David Obey
updated 2012-05-12 19:34:30
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Healthcare
In the United States, many people purchase health insurance to help them cover the sometimes high cost of healthcare services.
The U.S. is the only industrialized nation without some sort of universal healthcare systemConnecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care: The Case For Single Payer, Universal Health Care For The United States (June 4, 1999) and the proposed implementation of an American universal healthcare system has become one of the platforms of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's campaign.BarackObama.com: Healthcare
updated 2012-05-12 19:31:27
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Sam Graves
An advocate of fiscal restraint, Sam Graves voted against the bailouts and stimulus bills passed in the 111th Congress.http://www.gravesforcongress.com/Groups/1000060519/Sam_Graves_for/Home/Issues/Issues.aspx Graves co-sponsored the Fair-Tax to implement a national sales tax in place of progressive income taxes, and he opposed the National Energy Tax that places a limit on carbon emissions.http://www.house.gov/list/press/mo06_graves/captrade.shtml Besides being chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, he is also a member of the House Committee on Agriculture, and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400158
updated 2011-01-20 01:27:16
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John Sarbanes
According to Congressman Sarbanes, his legislative priorities cover children and education, environmental issues, health care, seniors, veterans, consumer protection, public administration as well as issues related to the state of Maryland.http://sarbanes.house.gov/free_details.asp?id=46
Congressman Sarbanes introduced H.R. 2054, the No Child Left Inside Act (NCLI) on April 22, 2009. NCLI amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. It requires states, as a prerequisite to receiving implementation grants, to develop environmental literacy plans for students from pre-kindergarten to grade 12. The environmental literacy plans, to be approved by the Secretary of Education, need to include environmental education standards and teacher training.http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:1:./temp/~bdsKqP:@@@D&summ2=m&|/home/LegislativeData.php| http://www.cbf.org/page.aspx?pid=687
In March 2010, Congressman Sarbanes co-sponsored the ROADS SAFE Act of 2010, an amendment to the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, to fund the research and development of vehicle technologies to end drunk driving.http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:1:./temp/~bdT5pz:@@@D&summ2=m&|/home/LegislativeData.php?n=BSS;c=111|
updated 2010-11-13 03:25:30
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Duncan D. Hunter
Hunter is focused on immigration issues and has introduced legislation to build a fence along the United States-Mexico border and for immigration reform. http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Duncan_Hunter He has made issues of national security a primary objective for the upcoming 112th Congress and currently serves on the Armed Services Committee, which his father chaired during the 109th Congress. http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Duncan_Hunter
updated 2010-12-14 03:25:11
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Devin Nunes
Congressman Nunes introduced the Turn on the Pumps Act in 2009, a two-page bill intended to alleviate the water shortage San Joaquin Valley farmers in his district were facing.http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=350eb49e-b0d0-fc95-f8bb-37ee86400e38 He has also introduced the American Made Energy Freedom Act, legislation designed to foster the development of clean energy technologies and energy independence.http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutDevinNunes.Biography In addition, Nunes co-sponsored the Patients' Choice Act as an alternative to the Health Care Reform legislation passed in 2010. Nunes believes the Patients' Choice Act would ensure quality health care for all Americans more efficiently and at a lower cost than the Health Care Reform Bill of 2010.http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=f1625ca4-b0d0-fc95-f891-0662d03d12be http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2520
Congressman Nunes opposes the Cap and Trade energy tax plan. He believes the plan would cause energy costs to skyrocket, have no real impact on worldwide carbon emissions and damage the U.S. economy by driving American jobs overseas.http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=d4a6135f-19b9-b4b1-1265-804cd5cd8cb4 Nunes also opposes the moratorium on offshore oil drilling. He supports adding personal retirement accounts to existing Social Security benefits.http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Devin_Nunes.htm Congressman Nunes voted along party lines 95 percent of the time during the 111th Congress.http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/111/states/ca/
updated 2011-01-13 23:44:28
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David McKinley
McKinley is a Republican and his issue positions are conservative. He opposes gay marriage and federally funded healthcare, supports tax cuts for small businesses and opposes environmental regulation of the coal and natural gas industries.http://www.votesmart.org/npat.php?can_id=117396 He also opposes any regulation of coal mining that will effect the industry economically, and believes that market-based strategies are the best means of solving America's energy and environmental problems.http://www.mckinley2010.com/index.php/theissues McKinley has expressed interest in positions on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee because of his engineering background and his state's coal-producing interests, respectively.http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20101106/pl_cq_politics/politics000003759326
updated 2010-12-01 08:45:09
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Tom Coburn
Coburn raised controversy over his refusal to criticize violent protesters who carried guns to political rallies and protests.http://www.okiefunk.com/node/625
He has also sparked controversy over the Health Care bill. He asked for his supporters and those against the bill to pray that one of his Democratic colleagues would not make it to the vote and give the Democrats their necessary 60 votes to pass the bill. "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray." Many believed his comments were aimed directly at 92 year old Senator Robert Byrd.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1039
updated 2010-11-08 15:25:41
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Wayne Allard
1943, December 2: Born
1968: Earned his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Colorado State University
1983-1990: Represented Larimer and Weld counties in Colorado State Senate
1991-1997: Served in the House of Representatives
1997: Assumed office in the U.S. Senate
2002: Re-elected to the Senate
2006: Federal Marriage Amendment, which he had sponsored in the Senate, failed in the House
2007: Announced his plans to retire and his endorsement of Mitt Romney
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