Education
He graduated from the University of Maryland and attended the University of Maryland School of Law.
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George Snyder
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George Snyder served 16 years in the Maryland State Senate and was Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Majority Leader. He has served as the President of the National Taxpayers Union and led a nationwide effort to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment. As a Marketing Consultant he is recognized as an authority regarding positioning techniques for products, services, individuals, and companies.
His business experience has included serving on numerous boards and familiarity with retail, home delivery, wholesale, manufacturing and distribution.
George has created a number of products that were brought to market and has owned a national food broker network. Chair, Aviation, Roads, and Transportation Committee, 1963-1966
Correctional Administration Committee, 1965-1968
Taxation and Fiscal Matters Committee, 1965-1968
Special Joint Committee on Prisons, 1967
Finance Committee, 1971-1974
Member, Legislative Council, 1971-1974
Majority leader, 1971-1974
Snyder lobbied and testified before more than 40 state legislatures in a campaign to get the states to force a constitutional convention to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment.
By 1979, the effort to push the states to support an amendment had made serious progress with 29 of the 34 states required for a constitutional convention. An opposition effort was led by Massachusetts Lieutenant
Governor Thomas P. O"Neill III and a group of labor and liberal cause organizations including the American Federation of Labor-Congress–Chief Information Officer and Common Cause.
After the departure of Grover Norquist from the leadership of the National Taxpayers Union in 1982, Snyder was appointed executive director
Membership
Member of Maryland State Senate, 1959-1974.
