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{{Short description|American politician (born 1935)}}
{{Infobox
| name= Joel Hefley
| image name = Rep Joel Hefley.jpg
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| state1 = [[Colorado]]
| district1 = [[Colorado's 5th congressional district|5th]]
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| term_end1 = January 3, 2007
| preceded1 = [[Ken Kramer]]
| succeeded1 = [[Doug Lamborn]]
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| district2 = 9th
| term_start2 = January 1979
| term_end2 = January 1987
| preceded2 = William J. Comer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=867287|title = Our Campaigns - CO Senate 09 Race - Nov 07, 1978}}</ref>
| succeeded2 = [[Michael Bird (politician)|Michael Bird]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=867285|title = Our Campaigns - CO Senate 09 Race - Nov 02, 1982}}</ref>
| state_house3 = Colorado
| district3 = 20th
| term_start3 = January 1977
| term_end3 = January 1979
| preceded3 = William S. “Bill” Flanery Jr.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=867272|title = Our Campaigns - CO State House 20 Race - Nov 02, 1976}}</ref>
| succeeded3 = Bob Stephenson
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = Lynn Hefley
| children = 3 Daughters
| residence=[[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
| occupation=
| alma_mater=[[Oklahoma Baptist University]]
| module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Joel Hefley Speaks on a House Resolution to Improve the Military Postal System.ogg|title=Joel Hefley's voice|type=speech|description=Hefley speaks on a House resolution to improve the [[Military mail#U.S. Military Postal Service (MPS)|military postal system]]<br/>Recorded May 11, 2004}}
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[[File:Joel Hefley.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Hefley, left, receives an award from the Director of Centennial Airport.]]
'''Joel Maurice Hefley''' (born April 18, 1935) is an American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[politician]] who served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] representing the [[United States House of Representatives, Colorado District 5|5th Congressional District]] of [[Colorado]] from 1987 to 2007. His wife,
He was born in [[Ardmore, Oklahoma|Ardmore]], the seat of [[Carter County, Oklahoma|Carter County]] in southeastern [[Oklahoma]], earned his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] at [[Oklahoma Baptist University]] in [[Shawnee, Oklahoma|Shawnee]], and his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] at [[Oklahoma State University]] in [[Stillwater, Oklahoma|Stillwater]]. He worked as a management consultant and then as executive director of the Colorado Community Planning and Research Council, a nonprofit organization. He was a member of the [[Colorado House of Representatives]] for one term in 1977–78. Hefley was subsequently elected to the [[Colorado Senate]] before entering the U.S. House of Representatives.
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He served as chairman of the [[U.S. House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct|House Ethics Committee]] until 2005. His tenure propelled him from being "among the most obscure members" in the House to gaining national attention, when the Committee formally admonished House Majority Leader [[Tom DeLay]] three times; Hefley also handled the expulsion case of [[James Traficant]], and oversaw the investigation of [[Alan Mollohan]]. Because Hefley had served 3 terms as chairman, he was term limited from serving as chairman in the 109th Congress.
When the new Congress opened in January 2005, House Republicans pushed through new rules curtailing the ways ethics investigations can be launched. While Hefley voted for the rules, he criticized the procedure, "saying he thought the changes were a mistake since they were done without bipartisan discussion."<ref>{{cite news |
On February 16, 2006, Hefley ended speculation as to whether he would seek re-election in 2006, instead retiring after 10 terms in Congress, despite pledging in 1986 that he would not serve longer than three terms (6 years.){{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
==Gay rights==
In 1998, Hefley introduced an amendment blocking federal funding for [[Executive Order 13087]], an executive order issued by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] to prohibit discrimination against [[homosexuality|gay and lesbian]] employees in the federal government.<ref>
== 2006 Congressional race ==
{{main|2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado#District 5}}
In the August GOP primary to succeed him, Hefley backed his long-time aide, former administrative director [[Jeff Crank]], who lost in a contentious six-way race to State Senator [[Doug Lamborn]]. Hefley was incensed at the tactics used in the election, particularly a mailed brochure from the Christian Coalition of Colorado associating Crank with "public support for members and efforts of the homosexual agenda." Hefley said that he "suspected, but couldn't prove, collusion between Lamborn's campaign, which is managed by Jon Hotaling, and the Christian Coalition of Colorado, which is run by Hotaling's brother, Mark."
</ref> Hefley called it "one of the sleaziest, most dishonest campaigns I've seen in a long time,"<ref name="RMN-20060908"/> and, as a result, refused to endorse Lamborn.
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* [http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Joel_Hefley.htm OnTheIssues]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060811113323/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/h000444/ Voting record maintained by the Washington Post]
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