increased the tax on gasoline to pay for repairs to roads and bridges.[10][11][12] Schnoor voted against the death-penalty repeal, and to sustain Ricketts's veto of the measure;[13] he voted against LB623, then to sustain the gubernatorial veto;[14] and he abstained in both the vote on the gas-tax increase and the vote to override the veto.[15]

2016 session


In its 2016 session, the Nebraska legislature passed three bills that Ricketts then vetoed. LB580 would have created an independent commission of citizens to draw new district maps following censuses; supporters described it as an attempt to de-politicize the redistricting process, while Ricketts maintained that the bill delegated the legislature's constitutional duty of redistricting to "an unelected and unaccountable board".[16][17] Schnoor was listed as "present and not voting" in the bill's 29–15–5 passage.[18] Sponsor John Murante opted not to seek an override of the governor's veto.[19]

A second vetoed bill, LB935, would have changed state audit procedures. The bill passed by a margin of 37–8–4; Schnoor was among those voting against it. The bill was withdrawn without an attempt to override the veto; the state auditor agreed to work with the governor on a new version for the next year's session.[16][20]

A third bill passed over Ricketts's veto. LB947 made DACA beneficiaries eligible for commercial and professional licenses in Nebraska. The bill passed the Legislature on a vote of 33–11–5; the veto override passed 31–13–5. Schnoor was present and not voting at the bill's passage, and voted against the override of Ricketts's veto.[21][22]

The legislature failed to pass LB10, greatly desired by the Republican Party, which would have restored Nebraska to a winner-take-all scheme of allocating its electoral votes in U.S. presidential elections, rather than continuing its practice of awarding the electoral vote for each congressional district to the candidate who received the most votes in that district. Supporters were unable to break a filibuster; in the 32–17 cloture motion, Schnoor was among those who voted in favor of the bill.[23][24]

References

  1. ↑ Young, Joanne. "A decade of conservative rule". Lincoln Journal Star. December 28, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sen. David Schnoor—Biography". Nebraska Legislature. Retrieved May 17, 2015. Archived April 24, 2015, at Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 "Ricketts Announces Schnoor as Janssen's Successor". KNOP News. December 12, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Schnoor jumps into new role at the Legislature". Unicameral Update. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015. Archived March 5, 2015, at Wayback Machine.
  5. 1 2 Young, Joanne. "Scribner cattle feeder newest of 18 first-year senators". Lincoln Journal Star. December 12, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Buffington, Tracy. "Schnoor sworn in to replace Janssen". Fremont Tribune. December 12, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Legislative District 15 LB 703 - (2011)". Nebraska Legislature. Retrieved March 4, 2015. Archived February 5, 2015, at Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ Rickerl, Stephen. "District 15 senator ready to get to work". Fremont Tribune. January 10, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ "2015 Legislative Committees". Nebraska Legislature. Retrieved March 2, 2015. Archived February 22, 2015, at Wayback Machine.
  10. 1 2 Knapp, Fred. "2015 Legislature Leaves Its Mark On Nebraska". NET (Nebraska public radio and television). June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ Walton, Don. "Senators override Ricketts' veto of Dreamers licenses". Lincoln Journal Star. May 28, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ Pluhacek, Zach. "Gas tax hike gets Nebraska lawmakers' OK, governor's veto". Lincoln Journal Star. May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Legislative Journal, One Hundred Fourth Legislature, First Session". Nebraska Legislature. Vote on final reading of LB268 is at pp. 1738–39; override of veto is at pp. 1896–98.
  14. ↑ "Legislative Journal, One Hundred Fourth Legislature, First Session". Nebraska Legislature. Vote on final reading of LB623 is at pp. 1791–92; override of veto is at pp. 1930–32.
  15. ↑ "Legislative Journal, One Hundred Fourth Legislature, First Session". Nebraska Legislature. Vote on final reading of LB610 is at p. 1500; override of veto is at p. 1623.
  16. 1 2 Matheny, Ryan. "Nebraska legislators wrap up 2016 session". KMA. April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  17. ↑ Nohr, Emily. "'Unconstitutional, unelected and unaccountable': Ricketts vetoes bill to revamp how political maps are drawn". Omaha World-Herald. April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Legislative Journal: Carryover Legislation". p. 1622. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Independent redistricting commission vetoed, no override attempt offered". Unicameral Update. April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Legislative Journal: Carryover Legislation". pp. 1579–80. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  21. ↑ Duggan, Joe. "Legislature to vote on overriding veto on bill that would allow work licenses for those brought to U.S. illegally as kids". Omaha World-Herald. April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Legislative Journal: Carryover Legislation". Passage of LB947 is on p. 1614; the veto override is on pp. 1637–38. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  23. ↑ Stoddard, Martha. "Bill to return Nebraska to winner-take-all Electoral College method comes up short". Omaha World-Herald. April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Legislative Journal: Carryover Legislation". p. 1591. Retrieved April 29, 2016.

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