Charlie Janssen is a Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

 state senator from Fremont, Nebraska

Fremont, Nebraska

Fremont is a city in and the county seat of Dodge County, Nebraska, United States, near Omaha in the eastern part of the state. The population was 26,397 at the 2010 census....

, United States, in the Nebraska Legislature

Nebraska Legislature

The Nebraska Legislature is the supreme legislative body of the State of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County....

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State legislature

Janssen was elected in 2008 to represent the 15th Nebraska legislative district replacing his uncle, Ray Janssen

Ray Janssen

Ray Janssen is a Nebraska state senator from Nickerson, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature and grocer. -Personal life:He was born on July 5, 1937, in Hooper, Nebraska and graduated from Hooper Public School. He was also in the U.S. Army...

 of Nickerson. He currently sits on the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs, Intergovernmental Cooperation, and Transportation and Telecommunications committees. He briefly proposed an amendment to LB403 (a bill mandating the use of E-Verify

E-Verify

E-Verify is an Internet-based, free program run by the United States government that compares information from an employee's Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 to data from U.S. government records. If the information matches, that employee is eligible to work in the United States...

 for public employers, public contractors and companies seeking state tax breaks) which would have overturned the Dream Act of 2006

DREAM Act

The DREAM Act is an American legislative proposal first introduced in the Senate on August 1, 2001 and most recently reintroduced there on May 11, 2011....

in Nebraska, however he later withdrew his amendment.